Vacancy: Researcher in Informatics / Geoinformatics

Specifications - (explanation)

Location	Enschede
Function types	Research, Development, Innovation
Scientific fields	Natural Sciences
Hours	38.0 hours per week
Salary	€ 2403 - € 2542
Education	University Graduate
Job number	568396

Job description

For the faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands we are looking for 1 researcher to work on the:
Development of data analysis modules within a Web-based Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS).
This is one of the 5 researcher positions for 18 months, financed by the European Community, that are available within the European Marie Curie Initial Training Network “CHANGES” . For more information on the other 4 positions see www.changes-itn.eu. The CHANGES network will develop an advanced understanding of how global changes (related to environmental and climate change as well as socio-economical change) will affect the temporal and spatial patterns of hydro-meteorological hazards and associated risks in Europe; how these changes can be assessed, modelled, and incorporated in sustainable risk management strategies, focusing on spatial planning, emergency preparedness and risk communication.
One of the main components of the project is the development of a Web-based Spatial Decision Support System  (SDSS)to analyze the effect of risk reduction planning alternatives on reducing the risk now and in the future, and support decision makers in selecting the best alternatives.

Requirements

- MSc in informatics/ computer sciences/ geoinformatics
- Good programming skills
- Less than 4 years research experience after receiving MSc
- Willingness to travel as the selected researchers will be meeting frequently and will spend about 30% of their time with one of the other project partners in Europe.
- Able to work in a team, as the development of the SDSS is a team-effort.
- Strong object oriented programming background (e.g. C++, Python)
- Strong experience in working with open source GIS software and their built-in functionalities
- Experiences in working with relational database such as Postgres and PostGIS with SQL.
- Good knowledge in risk assessment and web programming

Tasks:
- Responsible for the development of data analysis modules which would finally lead to Risk Assessment (RA) module of the SDSS (most probably to be based on Open Source GIS software ILWIS)
- Development of interactive real-time components for risk calculation and generation of vulnerability curves
- Explore the GIS processing modules of ILWIS (most probably to link and run on the web)
- Development of the interface for RA module
- Need to closely work together with other ESRs in development team

For information on the Marie Curie Initial Training Network Programme and Early Stage Researchers you can consult the website: ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/index_en.htm.

For detailed information on the position you can consult: Dr. C.J. van Westen, mailto: c.j.vanwesten@utwente.nl or mrs. dr. M.F.  Noomen, mailto: m.f.noomen@utwente.nl.
For information about University Twente, faculty ITC see www.itc.nl.

Conditions of employment

Employment: The duration for the position is from 1 July 2013 until 31 December 2014. The appointment will be given under Dutch law and in reference to the UT regulations. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreements of the Dutch Universities.

Location: The work is carried out in the University of Twente in Enschede.

Organisation

The University of Twente. We stand for life sciences and technology. High tech and human touch. Education and research that matter. New technology which drives change, innovation and progress in society. The University of Twente is the only campus university in the Netherlands; divided over six faculties we provide more than fifty educational programmes. The University of Twente has a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out pioneering research.
The Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente provides international postgraduate education, research and project services in the field of geo-information science and earth observation using remote sensing and GIS. The aim of ITC's activities is the international exchange of knowledge, focusing on capacity building and institutional development in developing countries and emerging economies.

More information and original publication here: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UT/vacancy/17841/lang/en/

VACANCY: Experienced Researcher in (geo-)informatics

Specifications - (explanation)

Location	Enschede
Function types	Research, Development, Innovation
Scientific fields	Engineering
Hours	38.0 hours per week
Salary	€ 2379 - € 3195
Education	University Graduate
Job number	305934
Translations	en nl

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Job description

Development of web-based decision support tool for risk management.

An Experienced Researcher position (two years), financed by the European Community, is available within the European Marie Curie Initial Training Network “CHANGES”: ‘Changing Hydro-meteorological Risks – as Analysed by a New Generation of European Scientists’. (www.changes-itn.eu). The overall aim of the network is to analyze the effect of environmental changes on the risk for hydro-meteorological hazards and management. 12 Early Stage Researchers (PhD students) have been working on this topic since January 2011. We are now looking for a researcher who will work together with these PhD students and two fellow experienced researchers.

Objectives: The objective of the position is to develop a web-based decision support tool for risk assessment of hydro-meteorological hazards (landslides, floods). This includes the following:

• Analysis of existing web-based tools for multi-hazard risk assessment, and the use of risk information for risk management
• The web-based tool should be able to analyze the consequences of changes in hazards, vulnerability and risk for future scenarios related to climate change, land use changes, demographic changes and risk management decisions
• The web-based tool should be able to make comparisons of alternatives for risk reduction focusing on different scenarios in terms of land use planning, the construction of risk mitigation measures, early warning and emergency preparedness
• The web-based tool should support cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analysis and spatial multi-criteria evaluation
  The web-based tool will be designed for different stakeholders (risk managers, local authorities, researchers)

Requirements

• A PhD obtained and maximum 5 years after obtaining the MSc degree
  or an MSc in (geo-)informatics or other relevant discipline with at least 4 years full time research experience
•  Experience in web-GIS development and programming skills
• Fluent English (knowledge of additional European languages is an asset)
• Preferably having knowledge of hydro-meteorological risks / Earth sciences.

It is required that the successful candidate will participate in all meetings and workshops organized by the CHANGES research consortium (related additional funding covering travel costs is available). The candidate must be willing to disseminate the results within the project during the meetings, but also and in particular through presentations at conferences and contributions to scientific journals. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Eligibility: The candidate may not have resided or carried out his/her main activities in the Netherlands or Austria for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to his/her appointment.

Information: You are invited to send your application as pdf-files through the link of University Twente: http:// www.utwente.nl/vacatures/en. Applications have to be accompanied by a motivation letter (max. 1 page) as well as a detailed CV and a letter of recommendation.

Marie Curie Initial Training Network Programme: For more information on the Marie Curie Initial Training Network Programme and Experienced Researchers you can consult the website ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/careers_en.htm

For more information contact Dr. Cees van Westen (westen@itc.nl) or Prof.Dr. Thomas Glade (thomas.glade@univie.ac.at)

Selection of the applicant will be performed on a competitive basis. The application deadline is 17 august 2012.

Following a pre-selection procedure, the final candidates will be invited to a personal interview, most likely between 10 and 13 September 2012.

Conditions of employment

Employment: The duration of the position is 24 months. Two separate contracts are made, each for 12 months, the first year with the University of Twente and the second year with the University of Vienna. The ultimate starting date is 1 January 2013. The appointment for the first year will be given under Dutch law and in reference to the UT regulations, for a period of 12 months. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of the Dutch Universities. The appointment for the second year will be given under Austrian law and according to the regulations of the University of Vienna. Salary and allowances are according to the EU Marie Curie regulations.
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Location: The work is carried out at two Universities with visits to two private companies dealing with risk management. The first 12 months the candidate will be based at the University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) located in Enschede, the Netherlands. The second year the candidate will spend at the University of Vienna (Austria). In these two years, the private companies Geomer (Heidelberg, Germany)and R&D (Aubagne, France) will be visited. Hereby, the focus of these visits will be on how to incorporate close interaction with potential users of the web-based tool.

Supervision: The research will be supervised by Dr. Cees van Westen (ITC) and Prof. Dr. Thomas Glade (University of Vienna).

Organisation

The University of Twente. We stand for life sciences and technology. High tech and human touch. Education and research that matter. New technology which drives change, innovation and progress in society. The University of Twente is the only campus university in the Netherlands; divided over six faculties we provide more than fifty educational programmes. The University of Twente has a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out pioneering research.
The Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente provides international postgraduate education, research and project services in the field of geo-information science and earth observation using remote sensing and GIS. The aim of ITC's activities is the international exchange of knowledge, focusing on capacity building and institutional development in developing countries and emerging economies.

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PhD position Forensic Face Recognition

PhD position Forensic Face Recognition

Specificaties - (uitleg)

Locatie	Enschede
Functietypes	Promotieplaatsen
Wetenschappelijke discipline	Techniek
Uren	40.0 uren per week
Salaris	€ 2042 - € 2612
Werk-/denkniveau	Universitair
Vacaturenummer	187588
Vertalingen	en nl

Solliciteer binnen 88 dagen op deze vacature

When comparing a facial image from a crime scene with a police photograph, forensic experts pay attention to morphologic-anthropologic features, following a prescribed protocol. The support for the hypothesis that crime-scene and reference image originate from one individual is expressed in qualitative terms, such as “no support”, “limited sup-port”, “moderate support”, “strong support”, and “very strong support”. Presently a strong effort is being made to replace such a qualitative description by a likelihood ratio, which is a quantitative measure of evidential value that can support the judge in court to make an objective decision.

Biometric face recognition is an automated process, for example used in access control. It does not use morphologic-anthropologic features, but extracts and compares abstract features, resulting in a quantitative similarity score. If this is above a predetermined threshold, the compared faces are accepted as resulting from the same individual.

The NWO project Forensic Face Recognition combines the fields of forensic face comparison and biometric face recognition in order to develop a (partially) automated system for forensic facial comparison that quantifies the evidential value as a likelihood ratio thus supporting the court to make an objective decision. This will be realized by:
1. Automation of the current forensic morphological-anthropological practice.
2. Optimization of biometric face recognition for forensic applications.
3. Computation of likelihood ratios as quantitative evidential value from the above 2 systems.
Topics 1 and 2 will be addressed at the University of Twente. Topic 3 will be addressed at the University of Amsterdam.

The PhD student in Twente will do research on face recognition systems for the forensic domain. For this task, we are looking for a highly motivated researcher with an MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related topic, with adequate experimental and theoretical skills. You have knowledge of image processing, pattern recognition, and probability theory. Knowledge in more specific areas such as biometrics will be an advantage. Fluency in English is a requirement. An interview will be part of the selection procedure.

As PhD student, you will be appointed for a period of four years, at the end of which you must have completed a PhD thesis. During this period, you have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge by joining international exchange programs, to participate in national and international conferences and workshops, and to visit other research institutes and universities worldwide.
We offer a full-time PhD position in a dynamic and international environment. The duration of the contracts is four years. The gross salary will range from € 2.042,00 in the first year to € 2.612,00 per month in the fourth year. Additionally, the University of Twente provides excellent facilities for professional and personal development. In addition, we offer a holiday allowance (amounts to 8%) and an end-of-year bonus (amount to 8.3%) and a number of additional benefits. The labour agreements are in accordance with the CAO-NU for Dutch universities.

The University of Twente. We stand for life sciences and technology. High tech and human touch. Education and research that matter. New technology which drives change, innovation and progress in society. The University of Twente is the only campus university in the Netherlands; divided over six faculties we provide more than fifty educational programmes. The University of Twente has a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out pioneering research.

In the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EWI) is the place where these three disciplines shape Information and Communication Technology at the University of Twente. ICT is more than communication. In almost every product we use mathematics, electronics and computer technology are present, and ICT now contributes to all of societies' activities. It is no longer about gadgets that we do or do not want to use. The real integration of ICT is just beginning. What we need is more intelligence in our systems and improvement of their natural interaction with humans.

Found here: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UT/vacancy/12266/lang/nl/

PostDoc position in Information Security

Position description: The Research Group of Distributed and Embedded Security of the University of Twente is seeking a talented candidate with research interests in information security for a PostDoc position.

Job description: The candidate is expected to contribute to the information security research agenda of the DIES group and to extend our work with new ideas in the areas of data security, network security, and cybercrime prevention.

The candidate is expected to contribute to the information security research agenda of the DIES group and to extend our work with new ideas in the areas of data security, network security, and cybercrime prevention.



An ideal candidate for this position · holds a recent PhD in computer science or a closely related discipline; · has a proven record of research, documented by excellent publications in information security; · has participated in national and/or international research projects and in grant acquisition; · has excellent communication skills, mastering both oral and written English fluently; · has experience with various types of teaching including supervising master students; If you think you fulfill at least a good number of these characteristics, we encourage you to apply. Questions regarding the academic content of the position you can direct to prof.dr. Pieter Hartel (pieter.hartel@utwente.nl). More information about the Research Group of Distributed and Embedded Security may also be found on dies.ewi.utwente.nl/. Applications have to be submitted via the central job portal of the University of Twente at www.utwente.nl/vacatures/en/. Please submit your application together with
motivation letter,
full curriculum vitae including a list of all courses and marks,
publication list incl. a summary of your PhD thesis,
and the names and addresses of two references.
Please submit your application before 17th February 2012.



We offer a full-time position in a dynamic and international environment. The duration of the contract is three years. The gross salary will range between € 2,861.00 to € 3,755.00 per month. Additionally, the University of Twente provides excellent facilities for professional and personal development. In addition, we offer a holiday allowance (amounts to 8%) and an end-of-year bonus (amounts to 8.3%) and a number of additional benefits. The labor agreements are in accordance with the CAO-NU for Dutch universities.

You get the chance to work in an internationally renowned team of security researchers and to extend your network with national and international contacts. In addition to research, you can get involved in the group’s teaching activities to acquire teaching experience and qualification.
Organisatie

The University of Twente stands for life sciences and technology, high tech and human touch, education and research that matter. New technology which drives change, innovation and progress in society. The University of Twente is the only campus university in the Netherlands; divided over six faculties we provide more than fifty educational programs. It has a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out pioneering research. According to the latest Times HES Ranking, the University of Twente is among the top 200 universities in the world.

The faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) comprises three disciplines that shape Information and Communication Technology. ICT is more than communication. In almost every product we use mathematics, electronics and computer technology and ICT now contributes to all of societies' activities. The faculty works together intensively with industrial partners and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad and conducts extensive research for external commissioning parties and funders. The research which enjoys a high profile both at home and internationally, has been accommodated in the multidisciplinary research institutes MESA+, CTIT and MIRA.


See: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UT/vacancy/12136/lang/nl/

PhD Sand transport under breaking waves

Specificaties - (uitleg)

Locatie	Enschede
Functietypes	PhD positions
Wetenschappelijke discipline	Engineering
Uren	38.0 uren per week
Salaris	€ 2042 - € 2612
Werk-/denkniveau	University Graduate
Vacaturenummer	182439
Vertalingen	en nl

Solliciteer binnen 48 dagen op deze vacature

In the Water Engineering and Management Department of the Cluster of Civil Engineering a vacancy exists for a PhD student. 

Background: Research of the Water Engineering and Management group aims at developing knowledge of large natural water systems with the goals to develop instruments for the analysis of water management problems and to find solutions for these problems. Recently, a large research grant was awarded for a research project aimed at the improvement of sand transport models, which are to be applied for the management of shallow seas and the coast. More specifically the project focuses on sand that is transported by short waves in the landward or seaward direction (cross-shore transport), a sand transport component which is of  great importance to coastal erosion and  accretion.  This project will involve close collaboration between 3 postdoctoral researchers and a PhD student based at the Universities of Aberdeen, Liverpool and Twente. 

Project description and allocation of tasks: The PhD research will be aimed at the development of a model for sand transport under breaking waves. During the breaking process of waves near the beach large quantities of sand are stirred up from the sea bed and transported. The detailed dynamics of this transport process, which takes place near the sea bed (bed-load) as well as higher in the water column (suspended-load), are still relatively unknown and quantitative transport models for breaking waves are therefore still unreliable.      

The PhD student will approach the research problem by:

-          Acquiring  insight into the dynamics and in the modeling of fluid flow and sand fluxes induced by wave breaking, using existing literature, models and measurements.

-          Conducting laboratory experiments with breaking waves in the large wave channel at the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona; in this unique laboratory facility waves and the sand transport process can be simulated close to full scale. For the duration of the project (4 years) three series of experiments are planned, each spanning two months.

-          Contributing to the development of a new sand transport model, that can be implemented in morphological modeling systems for practical problems in the marine coastal environment. All researchers in the project will contribute to this model development, which will be carried out in close collaboration with the involved Dutch and English agencies (the ‘Users’ of the transport model).        

Projectmeetings will be organized two times per year; meeting venues will rotate between Twente, Aberdeen and Barcelona.

Functie-eisen

We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD student with knowledge of or strong affinity with fluid mechanics and transport processes, experimental research, and coastal sediment dynamics. The candidate should have a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, (Geo)Physics, Physical Geography or a closely related area. Further, we find it important that the researcher is able to set his or her research in a broader perspective (internationally) and that he or she will be able to coordinate this with the involved parties. Therefore, we are looking for people with an open mind, strong communicative qualities and excellent comprehension of English, both in spoken language and in writing. Comprehension of the Dutch language is beneficial.

Information and applications: For more information about this vacancy you can contact dr.ir. Jan S. Ribberink, telephone             +31 53 489 2767       (email: j.s.ribberink@utwente.nl). More information is available atwww.wem.ctw.utwente.nl (about the Water Engineering and Management Department). The start of the project is planned around February or March 2012. 
Your written application, with a CV, academic record (including a list of courses with marks), the names and addresses of two references and, if applicable, a list of publications should be sent before the 6^th of January 2012 through the following  application link.

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

We offer a position as a PhD student at the University of Twente. The salary for PhD research starts at € 2042,- gross per month for the first year and extends to a maximum of € 2612,- gross per month in the fourth year (in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities). In addition, the University of Twente offers attractive fringe benefits.

The University of Twente. We stand for life sciences and technology. High tech and human touch. Education and research that matter. New technology which drives change, innovation and progress in society. The University of Twente is the only campus university in the Netherlands; divided over six faculties we provide more than fifty educational programmes. The University of Twente has a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out pioneering research. 

The Faculty of Engineering Technology (CTW) is one of the six University of Twente's faculties. CTW combines Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Industrial Design Engineering. Our faculty has approximately 1800 bachelor's and master's students, 300 employees and 150 PhD candidates. The faculty is organized in a matrix: the departments cooperatively conduct the educational programmes and participate in interdisciplinary research projects, programmes and the following research institutes: IMPACT, MIRA, CTIT, IBR and IGS.

See: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UT/vacancy/11997/lang/en/

PhD position MESOTAS

The University of Twente offers two positions to perform research on microfluidically vascularized 3D-neuronal cell-culture models in combination with microelectrode array (MEA) technology. Microsystems offer a unique geometry for studying computational neuronal functions in-vitro. A microfluidically optimized scaffold will provide a new culture system with artificial vascularized properties allowing for reliable, naturally mimicking and sustained behaviour for 3D co-cultured neuronal networks. Miniaturized analytical methods should be integrated with MEA technology to provide a unique micro-culture environment, which will allow us stringent culture control and subsequently correlation of electrophysiologic and neurochemical information. To design and select appropriate technological solutions for this multidisciplinary system engineering formal design methodology will be applied.

There are two positions vacant that are sponsored by the European Research Council within Luttge’s “ERC Starting- grant” , a prestigious personal European Research Award, which has started 1. October 2011. The PhD students will collaborate in the project with the research chair Clinical Neurophysiology (prof. Van Putten) (www.utwente.nl/mira/research/neural_and_motor_systems/cnph/ ) at University of Twente’s Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Technical Medicine. One position will be on experimental neuroscience research at the boundary with nanotechnology, including computational models. Depending on the candidate’s profile and motivation a selection for either one of the positions will be made.
These positions at the University of Twente, within the MESA+, Institute for Nanotechnology provide challenging opportunities to carry out multidisciplinary research within the themes ‘Microfluidics’, ‘Microreactors’, and ‘‘Nanotechnology’. We provide an unique environment with exposure to a multitude of disciplines in physics and chemistry for academically gifted and motivated students to prepare for a scientific career.

You are an enthusiastic student with an MSc degree in Micro- and Nanotechnology or other Engineering Sciences as well as Applied Physics. Degrees in Analytical Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences will be considered. You have a background and a demonstrable interest in microfluidics and nanofabrication of devices, and preferably experience with clean room techniques. You are excited by the prospect of creating novel systems for (bio)chemical or pharmaceutical applications which may lead to a paradigm shift in the field of cell screening process technology, tissue engineering and specifically in neuroscience and -technology. We are looking for pro-active researchers willing to devote the first period of their (scientific) career on the topics listed above. We ask for good communicative and good collaboration skills. Candidates should be prepared to prove their English language skills. As a research outcome we expect (prototype) devices, publications, and a PhD thesis.

Starting date of the position: one of the positions as soon as possible.
For further information you may contact R. Luttge by email (see website of MCS group: www.utwente.nl/tnw/mcs )
Your application should consist of:
-a cover letter (explain your specific interest, motivation for a PhD position and qualifications),
-a full Curriculum Vitae, including a list of all courses + marks,
-a short description of your MSc thesis,
-references (contact information) of at least two scientific staff members.

-A PhD position for four years (38 hrs/week)
-A stimulating scientific environment
-Gross salary ranging from € 2042 to € 2612 (4th yr) per month
-Holiday allowance (8%), end-of-year bonus (8.3%)
-Excellent facilities for professional and personal development.
-Good secondary conditions
-A green Campus with lots of sports facilities

The University of Twente. We stand for life sciences and technology. High tech and human touch. Education and research that matter. New technology which drives change, innovation and progress in society. The University of Twente is the only campus university in the Netherlands; divided over six faculties we provide more than fifty educational programmes. The University of Twente has a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out pioneering research.

Within the TNW Faculty (Faculty of Science & Technology) of the University of Twente some 700 staff members and more than 1100 students are involved in training and research on the interface of chemical technology, applied physics and biomedical technology. Fields of application include sustainable energy, process technology and materials science, nanotechnology and technical medicine. Research, which enjoys a high profile both at home and internationally, has been accommodated in the multidisciplinary research institutes IMPACT, MESA+ and MIRA. The faculty works together intensively with industrial partners and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad and conducts extensive research for external commissioning parties and funders.

See: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UT/vacancy/11734/lang/nl/