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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Information Science at MediaFutures
There is a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position at MediaFutures within Media Content Production and Analysis. The position is for a period 4 years with 25% compulsory teaching duties. We are looking for an ambitious and self-motivated colleague to join us in MediaFutures: Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation.
Qualifications and personal qualities:
- The applicant must hold a Norwegian PhD or an equivalent degree within Information Science, Computer Science, or Artificial Intelligence. They must have submitted their doctoral thesis for assessment prior to the application deadline. It is a condition of employment that the PhD has been awarded.
- Strong programming skills are a must.
- Background within computational creativity, semantic technologies, and natural language generation is an advantage.
- Experience from scientific work (e.g., previous conference and journal publications) is a requirement.
- Experience in innovation work, grant writing and proposal authorship is an advantage.
- Great motivation for research and innovation work, and interest in the topic and good knowledge of relevant theory and methods is a must.
- We are seeking for candidates that has proven skills to work in a team, as well has the ability to work independently and in a structured manner.
- Proficiency in both written and oral English (this is the working language of the centre).
Potential candidates may be invited to the centre for an interview.
Read more and apply at https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/240690/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-information-science-at-mediafutures
Position as Research Assistant
There is a vacancy for a 50% Research Assistant position at MediaFutures: Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation, the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen. The position is a fixed-term period of up to 2 years.
Research assistant is a recruitment position where the main task is to be a supporting entity to the academic staff in their instructional and research endeavors. The position will provide the opportunity to gain insight into scientific work and methodology. Total employment cannot exceed two years.
The Research Assistant will support the Centre Director in scientific, technical and admin tasks and reports to the Centre Director. Work tasks include:
- Contribute to research and innovation projects and proposals where the director of MediaFutures is involved in, e.g., with programming tasks, data collection tasks, and setting up research infrastructure.
- Other admin and support tasks on demand.
Read more and apply at https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/241997/research-assistant-at-mediafutures
You can find previously announced positions here:
PhD positions (expired)
WP1: PhD position in Media Studies
WP2: PhD position in User Modelling, Personalisation & Engagement
WP2: PhD position in User Modelling, Personalisation & Engagement
WP2: PhD position in Computational Social Science
WP3: PhD position in computational media forensics
WP4: PhD position in Computer Science/HCI
WP4: PhD position in Computer Science/HCI
WP5: PhD Research Fellowship in Natural Language Processing
Postdoctoral positions (expired):
WP1: Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in media use research
WP2: Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in User Modelling, Personalisation & Engagement
WP2: Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Recommender Systems at MediaFutures
WP3: Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in in Computational Media Content Analysis
WP5: Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Natural Language Processing
Research Assistants (expired)
Research Assistant at MediaFutures
Research Assistant with good ICT competences and knowledge of at least one programming language
Research Assistant at MediaFutures
Administrative positions (expired):