Uppsala University hereby declares the following positions to be open for application:

PostDoctoral fellow in Computer Science with specialization in Database Technology

at the Department of Information Technology, in the research group Uppsala DataBase Laboratory . Methods and tools for scalable management, processing, and presentation of distributed massive data streams

Work description: The research group UDBL http://www.it.uu.se/research/group/udbl/ is conducting several research projects aimed at managing, searching, and analyzing very large data volumes. The central research area is development of systems and methods for scalable management, search, and analyzes of data produced in very high rates.  There is a lot of interest in this kind of research from advanced manufacturing industry, which is in transition from selling hardware to selling services. To enable preventive maintenance of equipment-in-use, there is need for on-line analyzes of data produced by the equipment. In collaboration with leading Swedish industries, UDBL participate in the EU-financed research project Smart Vortex http://www.smartvortex.eu/ and the project Scalable Search of Product Life cycle data http://www.it.uu.se/research/group/udbl/SSPI/. Similar requirement arise from analyzing high volume data streams produced by scientific equipment, where UDBL is part of the Swedish strategic research programme eSSENCE http://essenceofescience.se/ for development of infrastructures for managing scientific data. Such processing also needs development and management of constantly changing meta-data describing properties of the data streams being analyzed. A third issue is how to present the results from queries and analyzes of high volume streaming data to end users in a scalable way.

We are looking for a PostDoctoral fellow within the area of scalable and distributed management, search, analyzes, and presentation of high volume data streams. The position included 20% teaching on undergraduate and graduate level.

Employment period: The employment period is for two years from the hiring date.

Qualifications: To qualify for the position the applicant must have a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent. Priority is given to applicants who have completed their PhD within 3 years of making this application; not counting parental or sick leave periods.

Criteria for ranking: When ranking the qualified applicants special emphasis will be given on knowledge of modern database systems research. In filling this position, the university aims to recruit the person who, in the combined evaluation of competence, skills and documented qualification, is judged most suitable to independently carry out and develop the work-in-hand and to contribute to a positive development of the department.  The applicant must have good skills in both spoken and written English.

How to apply: Applications should include a description of research interests and past experience, a CV, copies of exams, degrees and grades, a copy of Ph.D. thesis (or a draft thereof), relevant publications, and other relevant documents. Candidates are encouraged to provide letter(s) of recommendation and contact information to reference persons, and further to indicate their preferred research project(s) or research direction(s), as well as earliest feasible starting date of employment. The application should include name, adress, and phone number.

Uppsala University is striving to achieve a more even gender balance. The majority of the employees in this category are men so women are especially invited to apply for this position.

Some information about health- and childcare in Sweden: As an employee in Sweden you are entitled by law to at least five weeks of paid holiday per year. Healthcare is free after a small fee in connection with the first visit to a doctor. The parental benefits in Sweden are among the best in the world, e.g., you can take 13 months of parental leave and extend the length of your postdoc correspondingly. Childcare is of high quality and very affordable.

For further information please contact Professor Tore Risch, e-mail tore.risch@it.uu.se . The trade union representatives are: Anders Grundström, SACO (the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations), phone +46 18 471 5380,
Carin Söderhäll, TCO/ST (the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees), phone +46 18 471 1996 or +46 18 471 1997, and Stefan Djurström, SEKO (the Union of Service and Communication Employees), phone +46 18 471 3315.

You are welcome to submit your application no later than February 22, 2012, UFV-PA 2012/271.Use the link below to access the application form.

PostDoctoral fellow in Computer Science with specialization in Database Technology