[Jobs] chiron

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

UNIVERSITY OF YORK
 >
 >DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY
 >
 >
 >Deadline: 1 May, 2007
 >
 > CALL FOR CANDIDATURE FOR TWO CHIRON MARIE-CURIE FELLOWSHIPS
 >
 > Project Title: Cultural Heritage Informatics Research Oriented
 >Network (CHIRON)
 >Job Title: research fellow in cultural heritage informatics
 >Job Description: CHIRON aims at providing training opportunities to
 >EU (non-
 >UK) graduates wishing to start a research career in the field of ICT
 >applications to the research, conservation, and presentation of  
Cultural
 >Heritage.
 >
 > CHIRON aims to train early-stage researchers (i.e., recent MSc or MA
 >graduates who are eligible to enrol to a PhD program, or PhD
 >candidates who
 >have not completed their thesis at the time of the CHIRON  
application),
 >through their participation (in fact, their employment) for one year,
 >starting in October 2007) in one of the research groups (research
 >centers or
 >research laboratories) that participate in the training network.
 >
 > Another objective is to encourage mobility of new researchers from
 >EU countries and for this reason each young researcher can only join
 >research groups which are not based in his/her country of origin.  
(This
 >means that due to EU regulations, UK researchers are NOT eligible to
 >apply
 >for the University of York fellowship, but are welcome to apply to
 >the other
 >CHIRON partners).
 >
 > The salary of the young researcher at the University of York
 >(c.£23,000) is funded by the CHIRON fellowship. The fellowship also
 >covers
 >expenses for attendance of conferences, courses and other research
 >activities, and makes a contribution towards their career development.
 >
 > CHIRON aims at providing training opportunities to graduates wishing
 >to start a research career in the field of ICT applications to the
 >research,
 >conservation, and presentation of material Cultural Heritage.
 >
 > The central aim of the research agenda being led by York is within
 >the areas of digital preservation and access, but within this CHIRON
 >fellows
 >will be able to pursue any of the following areas of ICT application:
 >
 >
 >* Electronic publication and digital preservation
 >
 >* Resource discovery; Internet technologies, metadata standards,
 >interoperability
 >
 >* Database design and implementation; data structure, documentation
 >and standards
 >
 >* CAD, GIS and VR modelling; web delivery of 3-D visualisation;
 >terrain modelling; web-GIS
 >
 > The ideal candidate will have:
 >
 > · An MSc or MA or 2 years research experience in Archaeology,
 >Cultural Informatics, or related subjects
 >
 > · Strong interest in applications of ICT to cultural heritage
 > · Ability to work independently, as well as part of an
 >inter-disciplinary team
 > · Ability to adjust to a new and international environment
 >
 > The research could be part of a PhD degree (i.e., the young
 >researcher may be registered for and/or be completing a PhD in his or
 >her
 >University, or could register for a PhD in York as long as s/he has  
not
 >been awarded the PhD title at the time of their application). Please
 >note
 >that holders of a PhD title are not eligible to apply.
 >
 > For application, a complete CV and a letter of interest should be
 >sent (preferably via email) to Holly Wright,
 ><mailto>
 >hew503 at york.ac.uk
 >
 > More information regarding CHIRON and the other participating
 >organisations can be found at
 ><http>
 >http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/gsp/infosys/chiron.htm
 >
 > and at the general CHIRON site(s): <http>
 >http://www.chiron-training.net & <file>
 >www.chiron-training.org

jeremy hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  
(www.cipr.uwm.edu)

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