Research Fellowship in Geographic Ontology
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- Subject: Research Fellowship in Geographic Ontology
- From: Brandon Bennett <brandon@COMP.LEEDS.AC.UK>
- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:13:04 +0100
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Brandon Bennett
Opportunity for Research Fellowship in
FOUNDATIONAL ONTOLOGY FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
School of Computing
University of Leeds
Closing Date: 31st August 2005
A post is available for a fixed term of two years, to work on an EPSRC
grant entitled Foundational Ontology for Geographic Information
recently awarded to Dr Brandon Bennett.
The aim of the project is to develop a formal ontology (i.e. a
rigorous specification of concept meanings) that can provide a
semantic infrastructure to support flexible processing, querying and
integration of geographic information. The approach will be based on a
logical representation incorporating additional mechanisms to account
for the vagueness that is intrinsic to many geographic concepts.
The successful candidate will work as a member of a diverse research
group working on a variety of aspects of spatial knowledge
representation and reasoning. The project also involves collaboration
with Ordnance survey and with several European ontology research
groups. Applicants must have some knowledge of logical representations
and be able to apply this to the semantic analysis of natural language
concepts. They must be competent in the use of computers, preferably
with some programming experience. Good communication skills and the
ability to write up research findings for academic publication are
essential. Experience of geographic information would be useful but
is not necessary.
Information about the School of Computing can be obtained from
http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk and more general information about the
University and Leeds is available at http://www.leeds.ac.uk
Salary: up to £27,116 (RA1A or RAII up to spine point 11) depending on
the level of experience of the appointed candidate.
Informal enquiries should be made to
Dr Brandon Bennett
email: brandon@comp.leeds.ac.uk
tel: +44 (0)113 343 1070.
Further details of this position, together with instructions on how to
apply can be found online at
http://www.leeds.ac.uk
(click on 'jobs' and select the 'research' section).
Application packs are also available from Irene Rudling
email: i.rudling@leeds.ac.uk
tel: +44 (0)113 343 5480.
Job ref 312002
Closing date 31st August 2005
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Dr Brandon Bennett
Division of Artificial Intelligence Tel.: +44 (0)113 343 1070
School of Computing (room 9.16) (home) +44 (0)113 274 6920
University of Leeds Fax.: +44 (0)113 343 5468
Leeds LS2 9JT E-mail: brandon@comp.leeds.ac.uk
United Kingdom WWW: http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/brandon/
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