[CPM-SPIRE-L] 20-months research position - University of Pisa (Italy)

[Giovanna Rosone]

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Please circulate to Master's Graduates, Ph.D. Students and Postdocs:


Dear colleagues,

We are looking to recruit one research fellow.  We would be grateful if 
you could forward this message to relevant students and postdocs.

We currently have an ongoing project funded by the Italian Ministry for 
Education, University and Research (MIUR):  Project MIUR-SIR (2014) 
Combinatorial methods for analysis and compression of biological 
sequences.
The aim of this project is to develop research in the area of Data 
Compression and Sequence Analysis by using methods from Combinatorics on 
Words (for instance, Burrows-Wheeler transform-based techniques) and by 
developing algorithms and data structures for the treatment of strings 
(indexes, queries, analyses, etc.), mainly regarding datasets from 
'next-generation' sequencing technologies (NGS), either second or third 
generation technologies, or other emerging long-range genomic 
information technologies.

Please find below a summary of the call.

Thanks a lot in advance,
Giovanna


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University of Pisa (Italy): 20-months research position
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A 20-month research position is available in the Department of Computer 
Science at the University of Pisa.

Research program:
"Development of a novel software framework for processing compressed 
data structures, pattern matching and discovery, and their applications 
on biological sequence collections"

Research areas include (but are not limited to):
- string algorithms,
- text indexing for big data,
- indexes for approximate pattern matching,
- text compression and compressed text indexing,
- external memory indexes,
- space efficient data structures, and
- shared memory parallel computing.



* Application deadline: 6th December 2017
* Potential starting dates: January/February 2018 (or as soon 
thereafter)
* Duration: 20 months
* Expected qualification: Master's Degree or PhD.

The annual gross salary of the grant is EUR 25,200.00, which is 
approximately EUR 1,500.00 net per month after tax and mandatory 
retirement/superannuation contributions (for those having other 
mandatory retirement schemes other than INPS, the annual gross salary is 
EUR 23,930.46).  If you have family, you can also considerably increase 
your annual salary.

Candidates with expertise in string/parallel algorithms, combinatorics, 
software development and/or NGS bioinformatics are strongly encouraged 
to apply.

For more details on the job description and how to apply, please find 
the official competition call (both in Italian and English languages):
https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/assegni/2017/inf/6dic2017/index.htm

For more details on the position please contact Giovanna Rosone at 
giovanna.rosone at unipi.it