University assistant predoctoral

3 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Universität Wien

Research Field

Computer science » Autonomic computing
Geography » Other
Geosciences » Other

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Austria

Application Deadline

22 Feb 2024 - 23:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Part-time

Hours Per Week

30

Offer Starting Date

1 Apr 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Job description:

At the University of Vienna, over 10,000 people work together on the big questions of the future. Approximately 7,500 of them are academic staff members. These are individuals who, with their curiosity and their continuous pursuit of excellence, engage in international cutting-edge research and teaching. With us, you will also find space to unfold your potential. We are looking for a/an 

University assistant predoctoral
53 Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy
Startdate: 01.04.2024 | Working hours: 30 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc)
Limited until: 30.03.2025
Reference no.: 2025

Among the many good reasons to want to research and teach at the University of Vienna, there is one in particular, which has convinced around 7,500 academic staff members so far. They see themselves as personalities who need space for their continuous striving and curiosity in order to be able to be More than 7,500 academics at the University of Vienna thrive on continuous exploration and curiosity and help us better understand our world. Does this sound like you? Then join our accomplished team!
 

Requirements
Specific Requirements

Your personal sphere of play:

As a PhD student (PraeDoc) you will work in the Spatial Data Science and GeoCommuniaction group lead by Krzysztof Janowicz consisting of more than a dozen international researchers including PhD students, postdocs, faculty, scientific programmers, and other project staff with a diverse set of backgrounds and expertises including geocommunication, geo-visualization, geo-semantics, geographc infomation retrieval, social sensing, GeoAI, and knowledge graphs. We just started a new project with international partners to model, mine, and visualize the spatio-temporal scope (validity range) of human expertise to help humanitarian relief organizations and others in getting the right boots on the ground as soon as possible. For instance, a massive landslide in Venezuela requires different human relief experts than a flood in China or a cyclon in Mozambique. Understanding expertise and how it changes over time and space is important for many other downstream tasks as well and can be approached from many different perspectives be it geosommunication and visualization, machine learning, (hazard) ontologies to model experties themes, geographic information retrieval, knowledge graphs, FAIR data management, and so forth, and we hope you will help us explore multiple of these directions and others that suite your interests. It is particulary important to us, that every employee is highly motivated, enjoys being part of a team, and is open to challenges.

Your future tasks:

You actively participate in research, teaching & administration, which means:

• While your key task well be research, work amy also include teaching and adminstration (e.g., co-organizing academic events such as workshops)
• Participation in research projects/research studies
• Participation in publications/academic articles/presentations
• You work on your dissertation and its completion.
• Involvement in the organization of meetings, conferences, symposiums. This may involve international travel.
• Communicate and collaborate with international partners including major international industry players and NGOs.

This is part of your personality:

• Completed Master's/Diploma degree in Geoinformatics, GIScience, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Geography, or related disciplines.
• Ideally some experience in scientific writing and research methods (e.g., as part of your Master's thesis).
• Experiecne in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS); ideally also Spatial Data Science libraries, e.g., GeoPandas.
• Software engineering skills (at least on a basic level e.g., Python, Java)
• Interest in knowledge graphs, geographic information retrieval, and/or GeoAI is a plus.
• Experience in geovisualization/geocommunication is a plus.
• Strong team skills and able to work in international teams
• You are self-motivated, eager to grow, and able to work independently.
• You are able to manage project work e.g., write documentations, deliver project results in time, be able to present them to others.
• Good English langauage skills are required.
• You are looking forward to new tasks and are willing to be a part of scientific discourse.

Additional Information
Benefits

What we offer:

Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible, familiy-friendly working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work (upon agreement). 

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.

Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna os easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 3578,80 (on a full-time basis) increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for everyone: We look forward to diverse personalities in the team!

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Universität Wien

Country

Austria

City

Wien

Postal Code

1010

Geofield

Where to apply

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Contact

City

Wien

Website

http://www.univie.ac.at

Street

Universitätsring 1

Postal Code

1010

STATUS: EXPIRED