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Research Assistant / Associate

Knowledge Media Institute (KMi)
£28,982 - £35,609, Ref: 12423
Based in Milton Keynes
Temporary contract until 30th June 2017
Application closed on: Thursday 23 June 2016.

The Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) has an opening for a Research Assistant or a Research Associate (depending on qualification). You will work on Rexplore – http://technologies.kmi.open.ac.uk/rexplore/, a system which leverages novel solutions in large-scale data mining, semantic technologies and visual analytics, to provide an innovative environment for exploring and making sense of scholarly data. You will be part of a high-profile research team, under the supervision of Professor Enrico Motta.

Specific tasks of the role are (a) Integration and management of Big Data in the academic domain; (b) Developing and testing the Rexplore technology as a service to be used by publishers and universities worldwide; and (c) Contributing to the creation of innovative algorithms for extracting information from research data and to forecast the research dynamics.

To apply, please fill the application form below and also include a Covering Letter (a maximum of 2,500 words) and CV

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