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<b>Open Position in Geoinformatics, Heidelberg University
: Senior Researcher / PostDoc : Analysis, Enrichment
& Integration of VGI, OSM, Big Spatial Data</b><b><br>
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<p>The<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://uni-heidelberg.de/gis"> GIScience
Research Group at Heidelberg University</a> is
offering a position as senior researcher or Postdoc
(100%, TVL) in Geoinformatics with a specializion in
quality analysis, mining, improvement and integration of
data from VGI data sources such as OSM or Social Media.
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<p>The candidate shall contribute to at least one of the
following projects:</p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/dfg_en.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/dfg_en.html</a>
(DFG)<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/psychogeographie_en.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/psychogeographie_en.html
</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/wegovnow.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/wegovnow.html</a>
(EU HORIZON2020)<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/land_sense.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/land_sense.html</a>
(EU HORIZON2020),<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/crowd_fda_en.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/crowd_fda_en.html
(DFG Initiative of Excellence)</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/cap4access_en.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/cap4access_en.html
(EU FP7)<br>
</a></p>
<p>The relevant topics include at least one of the
following:</p>
<p>- Design and development of new methods and tools to
investigate and improve the quality and suitability of
geographic information, esp. wrt Crowdsouring/VGI/OSM<br>
- Design and development of new methods and tools for
combining, integration and enrichment of heterogeneous
sources of spatial data, in particular VGI/OSM &
Location-based Social Media<br>
- Data Mining in VGI, esp. OSM and Location-based Social
Media / Networks<br>
- Machine Learning and Data Fusion in VGI/OSM and
Location-based Social Media / Networks<br>
- Geocomputation, Agent-Based Modeling and Spatial
Statistics wrt VGI<br>
- Location Based Services (LBS) & Navigation with
VGI/OSM (Special Needs, Indoor/Outdoor etc.)</p>
<p><strong>We offer</strong> an attractive job in an
interdisciplinary dynamic team with excellent
possibilities for research and further qualification.
The Chair of GIScience is also member in the
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)
and Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE). The
University of Excellence Heidelberg belongs to the
internationally <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/university/rankings/index.html">top
ranked</a> universities and offers an especially
stimulating research environment.</p>
<p><strong>We expect</strong> a PhD in either
Geoinformatics, Geography, Computer Science or related
fields, as well as profound research experience,
technical and methodological expertise in Geoinformatics
/ GIScience, paired with the ability for independent
scientific work and the acquisition of third party
funding, as well as teamwork and leadership.</p>
<p>The position is initially funded for up to 3 years with
options for further extension (depends on specific
project above). Please apply as soon as possible with
the relevant information (cv, grades, papers, references
etc.) electronically to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:bettina.knorr@geog.uni-heidelberg.de">bettina.knorr@geog.uni-heidelberg.de</a>
- preferred in April and May. Payment is according to
official schemes (TV-L). </p>
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