Research Assistant in Large-Scale, Continuous Data Extraction (VADA)

Fixed-term for up to 3 years (with a possible extension for a further 2 years)
Grade 7: £30,434 – £37,394 p.a.

The Department of Computer Science has an exciting new opportunity for a Research Assistant in Large-Scale, Continuous Data Extraction on the VADA (Value-Added Data Systems and Architecture) project. This project, directed by Professor Georg Gottlob, is a collaboration between the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh, and Manchester, and aims to provide data scientists with a new generation of tools to unlock the potential of data assets. Specifically, you would be working on continuous data extraction for a self-healing joint wrapper induction, and data cleaning systems.

You should have a PhD (or be very close to completion) in a relevant area of science, together with a track record of conducting and completing research projects, evidenced by published peer-reviewed work, and /or development of automatic form-filling or equivalent interaction methods. Evidence of previous experience in reducing supervision for disambiguation and conflict resolution in data-driven systems through automatic generation of crowd-sourcing tasks, and integration of resulting feedback is highly desirable.

The post, which is a full-time appointment, is funded by EPSRC, is available for up to 3 years (with a possible extension for a further 2 years) and has a salary on the University grade 07S scale (currently £30,434 to £37,394 p.a.). This 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).

Interviews are expected to be held on 21 August 2015.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 17 August 2015.

For further details and to apply please visit: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=119329.