<div dir="ltr">Application Deadline: 3rd of May 2019<br>
Possible start date: 1st of June 2020<br>
Duration: 3.5+ years,<br>
Job location: Agro Business Park 10, Wageningen<br>
Bruto monthly salary: <strong>The gross monthly salary starts at € 2.290,- in the first year and will increase to € 2.972,-</strong> in the fourth year of your employment (with possible bonuses)<br>
Job type: PhD student / researcher<br>
Fields: geoinformatics, geo-databases, meteorology, pedometrics, environmetrics, environmental sciences<br>
Employer: <strong>OpenGeoHub foundation</strong><br>
PhD study programme: PE&RC Post-graduate school (<a href="https://www.pe-rc.nl/">https://www.pe-rc.nl/</a>),
to be organized jointly with the Laboratory of Geo-information Science
and Remote Sensing, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen
University and Research<br><div><br></div><div><h2 dir="ltr">Job description</h2>
<p dir="ltr">OpenGeoHub (Stichting OpenGeoHub) is a not-for-profit
research foundation with headquarters at the Agro Business Park,
Wageningen, the Netherlands. We aim to become world experts in producing
global and regional spatial predictions of soil, vegetation and meteo
variables, by using High Performance Computing / optimization and
state-of-the-art Machine Learning. </p>
<p dir="ltr">OpenGeoHub foundation is looking for a young researcher
(PhD position) in the field of spatio-temporal environmental data
modeling and visualization. To qualify for this position, a solid
knowledge of spatial and spatiotemporal statistics and time-series data
analysis is required. You are expected to show capacity to develop
software and web-solutions for spatiotemporal data using Open Source
software (R, Python, Javascript and/or Julia); capacity to develop new
solutions in geocomputing and geovisualization, while optimizing and
automating modeling frameworks to help deliver scientific outputs in a
timely manner, is also expected. You would further develop algorithms
for scenario testing using web-GIS and interactive visualizations i.e.
that can be served to thousands of users. You would work on data science
problems within the OpenGeoHub's current and future European Commission
(Horizon 2020) projects including: <strong><a href="https://opendatascience.eu/geoharmonizer-project">"Geo-Harmonizer:
EU-wide automated mapping system for harmonization of Open Data based
on FOSS4G and Machine Learning" (2019–2022)</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://mood-h2020.eu/">"MOOD: MOnitoring Outbreak events for Disease surveillance in a data science context" (2020–2023)</a></strong>.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A formal program of PhD study will be organized jointly
with the Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing,
Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University and Research
(<a href="https://www.wur.nl/en/Persons/Martinprof.dr.-M-Martin-Herold.htm">prof. dr. Martin Herold</a>).
This implies that you would spend a significant amount of time writing a
research proposal and publications, meeting with supervisors (weekly),
following PhD courses (organized through the <a href="https://www.pe-rc.nl/">PE&RC Postgraduate school</a>)
and networking with other researchers. You would have to prepare and
submit a research proposal after 6 months from the start of position,
which would be evaluated at the PE&RC school level independently. </p><p>For more info: <a href="https://opengeohub.org/jobs/2020/phd-position-spatio-temporal-data-modeling-and-scenario-testing-using-web-gis"><b>https://opengeohub.org/jobs/2020/phd-position-spatio-temporal-data-modeling-and-scenario-testing-using-web-gis</b></a></p></div></div>