PhD Research Fellowship in Informatics for Study in University of Oslo, Norway

Position as PhD Research fellow  available at the Group for Logic and Intelligent Data (LogID), Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
If the successful candidate  has a good knowledge of one Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish), the fellowship will be for a period of up to 4 years, with 25 % compulsory work (teaching responsibilities at Department of Informatics). Otherwise, the fellowship will be for a period of up to 3 years, with no compulsory work. Starting date no later than 01.10.2014
Job/ project description:
The candidate's work will be within the space spanned by applied logic, mechanised reasoning, semantic technologies, and data integration.
The candidate will be affiliated with the research project "Logical and categorical methods in data transformation" http://folk.uio.no/jonf/ProjectSummary.pdf,  funded by the Research Council of Norway,and work in close collaboration with the Optique EU project www.optique-project.eu http://www.optique-project.eu/
Requirements/qualifications:

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.
Applicants must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science.  A sound basis from undergraduate studies in formal logic and/or semantic technologies is considered an advantage.
The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree.
The fellowship requires admission to the PhD programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The application to the PhD programme must be submitted to the department no later than two months after taking up the position. For more information see:
http://www.uio.no/english/research/doctoral-degree-and-career/phd/application/
http://www.mn.uio.no/english/research/doctoral-degree-and-career/phd-programme/index.html
A good command of English is required.
http://www.mn.uio.no/english/research/doctoral-degree-and-career/regulations/proficiency-requirements.html
Salary: Position code 1017, Pay grade: 50 - 57 (NOK 429 700 – 482 800 per year)
The application must include:

• •Application letter
  
• •CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work – scientific publications)
  
• •Copies of educational certificates, transcript of records and letters of recommendation
  
• •List of publications and academic work that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
  
• •Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)
  

Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University’s grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.
In accordance with the University of Oslo’s equal opportunities policy, we invite applications from all interested individuals regardless of gender or ethnicity.
UiO has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.

• Region:
  
• Oslo
  

• Job type:
  
• Contract
  

• Working hours:
  
• Full-time
  

• Working days:
  
• Day
  

• Application deadline:
  
• 21 August 2014
  

• Location:
  
• Blindern
  

• Reference number:
  
• 2014/8481
  

• Home page:
  
• http://www.ifi.uio.no
  

• Contacts:
  
• Associate professor Martin Giese
  Telephone: +47 22852737
  
• Professor Arild Waaler
  Telephone: +47 95212954
  

Send application