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in the context of a project aiming at developing, evaluating
& advancing methods & technologies for <b>OSM data
quality analysis</b>. The application domain will be <b>routing
& navigation</b>. The goal is to innovate robust &
meaningful approaches for evaluating OSM data quality for
transportation (fitness for purpose), which actually can be
applied in practice. Ensuring transferability of the methods
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working closely together with the teams at both the <i>GIScience
Research Group</i> at Heidelberg University, as well as the
associated <i>Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation
Technology</i> (<u>HeiGIT.org</u>). At HeiGIT a team is
already working at developing a comprehensive open source
framework for OSM data analysis (<u>ohsome.org</u>). This can
be a base for further developments in the analysis of OSM data
quality targeted to routing & navigation. In addition
GIScience & HeiGIT jointly develop the open source OSM
routing platform <a href="https://openrouteservice.org%20g">openrouteservice.org
</a>which allows detailed insights & discussions about
realizing OSM based mobility services. </span></p>
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(up to 100%, part time possible if preferred) in an
interdisciplinary dynamic team and in a cutting-edge research
field. The department is, among others, a member of <i
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Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)</i>
and a founding member of the <i
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Environment (HCE)</i>. The affiliated institute <i
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translates the research into practical applications. The <i
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Excellence </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">(top
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stimulating interdisciplinary research environment in one of
Germany's most attractive cities, with many attractive
personal development & education opportunities. </span></p>
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PhD and above-average university degree preferably in one of
the subjects such as geoinformatics, computer science, data
science, geography or similar disciplines. In addition to a
strong team spirit & high motivation, excellent &
demonstrated broad methodological skills & research
experience in GIScience are required, e.g. in topics such as
Spatial Data Science & Machine Learning. In addition we
expect a deep understanding of OSM, programming skills (e.g.
Python, Java or R), the ability to work effective &
efficient in a team, as well as excellent communication &
presentation skills. </span></p>
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Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf
GIScience Research Group Heidelberg University
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://uni-heidelberg.de/gis">http://uni-heidelberg.de/gis</a>
Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT gGmbH)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://heigit.org">http://heigit.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/GIScienceHD">https://twitter.com/GIScienceHD</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://giscienceblog.uni-hd.de">http://giscienceblog.uni-hd.de</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1TAZiPwAAAAJ">https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1TAZiPwAAAAJ</a></pre>
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