Job-Openings in e-learning

[Peter Novak]

           Job Openings in the field of ITS
             (Intelligent Tutoring Systems)


                             at
              University of Saarland (UdS)
                            and
      German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

                    in Saarbrücken (Germany)




       ActiveMath is a web-based intelligent learning environment for mathematics. It is
being developed at the DFKI and at the University of the Saarland.
          See the group's home page http://www.activemath.org.
Both, the CS department of UdS and DFKI are internationally well-known for their excellent
research environment.

       The Intelligent Educational Technologies Group (ActiveMath Group) in the
Department of Computer Science at UdS and at the DFKI is seeking to recruit motivated
candidates in the areas of Personalised Technology-Enhanced (Web-based) Learning and
Student Modelling.

The positions include
- researcher for student modelling (motivational and meta-cognitive variables)
- researcher for collaborative authoring
- software engineer for development.

        Candidates should have strong research interests and good software development
skills. We are seeking PhD students as well as postdocs with an appropriate postgraduate
qualification.
        Candidates should hold a Ph.D. or above average Master degree in Computer Science,
Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Mathematics, Mathematics Education or
related subjects.

        Skills and experience are desirable in several of the following areas: student
modelling, authoring tools/user interfaces, personalised e-Learning, (semantic) web
technology and/or backend web service development; programming in Java, XML, XSL, CSS
is a plus. Applicants should enjoy teamwork and interdisciplinary work with computer
scientists, artificial intelligence as well as psychologists and educationalists.

       We offer the possibility of obtaining a PhD, based on the project work.


        Saarland University is an equal opportunities employer. In accordance with its policy
of increasing the proportion of women, the University actively encourages applications of
female candidates.

       The positions will be paid according to BAT2a/TVL13.
The expected salary range is between 33,000 and 45,000 euro. The anticipated starting date is
April 2009 for a duration of 33 months with the possibility of an extension. Candidates must
be authorized to work in the EU and must be Saarbrücken based during the contract period.




Please submit your applications to:

PD. Dr. Erica Melis and Prof. Dr. Jörg Siekmann

              melis at dfki dot de
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