Postdoctoral Position In Computing Science With Focus On Database Systems UmeÅ University

Eligibility

• The candidate applying should have a PhD degree in computer science or another subject relevant.
• The applicant should have a background, particularly in data systems, heterogeneous database integration and management.
• The PhD degree of the candidate should not be more than three years old.
• The research merits and publications of the candidate are taken into consideration.
• Communication skills of the candidate should be excellent in both written and spoken English.
• The candidates are selected by considering both the academics and the practical skills of the candidate.
• The experiences and practical skills on the database system, distributed, autonomous, heterogeneous databases integration, federated database deployment and management.
• Experience on privacy preservation on federated databases, data mining, and relevant topics is considered as an advantage.
• Programming proficiency in one of the languages like Java/Matlab/Python/Perl/C/C++ is required.
• Publication records on the database system, database management, or relevant disciplines, experience of Web service deployment and development under Windows/Linux and ability and experience of applying open source software like Apache tomcat, Mysql, Lucene, Spark is required.
• Communication skills and Proficiency in both written and spoken English, is required.

Documents required

• The candidate should include a cover letter in approximately 2 pages which should include the description of research interests.
• A detailed Curriculum Vitae with the list of scientific publications.
• The most relevant scientific publications (five) should be submitted.
• A copy of PhD thesis of the candidate.
• Degree certificates and other documents supporting the application should be submitted.
• Names and contact details, including e-mail addresses, of at least three reference persons.
• The documents submitted should be in either in Swedish or English.