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The Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE) project and the Text
Mining and Visualization project, funded by a Major Collaborative
Research Initiative grant and a Standard Research Grant, respectively,
from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), seek a
post-doctoral fellow in Text Mining, Modelling, and Prototyping, with
expertise in Data Modeling and Digital Humanities.
This position is based in the Department of English and Film Studies at
the University of Alberta, in partnership with the Orlando Project and
the Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory (CWRC). The successful
candidate is anticipated to work closely with team members at U Alberta,
U Toronto, Acadia U, U Saskatchewan, U Western Ontario, U Guelph, U
Victoria, and beyond, and will be co-supervised by Text Mining and
Visualization PI Susan Brown and INKE PI Ray Siemens.
The postdoctoral fellow will work with conceptual data models and new
forms of knowledge expression developed or under development by INKE and
CWRC, collaborating with INKE92s Modelling and Prototyping team and
others, consulting with project stakeholders and potential stakeholders,
and liaising with other INKE researchers located in North America and
the UK.
The successful candidate will have skills and aptitudes in
humanities-oriented research and data modelling, including training or
demonstrated experience working with the Resource Description Framework
and/or other conceptual modelling approaches. Organizational skills are
essential. Interest and aptitude in research planning and management
would be an asset, as would knowledge of data visualization tools (e.g.,
VTK, D3, or Gephi). The ability to work in concert with our existing
team is a critical requirement.
Experience with leveraging semantic markup for text mining,
visualization, and interoperability would be an asset. Examples of
technologies employed in the partner projects include: XML, XSL, XSLT,
XHTML, and TEIP5 encoding; XQuery; eXist XML databases; JavaScript; and
Ruby on Rails. Experience in some or all of these technologies would be
an asset, but is not a requirement. Hands-on aptitude with--as distinct
from merely interest in--digital tools is required.
Our current team members pride themselves on a passionate interest in
both the humanities and their computational engagement. Our ideal
candidate is someone with similar passions who can introduce the team to
new ideas and provide new perspectives on existing digital humanities
issues. The salary for this position is competitive in the Canadian
context, and is governed in part by SSHRC practices.
Applications comprising a brief cover letter, CV, and the names and
contact information for three referees may be sent electronically to
Susan Brown at susan/dot/brown/at/ualberta/dot/ca. The contract can
begin as early as 1 September 2012; it is for a one-year term, with the
possibility of renewal.
Interviews may be conducted via Skype or in person, at DH2012 (Hamburg),
in Edmonton, or other venues as feasible. Applications will be reviewed
until the position is filled.
NOTE: If you happen to be at DH2012 right now, feel free to ping Susan
Brown to meet up informally to learn more of the position.
