[Students-l] Fwd: [Asis-l] PhD position in Search and Exploration of Political Data (Amsterdam, 4 years)

[Michel Menou]

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Subject: 	[Asis-l] PhD position in Search and Exploration of Political 
Data (Amsterdam, 4 years)
Date: 	Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:46:21 +0200
From: 	Jaap Kamps <kamps at uva.nl>
To: 	asis-l at asis.org



The University of Amsterdam is looking for a versatile, highly motivated
PhD candidate to work on search and exploration of political data as
part of the Exploratory Political Search (ExPoSe) project funded by the
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.

* Job Description


Our parliamentary proceedings reflect our history from centuries ago up
to today, in a common format that survived the test of time, and
reflecting any event of significance (times of war and peace, of
economic crisis and prosperity, etc).  With carefully curated
proceedings becoming available in digital form in many countries, new
research opportunities arise at an unprecedented longitudinal scale, and
across different nations, cultures, and political representation systems.

The ExPoSe project focuses on search and exploration of the
parliamentary proceedings and related linked data, with three
interrelated sub-projects. The chosen candidate for this position will
study exploratory search tools that support researchers and their
emerging digital research methods, in collaboration with researchers in
parliamentary history and digital humanities.  The two other
sub-projects are: exploratory linked data (in collaboration with data
journalists and media studies) and a living lab for exploratory
political (re)search.  Details about the project are on
<http://staff.science.uva.nl/~kamps/expose/>.

* Requirements


Applicants must have completed a research oriented master's degree in a
relevant field by the appointment date, and must have strong and
demonstrable skills in:
- information retrieval, in particular statistical language modeling and
semantic search;
- exploratory search, information seeking behavior, interaction, and
UI/UX design; and
- solid programming skills are a requirement.

Research experience, or a track record of project based work, and
demonstrable interest in the domain of application are a clear plus.

* Application


Applications should include: i) a letter of motivation, ii) a detailed
curriculum vitae,
iii) a research proposal (max 1 page), and iv) two letters of reference.
   Please submit your application before October 1st, 2013 to
<expose.uva at gmail.com>.

Details are on
<http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/vacancies/item/13-275.html>.


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