[PragmaticWeb] Research Assistant position at IIIA-CSIC, Barcelona

[Marco Schorlemmer]

RESEARCH ASSISTANT AT IIIA-CSIC, BARCELONA

The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC) in Barcelona offers a 2-year position to work as a research assistant on COINVENT, a high-profile international research project funded under the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme.

The IIIA-CSIC belongs to the Spanish National Research Council, Spain’s largest public institution conducting scientific research and technological development. The IIIA-CSIC is a leading research centre in Europe in logic, reasoning and search; case-based reasoning and machine learning; and intelligent agents and multi-agent systems. It attracts funding from the European, Spanish, and Catalan governments, and has substantial collaborative research projects with industry.

The COINVENT project, led by Dr. Marco Schorlemmer and Prof. Enric Plaza, aims at advancing in the formal understanding of creativity by developing a computationally feasible, cognitively-inspired formal model of concept invention, drawing from interdisciplinary research results from cognitive science, artificial intelligence, formal methods and computational creativity, and validating it for mathematical reasoning and melodic harmonisation. For more details please visit http://coinvent-project.eu.


REQUIREMENTS:
- high-quality degree in Computer Science – a degree in Artificial Intelligence (master's or doctorate) is particularly valued
- strong programming skills, particularly for developing research prototypes applying techniques from artificial intelligence and computational logic – additional knowledge of declarative programming is desired
- excellent oral and written skills in English, including writing reports and academic publications
- the ability to work independently or as part of a team with academic and commercial partners to achieve goals within tight time constraints
- the ability to demonstrate enthusiasm about state-of-the-art research, software development and technology transfer

SALARY (before taxes):
26.733,28€ per annum, payed in 14 instalments.

START DATE:
1st October 2014 at earliest. It may be possible to start later than this depending on the candidates’ circumstances.

APPLICATION:
Please fill out the web application form (http://www.iiia.csic.es/coinvent/application/form/) with
- your personal data,
- a short statement, in English, of why you are interested in joining the COINVENT project at IIIA-CSIC,
- name and contact information of one or two persons who are willing to provide confidential references, and
- your complete CV (including programming and research experience, and scientific publications, if applicable) in PDF format.


CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION: 31st August 2014.


For further information please contact Dr. Marco Schorlemmer (marco at iiia.csic.es).