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Empleo de Investigadores en el ETC/SIA. Universidad de Málaga

spatialjobs — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:26:42 +0000

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Job Position: GIS Coordinator

ETCSIA_GIScoor_UMA_2_2011EN_20110801.pdf
JResearcher_Job_Position_description_20110801.pdf

Job Position: Senior Environmental Researcher in Malaga, Spain

spatialjobs — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:48:19 +0000

It’s very short notice, deadline next Monday.

http://sia.eionet.europa.eu/activities/announcements/ann1300290151

The application form in the website is broken, the correct link is the following:

http://www.uma.es/investigadores/wwwuma/solicitudcontrato.doc

GIS Coordinator, European Topic Centre on Spatial Information and Analysis – Malaga (Spain) – SHORT NOTICE!

spatialjobs — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:34:11 +0000

Dear all,

I’m sorry for the short notice, but I’ve just received the official call.

This position is to work from the ETC/SIA, which has its coordinating unit in Malaga, Spain. The ETC/SIA works for the European Environment Agency.

Please note that closing date is the 22nd of February, and that more documents than the CV are requested (please see below for more details).

February, 11, 2011

Vacancy: GIS Coordinator

The European Topic Centre for Spatial Information Analysis (ETC/SIA) is an international consortium assisting the European Environment Agency (EEA) in its mission to deliver information on the state and trends of the environment. The lead is the University of Malaga, Spain (UMA).

ETC/SIA is organizing a competition to recruit a highly motivated and well qualified candidate to work as a GIS coordinator. This position seeks to reinforce ETC´s support to the EEA by coordinating the data management within the core team and the consortium partners.

The GIS coordinator will be motivated, professional team player who can demonstrate excellence in data management for environmental assessments, ability to innovate and have the potential to take increasing responsibilities.

The place of work is Malaga, Spain.

Main Functions & Requirements:

· Being the EEA interlocutor to contribute defining spatial analysis solutions to needs expressing in the Annual Implementation Plan (IP), adjusting methodologies to data availability

· Coordination of the ETC/SIA GIS core team to implement EEA requirements as well as to provide the expertise required at internal level.

· Conducting complex and heavy spatial analyses for Europe. Proficiency in ESRI GIS (ArcGIS / ArcInfo / ArcView and its extensions / modules, especially GRID / Spatial Analyst, ArcSDE) software and relational DB management (i.e.PostGreSQL, mySQL) is a key requirement

Formal requirements: Candidates applying must satisfy the following general requirements on the closing date for the submission of applications:

· Citizenship of one of the Member Countries of the EEA;

· Enjoy full rights as a citizen;

· Have fulfilled any obligation imposed by law concerning military service;

· Meet the educational requirements

Education certificates and diplomas:

· A university degree relevant to the field concerned attested by a diploma or an official Master

Range of professional experience and skills:

· A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in an international environment, in particular in the area of data management for environmental information

· Knowledge and understanding of the European environmental and regional policies, as well as the European data policy such us INSPIRE and SEIS

GIS/DB/system management

· Responsible for server hardware and software licenses maintenance

· Server software administration and maintenance of the data (i.e. SQLServer, ArcSDE) through backups, query optimisation, development of procedures and triggers (i.e. T-SQL in SQLServer), DB configuration, or security administration

Data management

· Knowledge of working with spatial databases (ArcSDE for SQLserver)

· Knowledge of setting up quality control procedures and workflows for spatial data

· Ability to design and implement spatial relational data models

· Ability to combine license and open source technology

· Thematic knowledge of environmental data, especially land use and land cover

· Hands-on knowledge on GIS and river systems (hydro systems, i.e. ArcHydro would be an asset

Analytical work

· Familiar with the techniques of modelling. Modelling is understood as the construction of analytical workflows

· Experience with commercial software such us ESRI (i.e. ArcGIS) and open-source software (i.e. Grass, GvSIG, Kosmo, QGIS, etc)

· Able to apply and research new methodologies to the data analysis and spatial data processing as well as developed new custom analytical tools using any programming language (Java, VB, ArcObjects, Python, etc)

Visualisation and dissemination work

· Ability to design and implement shared environment information system (SDIs / Geonodes)based on license-commercial solutions and open source technology

Coordination work

· Team-orientated and exhibit strong oral and written communications skills.

· Ability to lead multi-cultural team within a complex, decentralized organization,

· Ability to communicate and present the ETC’s position in international workshops and conferences

· Good organizational skills and highly developed interpersonal skills.

· Ability to guide and train other analysts in the use of advanced spatial analysis techniques would be an asset.

· Good command of English. Good command of Spanish would be an asset.

Characteristics of the contract:

· Contract start: 1 April 2011 (probation period 6 months).

· Foreseen Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension till the end of the project.

· Working period and place: 35 hours a week, from Monday to Friday (9h-17h). Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía (PTA), Málaga, Spain.

Benefits and Compensation

Compensation and benefits are determined by the rules of the UMA. The starting salary will be 43.257,96 € and depends on experiences. It is a full time position.

We value and support diversity and equal opportunities for employment.

Necessary application materials:

in English:

Application
Euro CV
References, Publications
2 referees
Scans of university degrees

The application has to be provided before February 22nd 2011 to:

Andreas Littkopf, Manager of the ETC/SIA

E-mail: andreas.littkopf and Cc: jrosillo

gislist prospective job opportunity

spatialjobs — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:04:29 +0000

GHA: Job Opportunities at Oxford

spatialjobs — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:30:15 +0000

I would be grateful if you could circulate the following announcements of three postdoc opportunities, a full time research officer post and two PhD opportunities to suitably qualified polymaths. All of the posts are based within the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University and will be working on various aspects of sustainability assessment of infrastructure systems and cities, with an emphasis upon complex systems analysis of processes of long term change.

Research Associate: Infrastructure Systems Modeller

This post is associated with the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium, a major national initiative coordinated by Oxford University to develop new tools for long term analysis of dynamics and interdependence of energy, transport, water, waste and ICT systems. The post-holder will be responsible for development and implementation of new complex systems models.

http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/jobs/arrs/180211/arrs7267j/

Research Associate: Infrastructure Systems Analyst

This post is also associated with the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium. The focus of this post will be upon multidisciplinary analysis of infrastructure performance and sustainability in a range of uncertain futures.

http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/jobs/arrs/180211/arrs7269j/

Research Officer: Spatial Data Analysis

This is a full time position for an expert geospatial data analyst to provide on-going technological innovation and support within our team.

http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/jobs/ar/230211/ar7295j/

Research Associate: Urban Systems Modeller

This post is associated with the EPSRC funded ARCADIA project, which is providing new system-scale insights to improve resilience of cities to climatic extremes. The post-holder will be responsible for the implementation of new methods for analysis of the systemic impacts of climate change on urban areas. http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/jobs/arrs/180211/arrs7266j/

Two EPSRC funded DPhil studentship:

The Studentships are associated with the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium, which is a major EPSRC funded national programme, co-ordinated in the University of Oxford, to develop new approaches to analyse the sustainability of national infrastructure systems. Each Studentship is for three years and will cover University and College fees, maintenance and appropriate research costs.

Studentship 1: Reducing the risk of failure in interdependent national infrastructure network systems

http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/news/studentships/110311.html

Studentship 2: Long term planning of options for sustainable national infrastructure provision

http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/news/studentships/110311.html

Prof Jim Hall

Environmental Change Institute

Oxford University Centre for the Environment

South Parks Road,

Oxford, OX1 3QY

01865 275846

Email: jim.hall

Best wishes

Jim

GHA: JOB Postdoctoral position – Modelling ecosystem services in Europe

spatialjobs — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:25:29 +0000

SIG PhD and Post-Doc Positions at Universities of Bremen and Freiburg

spatialjobs — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:38:57 +0000

The Spatial Cognition Research Center SFB/TR 8 at the Universities of
Bremen and Freiburg
and the
International Resarch Training Group (IRTG) "Semantic Integration of
Geospatial Information" at the University of Bremen
offer the following positions and opportunities:
A: Postgraduate / Junior Researcher Position, University of Bremen,
SFB/TR 8 Project R1-[ImageSpace]
B: 2 Postgraduate / Junior Researcher Positions, University of Bremen,
University of Freiburg, SFB/TR 8 Project R4-[LogoSpace]
C: SFB/TR 8 Postdoc Fellowships for 3 to 6 months, University of Bremen,
University of Freiburg
D: Postdoc Position at IRTG, University of Bremen
—
A: Postgraduate / Junior Researcher Position, University of Bremen,
SFB/TR 8 Project R1-[ImageSpace]
Project R1-[ImageSpace]: Mental Representations of Spatial Environments
-Under the condition of job release / reference number: A189/10 –
- Project Description: -
Mental reasoning about spatial environments often involves specific and
task- sensitive spatio-analogical or quasi-pictorial mental
representations. Mental processes dynamically construct and explore
these representations to obtain desired spatial information and they do
so with restricted working memory capacities. One goal of the project
R1-[ImageSpace] is to build a cognitive architecture which comprises the
components and processes necessary to accurately model human spatial
cognition. A second focus is on how to best employ such architectures in
applications that assist or train humans in spatial cognition tasks
(e.g., in architectural design and spatial planning). Empirical studies
are used to inform and evaluate modeling work (e.g., to identify the
nature of the representation formats employed during reasoning) as well
as developed assistance tools.
More information on the project can be found at
www.sfbtr8.spatial-cognition.de/project/r1/
- Qualifications: -
Applicants should have expertise in computer science / artificial
intelligence and cognitive psychology and should hold a master or
diploma degree in computer science, cognitive science, or a related
field. They should be committed to interdisciplinary, team-based
research and be fluent in spoken and written English.
Ideally, an applicant will also have knowledge of / interest in more
than one of the following areas: computational cognitive modeling of
human spatial cognition; psychological experimentation; model-based
human-computer interaction. Additional training will be provided on the
job.
- Main Tasks: -
* Contributing to conceptual and computational modeling of human spatial
cognition.
* Applying cognitive models to computer-based training and tutoring.
* Planning / Designing and conducting experiments; statistical analyses
of experimental data.
* Management of experimental lab and equipment.
* Preparing manuscripts for publication in international journals / at
conferences.
The successful applicant is expected to work on obtaining a doctoral
degree in the scope of this position.
- Conditions of Employment: -
Salary is according to the German Federal pay scale (TV-L 13, approx.
EUR 34,000 p.a.). The position is available from January 2011 until the
end of 2012 with the possibility of extension. Application deadline: 30.
November 2010 (or until a suitable candidate is found).
As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female
employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. In
case of equal personal aptitudes and qualification, disabled persons
will be given priority. Applicants with a migration background are welcome.
- How to Apply & What to Do in Case of Questions: -
Please address questions about the position and send your application
under the reference number (preferably by email) to:
Dr. Holger Schultheis
SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition
Universitaet Bremen
P.O. Box 330 440
28334 Bremen / Germany
For a paper-based application, please make sure to only send document
copies as all received application material will be destroyed after the
selection process.
—
B: 2 Postgraduate / Junior Researcher Positions, University of Bremen,
University of Freiburg, SFB/TR 8 Project R4-[LogoSpace]
Project R4-[LogoSpace]: Constraint-based Reasoning in Qualitative
Spatio-Temporal Calculi
(* under the condition of job release *)
Project Description:
Reasoning about space is essential for a wide range of spatial tasks
such as the retrieval of information from spatial knowledge bases, the
reconstruction of information from incomplete data, the navigation in
known or unknown environments, or the manipulation of objects in real
world settings. The project R4-[LogoSpace] develops and evaluates
constraint-based representation formalisms and algorithmic techniques
that are applicable for solving such spatial tasks.
More information on the project can be found at
http://sfbtr8.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/R4LogoSpace/
Qualifications:
Applicants should have expertise in computer science / artificial
intelligence and should hold a master or diploma degree in computer
science, mathematics, or a related field. They should be committed to
interdisciplinary, team-based research and be fluent in spoken and
written English. Strong programming skills in object-oriented and
functional programming languages and/or expertise in geographic
information systems and/or strong mathematical training are beneficial.
Ideally, an applicant will have background in more than one of the
following areas: knowledge representation and reasoning; complexity
theory; automated theorem proving; mathematical logics; geographic
information systems.
Additional training will be provided on the job.
Main Tasks:
* Development and theoretic analysis of formal systems for the
representation of spatial information;
* Design and empirical evaluation of algorithms for reasoning tasks in
such formal systems;
* Application and evaluation of theoretic results in real world testbeds
(e.g., GIS, robotics);
* Preparation of articles for publication in scientific journals and
presentation of research results at international conferences.
If applicable, the successful applicants are expected to work on
obtaining a doctoral degree in the scope of this position.
Conditions of Employment:
Salary is according to the German Federal pay scale (TV-L 13, approx.
EUR 34,000 p.a.). The positions are available from January 2011 until
the end of 2012 with the possibility of extension. Application deadline:
03/12/2010 (or until a suitable candidate is found).
One position is available at the University of Bremen, one at the
University of Freiburg. Applicants with a strong preference for one
location should indicate this in their letter of application.
As the Universities of Bremen and Freiburg intend to increase the
proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly
encouraged to apply. In case of equal personal aptitudes and
qualification, disabled persons will be given priority.
How to Apply & What to Do in Case of Questions:
Please address questions about the position and send your application in
electronic form (PDF) by email to:
Dr. Stefan Woelfl , or:
PD Dr. Till Mossakowski
—
C: SFB/TR 8 Postdoc Fellowships for 3 to 6 months, University of Bremen,
University of Freiburg
Spatial Cognition Research Center SFB/TR 8: Postdoc Fellowships for 3 to
6 months in 2011
The Spatial Cognition Research Center SFB/TR 8 at the Universities of
Bremen and Freiburg offers fellowships for visiting postdoctoral
researchers for a lump sum of EUR 3,000 per month. Candidates from all
over the world and with any disciplinary background will be considered,
if they demonstrate potential to engage in innovative research together
with SFB/TR 8 researchers and students. Applicants need to have
completed a doctoral degree in a pertinent area and propose a research
program for three to six months, linked to one or more of the SFB/TR 8
projects (see http://www.sfbtr8.uni-bremen.de/projects.html). There are
also opportunities to teach a block or semester course.
As the SFB/TR 8 intends to increase the proportion of female employees
in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications
with motivation letter, CV, research program, and proposed timing are to
be sent to Dr. Thomas Barkowsky (barkowsky).
—
D: Postdoc Position at IRTG, University of Bremen
International Research Training Group on
Semantic Integration of Geospatial Information
The International Research Training Group (IRTG) addresses problems
arising when integrating geospatial information from multiple sources to
reason and support decisions about the human environment. These problems
are situated in the overall research challenge of supporting effective
geospatial reasoning across age and cultures. The common scientific
thread of the program is the ambition to create computationally
tractable solutions to problems of semantic integration.
The IRTG has established an international center of excellence in the
area of geospatial information integration and involves the following
partners:
• University of Münster, Germany
• University of Bremen, Germany
• University at Buffalo, USA.
Supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the program offers
a full-time post-doctoral researcher position (2 years TV-L E13)
at the SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition / Department for Mathematics and
Informatics at the University of Bremen, Germany.
The offered position is construed as a qualification position with the
following responsibilities: carrying out excellent and innovative
research within and across the different research initiatives of the
IRTG (see http://irtg-sigi.uni-muenster.de/), writing publications,
acquiring new research projects, working with and supervising the Ph.D.
students of the IRTG program, as well as coordinating meetings and
seminars with our partners in Münster and Buffalo.
Requirements are an excellent degree in computer science,
geoinformatics, cognitive science, or a related field, and excellent
English language skills. Applications with complete CV, degree
certificates, a publication list, as well as a sketch of research plans
are requested by December 31st 2010 (or until a suitable candidate is
found). Preferred starting date is April 1st 2011. As the University of
Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in
science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. In case of equal
personal aptitudes and qualification, disabled persons will be given
priority. Applicants with a migration background are welcome!
Further information on the IRTG is available at
http://irtg-sigi.uni-muenster.de/

Please send your applications to cosy
For all inquiries, please contact Prof. Christian Freksa Ph.D.
freksa

SIG Post-Doc in Barcelona – IC3

spatialjobs — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:38:13 +0000

http://naturlink.sapo.pt/article.aspx?menuid=24&cid=27368&bl=1

SIG Concurso para Doutores na U. Santiago Compostela (Galiza, Espanha)

spatialjobs — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:37:39 +0000

Concurso para Doutores na U. Santiago Compostela (Galiza, Espanha):
http://imaisd.usc.es/guiaconvocatorias.asp?i=gl&s=-2-26-31-55&id=1723&t=9&st=0

SIG Post-Doc at U. Bologna – Effects of multiple human and natural stressors on the potential for recovery in marine coastal systems

spatialjobs — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:37:11 +0000

UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA (Italy)

The Laboratory of Experimental Ecology (LES – http://www.ecology.unibo.it) – wishes to appoint a post-doctoral fellow to carry on experimental research on the effects of multiple human and natural stressors on the potential for recovery in marine coastal systems. This activity will be carried out within national and international multidisciplinary projects focusing on the remediation of damaged marine habitats, on the development of ecosystem-based adaptation measures and on coastal planning and management.

Applicants should have a PhD in a related discipline, a background in experimental ecology and data analysis (possibly also including meta analysis), demonstrated ability to work independently and producing publications, good skills in networking and communication and a positive attitude towards collaboration in a multidisciplinary research group both in the field and the laboratory. Fluent knowledge of English is essential. The results of the project will be translated into zoning plans and regulations for coastal areas in the Adriatic sea and around Europe, therefore some familiarity with GIS would be a desirable requisite. Because part of the research is carried out in the field, diving and boat experience would also be desirable.

The successful applicant will work under the supervision of Dr Laura Airoldi (http://www.ecology.unibo.it/page/laura.htm). Office and laboratory work will be based in Ravenna, while field work will be carried out along the coasts of the Adriatic sea.

The position is available for two years at a net salary range of 15000 Euros per year. Subject to funding, the position may be extended for up to four years in the first instance.

Inquiries and applications should be addressed to Dr Laura Airoldi (Scienze Ambientali,
Università di Bologna, Via S. Alberto, 163, I-48100 Ravenna, Italy; e-mail:laura.airoldi; tel +39 0544 937314, +39 320 4386506) together with a curriculum vitae and the names and addresses of three references.

Closing date is 15 December 2010.