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Research Fellowship: 0ntology-Based Digital Libraries Three Years (post no.11483) http://kmi.open.ac.uk/news/scholonto-rf.html ------------------------------------------------------ [Please be sure to see below for pointers to: generic Open University further particulars; how to apply by normal post and electronically; deadline and interview dates; contact info; equal opportunity statement] ------------------------------------------------------ Summary The Open University's Knowledge Media Institute is recruiting top calibre staff to meet the challenge of building a next generation internet digital library service for disseminating, analysing and visualizing research literatures. We are looking for a Research Fellow with experience in knowledge representation (e.g. ontologies, frame-based representations, description logic, semantic hypertext) and/or another field of AI, and an interest in the representation and analysis of scholarly argumentation/discourse. You'll be joining a friendly and dynamic team at the forefront of research and development in technologies for scholarly publishing, semantic web tools, and knowledge management. We currently have over a dozen academic (UK and EU) and corporately sponsored research projects in knowledge technologies and organizational knowledge management. The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) is a highly successful, rapidly expanding interdisciplinary laboratory founded at The Open University in 1995, and located in attractive new offices at The Open University's main campus in Milton Keynes, UK. KMi undertakes high-profile advanced research and development in Knowledge Media: a convergence of knowledge, communication and computing technologies. We offer a stimulating and well-endowed research environment, widely acknowledged to be at the leading edge of European research and development, particularly in new technologies for knowledge modelling and management, open supported learning, and synchronous and asynchronous group working. ------------------------------------------------------ FURTHER PARTICULARS Researchers are gaining access to new networks of digital documents by the day. We are not short of information. But solving the access problem serves only to highlight the problem of determining meaning and significance in an ocean of documents. The question we have set ourselves is: How do we provide computational support for interpreting a literature? As part of its Distributed Information Management programme, the UK's Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded a three year project to KMi to develop ScholOnto, a ontology-based, digital library server which will assist researchers in an international community to manage evolving concepts, perspectives and debates. This is a unique and challenging project which will break new ground in the use of ontologies to model scholarly literatures in an internet scale, community-constructed repository, and provide knowledge-based services to assist in the tracking and analysis of concepts, perspectives and debates within research communities. Depending on your perspective, this system can be construed as a computer-supported argumentation system, a semantic e-print server, or a digital library supporting multiple perspectives. Background Articles Further details can be found on the project site: http://www.kmi.open.ac.uk/projects/scholonto/ This project is just one of many at KMi investigating the intersection of knowledge modelling, human-computer interaction and learning [http://kmi.open.ac.uk/knowledge-modelling]. Your work will also intersect with the work of the prestigious EPSRC Advanced Knowledge Technologies research consortium, in which KMi is a partner [http://kmi.open.ac.uk/projects/akt/]. Job Description The post concerns the design and implementation of the ontology-based, services underpinning ScholOnto, and reflection on the technical and social implications of the work. (A related post will build Java user interfaces onto the knowledge base.) The appointment will be made on the Research staff salary scale, £16,286 - £24,479 pa, or £22,579 - £30,065, depending on qualifications and experience. You should demonstrate your understanding of the project's potential and key challenges for your post in your application. ------------------------------------------------------ Person Specification Essential * Experience in knowledge representation (e.g. ontologies, frame-based representations, description logic, semantic hypertext) and/or another field of artificial intelligence. Relevant * A track record of research in a relevant field (e.g. knowledge representation/AI; argumentation; digital libraries; CSCW; computational linguistics; discourse analysis; knowledge-based hypertext) * Knowledge/experience of ontology-based software agents * Experience in developing AI systems in general and especially intelligent systems. * Programming experience in Common Lisp * Experience in developing web-based tools. * Experience in developing tools supporting collaborative work. * Information visualization * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. * The ability to work as part of a team. * The ability to work autonomously and to deadlines. * Ability to interact with end users to gather system requirements and to conduct knowledge acquisition sessions. * A keen interest in web technologies and a vision for the construction of a 'knowledge web'. ------------------------------------------------------ Working at The UK's Open University The Open University teaches more than 200,000 people every year through courses intended mainly for adults studying part-time in their own homes or places of work, supported by locally-based tutors and counsellors. It also maintains a strong and highly regarded research base at its central headquarters in Milton Keynes, about 50 miles north of London. On-line information about the Open University is available via the OU website [http://www.open.ac.uk/]. The Open University provides excellent working conditions, including: * 6 weeks annual leave entitlement in addition to Christmas+Easter closures * Non-smoking policy * Excellent day-care facilities * A creative and supportive work environment Generic details concerning formal aspects of working conditions at the Open University (including selected extracts of Terms and Conditions of Service) are available on the OU Further Particulars Web page. How to apply * The Job Application Form is linked to the further particulars and should be emailed to: Ms. Ortenz Rose [mailto:O.Rose@open.ac.uk] * A hard-copy can also be obtained from her, and sent to Knowledge Media Institute, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. Tel. +44 (0)1908 653800, Fax +44 (0)1908 653169 Deadline and interview dates Closing date for applications: 17 Nov, 2000. Contact Info The project leader is Dr Simon Buckingham Shum, to whom informal enquiries may also be made [mailto:sbs@acm.org] Tel. +44 (0)1908 655723]. The project is co-led with Dr Enrico Motta and Dr John Domingue. ------------------------------------------------------ Disabled applicants whose skills and experience meet the requirements of the job will be interviewed. Please let us know if you need your copy of the further particulars in large print, on computer disk, or on audio cassette tape. Hearing impaired persons may make enquiries on Milton Keynes +44 (0) 1908 654901 (Minicom answerphone). Equal Opportunity is University Policy.
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