Postdoctoral position in computer science, Edinburgh (Scotland)

The Database Group at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, is recruiting a post-doctoral researcher. Whilst the position is primarily open to database researchers with a promising publication record, all applicants who have, or expect to have, a PhD in computer science or closely related field will be considered. Skills in theory, logic, automata, algorithms, as well as systems building experience, are particularly valuable.

The post is available from 1st December 2014 for one year (with a possibility of extension).

The project involves research on several aspects of graph databases, including, but not limited to: the design of query languages for graph databases, combining graph topology with data querying, extending languages with complex relations on paths and other features, incomplete information in graph data and RDF.

For informal inquiries, please send email to Leonid Libkin (http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/libkin/). To apply, visit http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/human-resources/jobs, go to `academic vacancies' and search for vacancy ref 031867. Application deadline: 27 November 2014