Connectionists: PhD position in User Modelling, Personalisation & Engagement at MediaFutures

[M Elahi]

There is a vacancy for a PhD position at MediaFutures: Research Centre for
Responsible Media Technology & Innovation. The position is for a fixed-term
period of 3 years.

MediaFutures is a new centre for research-based innovation at the
Department for information science and media studies, University of Bergen,
and located at Media City Bergen. The centre is a part of the Norwegian
Research Council’s Research-based Innovation scheme. MediaFutures is in
cooperation with industry partners from news media and media technology
research topics like media experiences, recommender technology, content
production and analysis, content interaction and availability, and
Norwegian language technology.
Qualifications and personal qualities:

   - The applicant must hold a master's degree or the equivalent in one of
   the relevant disciplines by the starting date of the position: information
   science, data science, computer science or related fields.
   - It is a condition for employment that the master has been awarded.
   - Programming skills and knowledge of a programming language, such as
   Python or R, is essential.
   - Data analysis skills in Python, R, or STATA can be an additional asset.
   - The applicant should be motivated to contribute to the emerging field
   of recommender systems research.
   - The requirements are generally a grade B or better on the Master
   thesis and for the Master degree in total.
   - As an applicant you should have a considerable work capacity as well
   as an enthusiasm for research and the ability and interest to work in a
   team.
   - A firm basis in quantitative research methods and data analysis is an
   advantage.
   - As an applicant you should have an excellent written and spoken
   command of English.
   - Experience with recommender systems research is an advantage.

Link to apply:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/228463/phd-position-in-user-modelling-personalisation-engagement-at-mediafutures


Deadline: *14th August 2022*

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Mehdi Elahi
Associate Professor,
University of Bergen,

Group: dars.uib.no
Project: mediafutures.no
Twitter: twitter.com/mehdielaahi
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mehdielahi
GoogleScholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=aUWF7LYAAAAJ
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