Sunday, January 27, 2013

Norway : PhD in Information Access Disruptions

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, is offering a PhD position as part of the centre on Information Access Disruptions (iAD). Partially funded by the Research Council of Norway as a Centre for Research-based Innovation (SFI), iAD
is directed by Microsoft Development Center Norway (MDCN) in collaboration with NTNU and a number of leading universities.

Information access technology has emerged as one of the most innovative technology areas impacting a wide range of industries, business models and even social patterns. As part of iAD, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) wants to employ a PhD student within one of the following target areas:

1. Big data analysis.
2. Large-scale analytical query processing.
3. Temporal and spatial search and indexing.

Specific Conditions: The appointment is at salary code 1017, which currently corresponds to a yearly gross income of NOK 416.300 (equivalent to approx. EUR 55.500 and USD 75.000). Our group is highly international and English is the working language. Further information on the fellowship can be obtained from Professor Kjetil N€ ¦ørv€ ¦åg (noervaag at idi.ntnu.no) . 


Application Deadline : 15 February 2013