Monday 8 February 2016

PhD student, Computing Science with focus on privacy preservation in database systems, Umeå University, Department of Computing Science


PhD position in Federated Database System/Data Mining


The Department of Computing Science at Umeå University, Sweden (http://www.cs.umu.se/english/), invites applications for a full-time PhD position. The successful candidate will join the recently funded project in Umeå University on academic federated database construction and cross-database analysis for research purposes of data from distributed databases. Topics considered as particularly relevant for this position are data integration, privacy preservation, ontology based knowledge mining, and large-scale data analysis.

Priority is given to applications before March 31, 2016, continue until the position is filled
The position is expected to start from June 1, 2016, or as otherwise agreed.


REQUIREMENTS


The general admission requirements for doctoral studies are an undergraduate degree and completed courses corresponding to at least 240 higher (ECTS) education credits, at least 60 of which were awarded in the second-cycle, or substantially equivalent knowledge otherwise acquired in Sweden or abroad.

To fulfill the specific entry requirements for doctoral studies in computing science the applicant is required to have completed courses at advanced level in computing science or another subject considered to be directly relevant for the specialization in question, equivalent to 60 ECTS credits.
In the selection of candidates particular emphasis will be put on the degree of experiences, skills and interests in the following areas:

  • Significant interests in database systems, especially on heterogeneous database integration and privacy preservation in federated databases
  • Programming proficiency in at least one object-oriented language and one script language (e.g., Java/Matlab/Python/Perl/C/C++)
  • Ability and experience of applying open source software (Apache Tomcat, MySql, Lucene, Spark etc.)
  • Good skills in both spoken and written English are a requirement for the position.

Other desirable qualifications are:

  • Experience of processing large data sets
  • Experience of web service deployment under Windows/Linux
  • Internal and international collaboration experience in academia/industry on database technology and privacy preservation or relevant disciplines
  • Publication on database system, privacy preservation, data mining or relevant disciplines Important personal abilities are coordination and organization skills as well as good communication skills.


APPLY ONLINE


For full position description and to apply, go to:
https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:90159/

For informal inquiry, contact LILI.JIANG@CS.UMU.SE

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