| ITC-irst
Trento - ITALY
eCommerce and Tourism
RESEARCH SCIENTISTS
Six Posts (ref: ITT7/2000)
ITC-irst is establishing a new group of well motivated people to
imagine and build the next generation of eBusiness applications in
tourism. Travel and Tourism is one of the most promising domain for
eCommerce applications and among the major sectors of economic growth
in the coming days. We are searching for energetic researchers with a
record of substantial achievement in research or industry and
experience in the area of: Software Engineering; Data Modeling;
Information Integration; Web and eCommerce Architectures and
Frameworks; User Modeling and Interface Design.
Institution
ITC-irst (Centre for scientific and technological research) works in
the fields of information technology and artificial intelligence,
microsystems and micromechanics, physical chemistry of surfaces and
interfaces. Research aims at satisfying concrete needs of innovation
in industries and services, with particular attention to the
characteristics of the local economy. ITC-irst represents a point of
reference in the international scientific panorama, and develops
collaborative relationships with other research centers, universities,
public and private laboratories. Details of our research activity can
be found on our main web-site at http://www.itc.it/enIRST/
Project
The new project will focus on the development of methods, techniques
and tools for eCommerce applications in tourism. In the first year of
activity a recommendation system based on advanced user modelling and
data mining techniques will be prototyped in collaboration with
industrial partners and a selected customer pool. The project is being
funded by a major local bank and will compete for further financing in
the EU arena. The project is coordinated by prof. Hannes Werthner, on
leave from University of Vienna. For further particulars, see:
http://ecotur.itc.it/
Skills required
Successful applicants will have excellent written and verbal
communication skills, and the ability and desire to work as part of a
highly skilled collaborative research team. Applicants must have
acquired significant experience in at least one of the following area:
- DB, Data Modelling and Information Integration (XML and RDF)
- Software architectures for Web and eCommerce (CORBA, J2EE, eCO, RosettaNet)
- Agents based applications
- User Modelling, Interface Design
- Data and Web Mining
Desirable expertise would include knowledge of some or all of the
following: JAVA, CORBA, XML, OO Design and Programming, AI
techniques, Data Base and SQL.
Type of position
The appointments (six positions) will be for a fixed term of three
years, renewable, on the Research staff salary scale: e25,000 -
e42,000. Salary and level of appointment will be commensurate with
the successful applicants' qualifications, experience and
achievements.
Inquiry and Submission
Initial enquiries should be sent to Francesco Ricci (Phone:
+39-0461-314521; E-mail: [email protected]). Applications, consisting of a
curriculum vitae, list of pubblications and the names and addresses of
three referees, should be printed and mailed to: Francesco Ricci,
ITC-irst, via Sommarive, 38050 Povo Trento, Italy (quoting the above
reference number).
Closing date for applications: September 10th, 2000.
ITC-irst
Trento - ITALY
eCommerce and Tourism
RESEARCH SCIENTISTS
Six Posts (ref: ITT7/2000)
ITC-irst is establishing a new group of well motivated people to
imagine and build the next generation of eBusiness applications in
tourism. Travel and Tourism is one of the most promising domain for
eCommerce applications and among the major sectors of economic growth
in the coming days. We are searching for energetic researchers with a
record of substantial achievement in research or industry and
experience in the area of: Software Engineering; Data Modeling;
Information Integration; Web and eCommerce Architectures and
Frameworks; User Modeling and Interface Design.
Institution
ITC-irst (Centre for scientific and technological research) works in
the fields of information technology and artificial intelligence,
microsystems and micromechanics, physical chemistry of surfaces and
interfaces. Research aims at satisfying concrete needs of innovation
in industries and services, with particular attention to the
characteristics of the local economy. ITC-irst represents a point of
reference in the international scientific panorama, and develops
collaborative relationships with other research centers, universities,
public and private laboratories. Details of our research activity can
be found on our main web-site at http://www.itc.it/enIRST/
Project
The new project will focus on the development of methods, techniques
and tools for eCommerce applications in tourism. In the first year of
activity a recommendation system based on advanced user modelling and
data mining techniques will be prototyped in collaboration with
industrial partners and a selected customer pool. The project is being
funded by a major local bank and will compete for further financing in
the EU arena. The project is coordinated by prof. Hannes Werthner, on
leave from University of Vienna. For further particulars, see:
http://ecotur.itc.it/
Skills required
Successful applicants will have excellent written and verbal
communication skills, and the ability and desire to work as part of a
highly skilled collaborative research team. Applicants must have
acquired significant experience in at least one of the following area:
- DB, Data Modelling and Information Integration (XML and RDF)
- Software architectures for Web and eCommerce (CORBA, J2EE, eCO, RosettaNet)
- Agents based applications
- User Modelling, Interface Design
- Data and Web Mining
Desirable expertise would include knowledge of some or all of the
following: JAVA, CORBA, XML, OO Design and Programming, AI
techniques, Data Base and SQL.
Type of position
The appointments (six positions) will be for a fixed term of three
years, renewable, on the Research staff salary scale: e25,000 -
e42,000. Salary and level of appointment will be commensurate with
the successful applicants' qualifications, experience and
achievements.
Inquiry and Submission
Initial enquiries should be sent to Francesco Ricci (Phone:
+39-0461-314521; E-mail: [email protected]). Applications, consisting of a
curriculum vitae, list of pubblications and the names and addresses of
three referees, should be printed and mailed to: Francesco Ricci,
ITC-irst, via Sommarive, 38050 Povo Trento, Italy (quoting the above
reference number).
Closing date for applications: September 10th, 2000.
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