The Web Information Systems (WIS) group in TU Delft (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands) has a PhD position available in Semantic Search, Linked Data and Adaptive Web, funded in a collaboration with Dutch cultural heritage partners.
The WIS group concentrates in its research on large-scale information systems, specifically information systems that involve Web and Semantic Web technology. Main topics in the group's research activities are:
- engineering and science of the adaptive web, including user modeling and personalization,
- semantic search and retrieval,
- semantic integration and linked data.
Successful candidates will work in collaboration with prominent cultural heritage institutes as well as with companies that offer state-of-the-art search and retrieval solutions. We offer the chance to perform high-quality and cutting-edge research in an international environment, while working in close collaboration with the members of the WIS group at TU Delft. The fully funded PhD position is available for a period of four years. Candidates should be able to start in the spring of 2011.
