The Department of Computer Science of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC has an opening for a postdoctoral position. The focal research area of this position will be Social Networks/Media and Personalization, as part of research led by Laks V.S. Lakshmanan, and supported by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and a number of industries. The research spans a number of topics related to social networks and social media including search and recommendations, extracting information and business and other intelleigence from social networks/media, analytics on social networks/media, and management, warehousing and mining of social network/media data.
The position is aimed at young researchers with an excellent publication record and a strong drive. Candidates with expertise in both theoretical and systems aspects of one or more of the above areas would be given preference. A PhD in Computer Science or a related field is required or should be expected soon. The opening is available from October 2011 for a year and is subject to renewal for an additional year subject to performance and availability of funding. Interested candidates should submit their CV, a research statement, and at least three names of references to Laks V.S. Lakshmanan (laks AT this department DOT this university DOT this country).
In addition to interacting with faculty, the candidate will have the opprtunity to work with a dynamic group of grad students and postdocs who are working on many interesting problems in the areas above in the Data Management and Mining Lab. UBC CS offers both MSc and PhD programs and is home to some 54 world-class faculty and about 190 grad students. The department offers state of the art computing facilities. Faculty in the department have strong ties with the industry. More information can be obtained from the department. Vancouver has been repeatedly ranked among the top-5 most livable cities in the world according to the Mercer Quality of Living Survey, offers unparalleled attractions and recreations, and is a veritable nature lover's dream.