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Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with almost 22,000 students and over 2,500 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students and conducts research that contributes to the sustainability of the Norwegian welfare state and the metropolitan region.
The Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD) offers higher education and research and development (R&D) activities within technical subjects, arts and design. The Faculty has approximately 4.000 students and 400 staff members and is situated at Pilestredet Campus in downtown Oslo and at Kjeller Campus in Viken.
The Department of Computer Science offers three bachelor’s degree programmes, a master’s degree programme, and is part of a cross-departmental PhD program. Academic staff at the department are pursuing research in a wide range of areas including computer science, the natural sciences, and innovation and management. Both students and researchers are also involved in an increasing number of interdisciplinary initiatives across the university.
Position
The Faculty of Technology, Art and Design currently has an opening for a PhD position at the Department of Computer Science. The fellowship will be for a period of four years with 25% compulsory work (teaching, lab, or project supervision responsibilities at the department). The fellowship requires admission to the new PhD-program “Engineering Science” at the TKD faculty.
Area of research
The area of research is “Real-Time Recommender Systems”. The project will investigate Intelligent Real-time Recommender Systems with the state of the art Machine Learning tools including Deep Learning, Generative Adversarial Networks and Spiking Neural Networks. The methods will be applied on audio, video and text streams or interactions, and adapt the system behavior based on the learned user preferences.
Required qualifications and skills
Desired skills and experience
We can offer you
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Contact information
For information or questions about the project, please contact Associate Professor Anis Yazidi, anis.yazidi@oslomet.no, +47 67 23 85 95 or Professor Paal Engelstad, paal.engelstad@oslomet.no, +47 67 23 85 38
If you have technical questions about uploading the application, contact HR Advisor Hilde Tverseth, tverseth@oslomet.no, +47 67 23 84 22
Remuneration
Salary is set in accordance with the Norwegian State Salary Scale, job code 1017 NOK 449 400. By law 2% of the salary is deducted as to the Norwegian State Pension Fund.
The appointment of the PhD will be made according to Norwegian guidelines for universities and university colleges and to the general regulations regarding university employees. All applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English (oral and written). The position adheres to the Norwegian Government’s policy that the national labour force should to the greatest possible extent reflect the diversity of the population. Therefore, we encourage qualified candidates with immigrant background or reduced functional ability to apply for this position. OsloMet is an IA (Inclusive Workplace) enterprise and operates in compliance with the Norwegian IA agreement. Questions about adaptation and the working environment may be directed to the contact persons.
General
The Faculty Technology, Art and Design and Consumption Research Norway want to attract outstanding and creative candidates who can contribute to our ongoing research activities.
Under Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act, information about the applicant may be made public even if the applicant has requested not to have his or her name entered on the list of applicants. Applicants are kindly requested to send a diploma supplement or a similar document, which describes in detail the study and grading system and the rights for further studies associated with the obtained degree. The application with a CV and certified copies of diplomas and certificates must be sent electronically via this page, with information about education and relevant experience (all in one combined PDF file).
Required documentation
All application documents submitted should be in English or a Scandinavian language.
In addition to the online application, you must upload the following documents:
You must upload all of these documents. Original documents and valid passport must be presented if you are invited for an interview. OsloMet performs document inspections in order to give you as a candidate a proper evaluation and ensure fair competition.
Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered. The application must state your reasons for applying to the project and what makes you particularly qualified to carry out this PhD work.
Deadline for applications: 14th February 2019
Ref.: 19/00448
OsloMet has implemented the Charter & Code and been certified by the EU Commission with HR Excellence in Research (HRS4R) and is part of the EU network for mobility of Researchers Euraxess.
Type of employment | FELLOW |
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Contract type | Full time |
Salary | NOK 449 400 |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100 % |
City | Oslo |
County | Oslo |
Country | Norway |
Reference number | 19/00448 |
Contact |
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Published | 16.Jan.2019 |
Last application date | 14.Feb.2019 11:59 PM CET |