Department of Computer Science Post-doctoral Research Assistant Full Time Grade 7: Salary £29,249 - £35,938 p.a. Duration: Fixed Term Contract up to 6 months Project “Constraint Processing on XML Streams”
Posted: 23rd May 2012
Department of Computer Science
Post-doctoral Research Assistant
Full Time
Grade 7: Salary £29,249 - £35,938 p.a.
Duration: Fixed Term Contract up to 6 months
Project “Constraint Processing on XML Streams”
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford has a vacancy for a Research Assistant to work with Professor Michael Benedikt on XML integrity-constraint processing on streams. The project involves creating management tools for detecting and reacting to constraint violations within XML data. Work on this post will involve developing a low-memory and low-latency integrity-constraint monitor for XML sources, investigating incremental maintenance algorithms for integrity-constraints and developing infrastructure for integrating constraint monitoring and repair with XML applications, particularly XML updates.
Candidates should have at least a masters degree in Computer Science and expertise in the area of database management and experience of programming using Java or C++. Individuals with these skills, along with an interest in XML query processing and the ability to present technical information and prepare reports for publication are particularly encouraged to apply.
The post is available for up to 6 months, and has an annual salary on the University grade 7S scale (currently £29,249 to £35,938 p.a.), includes membership of the University Superannuation Scheme (USS) and has an annual leave entitlement of 38 days per year (inclusive of all public holidays and university closed periods) .
The closing date for applications is 12 noon 15th June 2012.
For further details see documents below and to apply, please visit:
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=103085
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