Researcher in Web and Data Mining (572152)

Research Developer for text and web data mining to analyse the space sector within Europe, looking at work force skills and education, geographic mobility, employer demands, and career progression. This job position is within Horizon Europe project ASTRAIOS: Analysis of Skills, Training, Research, and Innovation Opportunities in Space.

FTE: 1 (35 hours/week)
Term: Fixed Term (Until 31/12/2025)
Closing Date: 20 August  2024

The Aerospace Centre of Excellence, part of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, seeks to appoint a research developer to work within the international project ASTRAIOS: Analysis of Skills, Training, Research, and Innovation Opportunities in Space (www.astraios.eu).

The position would entail developing tools for data mining across several text and web based sources, to generate and analyse data sets for trends, and correlations.

ASTRIOAS is funded through the Horizon Europe Call HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01: Strategic Autonomy in Developing, Deploying and Using Global Space-based Infrastructures, Services, Applications and Data. The overall objective of ASTRAIOS is to provide an exhaustive view and understanding of the current and future offer of space curricula and courses in the EU and UK, and characterise the demand from the wider European Space industry, leading to the identification of actionable ways forward toward a better alignment between the space sector’s curricula and qualification capabilities and the skills required by the future space sector to foster innovation and increase our competitiveness.

To be considered for the role, you will be educated to a minimum of Master degree level in a discipline related to Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or Computer Science and have obtained a PhD or equivalent experience in computer science with specific expertise in data mining and data analytics.

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Dr Christie Maddock, Associate Professor (christie.maddock@strath.ac.uk).

Previous applicants need not apply. 

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