.NET/Database Developer Position

The Heinz-Nixdorf-Chair for Distributed Information Systems at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany) invites applications for a .Net/Database developer position (for the purpose of one year parental leave replacement) in the data management project of the Biodiversity Exploratories (BE) Priority Program.

Deadline for application: 10th, February 2017

Start date: March or April 2017

Duration of contract: One year

What this is about

The data management project provides the platform for data storage and information exchange for the projects of the DFG Priority Program “Biodiversity Exploratories“. Examples of the thematic focus of the projects include botany, forestry, soil, animal, fluxes, modeling, and remote sensing.

Under this project, we develop tools for upload, storage, documentation, discovery (search), retrieval, integration and analysis of dataset that is collected by several researchers in different parts of Germany. At the moment, we are also collaborating with several other projects in the development of an improved version of our data repository application (BEXIS2, http://bexis2.uni-jena.de/).

Job Description

-          Module development for BEXIS2, testing, bug-fixing and documentation

-          User requirements collection and analysis

-          Provision of user support services

Requirements

-          University degree in computer science, biodiversity informatics, bioinformatics or a related discipline

-          Experience with development of .NET web applications particularly using C#, MVC. Knowledge of ASP.NET, ORM is a plus

-          Experience in writing SQL, and working with databases in general

-          Familiarity with source code management systems is a plus

-          Highly motivated team player

-          Good knowledge of English

-          Authorization to work in Germany

What we offer

This is a 50% or 100% position (depending on your preference) and it is paid according to up to EG-E 13 (TV-L) depending on your qualifications.  You will be working in an international and integrative environment. You will be part of a research group working on several interesting, related projects (seehttp://fusion.cs.uni-jena.de/professur/research/research-projects ) in an inspiring and supportive setting.

How you apply

Please send the application documents listed below compiled into a single pdf-file via E-Mail to: birgitta.koenig-ries@uni-jena.de 

-          A one page letter indicating your background and interests and suitability for the project

-          A detailed curriculum vitae

-          Your transcripts and degrees

Further information about the open position can be requested from Prof. Dr. Birgitta Koenig-Ries (Email: birgitta.koenig-ries@uni-jena.de, Phone +49(0)3641-946430) or Dr. Michael Owonibi (Email: michael.owonibi@uni-jena.de , Phone: +49(0)3641-946440).

FSU aims at increasing the number of female scientists among its staff; qualified women are therefore explicitly encouraged to apply.

https://research.cs.wisc.edu/dbworld/messages/2017-01/1484301073.html

La prof. Sonia Bergamaschi parteciperà alla giuria del Techgarage, che si terrà il prossimo 20 ottobre a Reggio Emilia, presso l’Aula Magna Manodori.

Techgarage è L’evento finale della business plan competition regionale, START CUP Emilia-Romagna 2016.

Call for Participation

The Frankfurt Big Data Lab is announcing 

Data Challenges WS 2016

(Winter Semester 2016/2017)

Course Description: Students will take part to two Data Challenges. One offered by Deutsche Bahn AG and one offered by ING-DiBaBank.

Eligibility: Bachelor Students, Master Students, and PhD students across multiple disciplines are encouraged to attend the kickoff and to sign up for one Data Challenge.

Students in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, Information Systems, Business Computer Science, and others will form teams of 2 to explore the questions posed.  Team members are required to attend the kick-off lecture to sign-up for this project.

Course Registration:  You have to register for the Data Challenge WS 2016 in the form below. Registration is preferable in teams of 2 persons. Deadline for registration is Thursday, 20.10.2016.

Data Challenges:

• Deutsche Bahn Data Challenge: Mobility of the future (Download pdf)
• ING-DiBa Data Challenge: Future of Financial Data (Download pdf in English, Download pdf in German)

Among the teams that successfully complete both phases of the project, winners will be awarded a price:

• Deutsche Bahn Awards
• ING-DiBa Awards

To REGISTER: http://www.bigdata.uni-frankfurt.de/web-business-data-challenges-ws-2016/ 

From September 19th to September 22nd 2016, the DBgroup will hold a course on "Big Data Analytics" in collaboration with CINECA.

The instructors are:

• Prof.ssa Sonia Bergamaschi, dbgroup
• Givanni Simonini, dbgroup
• Song Zhu, dbgroup
• Giuseppe Fiameni, CINECA
• Roberta Turra, CINECA
• Giorgio Pedrazzi, CINECA
• Antonio Macaluso, CINECA

The course tackles the fundamental technologies to handle, and to extract value from, the so-called Big Data: Apache Hadoop/Spark, basic MapReduce programs, SQL on Spark, Machine Learning on Spark, and R language on Spark.

The main language for the course is Python. Although, experience in Python programming is not required to successfully complete the course.

Link to the detailed program: http://dbgroup.unimo.it/bigdata_settembre_2016

Job description:

• Python developer to maintain and extend the backend of Smartlis (a web-based Laboratory Information System)
• The candidate will give high-level support to upcoming projects and already running laboratories in 24/7 mission critical contexts

Skills:

• Knowledge and experience programming in Python/Django

• Knowledge of libraries used to connect to typical backend related systems: databases (Postgres, CouchDB, SQLServer), messaging queues (RabbitMQ...), web servers (Apache, Tomcat, NGINX), etc...

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Experience in developing and/or supporting 24/7 mission critical applications

• Capacity for teamwork

• Willingness to ensure compliance with team directives and initiative to propose new ones

• Self-learning ability

• High level of English language

• Kindness

Optional Skills:

• Experience in C++/JavaScript/Java programming languages and their most used frameworks

• Knowledge of other backend technologies (Node, PHP, Ruby...)

• Frontend programming (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ...)

• Management and maintenance of backend related systems: databases (SQL and NoSQL), search engines, messaging, web servers, etc...

• Understanding of clinical laboratory workflow

On Monday 18th July, prof. Laura Po is going to present Exploration, Visualization and Querying of Linked Open Data sources at the second Keystone Training School in Santiago de Compostela.

Here are the slides of the talks

Introduction to linked open data - morning session 

Exploration, visualization and querying of linked open data sources - afternoon hands-on session

The paper "Blast: a Loosely schema-aware Meta-blocking Approach for Entity Resolution", by Giovanni Simonini, Sonia Bergamaschi and H.V. Jagadish, has been accepted at VLDB 2016.

Sonia Bergamaschi, Fabio Benedetti and Giovanni Simonini are going to present two works at SEDB 2016 - 24th Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems June 19-22, 2016 - Ugento, Lecce, Italy.

Here is the program of the conference

Il Cineca Consorzio Interuniversitario indice una selezione per la copertura di n. 5 posti di 3° livello a tempo determinato con qualificate competenze professionali.

Maggiori informazioni: http://hpc.cineca.it/sites/default/files/u153/Selezione%20Cineca%20n.3_2016.pdf