(DBWORLD) Open positions

Ralf Hartmut Gueting (Ralf-Hartmut.Gueting@FernUni-Hagen.de)
Wed, 21 Jan 1998 16:35:59 +0100

POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATABASE SYSTEMS

The University of Hagen, Germany (group of Prof. Gueting, Dept. of Computer
Science) is a partner in the European TMR Research Network CHOROCHRONOS. Within
this project, a postdoc position is available.

The goal of CHOROCHRONOS is research on spatio-temporal database systems; our
more specific approach is the design of spatio-temporal data types and their
implementation under an extensible system architecture. Hence there is work to
be done in the following areas:
- formal modeling of data types and operations to describe spatio-temporal
entities (e.g. moving points, moving regions),
- design of query languages based on these ADTs,
- design of data structures and algorithms to implement such ADTs,
- implementation under the extensible DBMS framework SECONDO,
- design and implementation of related cost models,
- design and implementation of GUI components for visualization of
spatio-temporal entities (moving objects).

A related position for a Ph.D student is also available. Funding covers
a post-doc for one year (paid according to the German BAT IIa salary level) as
well as a Ph.D. student for two years. These are the preferred durations of
appointments, but other balancing of funds is possible. Shorter stays than one
year will also be considered. Positions are available immediately.

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in computer science (or a M.S. for the Ph.D.
student position) and preferably a strong background in database systems.

Due to the rules of EU TMR projects, candidates
- must be less than 35 years of age at the time of the appointment at the
hosting institution;
- must be a national of a Member State of the European Community or of an
Associated State (Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, and Israel), but not of the
state of the hosting institution (Germany in this case).

Please send any inquiries or your application - including a CV and references -
to:

Prof. Dr. Ralf Hartmut Gueting
Praktische Informatik IV
Fernuniversitaet Hagen
D-58084 Hagen
GERMANY

Phone.: +49-2331-987-4279
Fax.: +49-2331-987-4279
Email: gueting@fernuni-hagen.de

More information about the research group can be found at

http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/inf/gebiete/pi4/pi4.html,

more information about the CHOROCHRONOS research network at

http://www.dbnet.ece.ntua.gr/~choros/

University of Hagen is the only "distance teaching" University
(FernUniversitaet) in Germany. Hagen is located at the eastern end of the
so-called "Ruhr area", fairly central in Germany, about an hour away from
Cologne and Duesseldorf.

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