Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Abteilung Haushalt und Personal

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences – Department of Computer Science

Job description:

• conduct research in the Databases and Information Systems group, as part of the DFG project "RegEx Querying for Biological Sequences" (RegExBis) on efficient query processing over sequence data
• develop the algorithmic foundations for the decomposition of queries that are based on regular expressions, as well as for their efficient evaluation using index structures
• implement and evaluate the developed techniques
• collaborate with other researchers and visit other research groups within the project
• publish research results in renowned journals and the proceedings of leading international conferences
• take tasks for own academic qualification
• opportunity to work towards further scientific qualification (Ph.D.)

Requirements:

• an excellent MSc degree in computer science, or related fields, ideally with a focus on data engineering
• knowledge in the fields of query languages for sequence data, efficient data structures, and indices for query evaluation
• ability to develop algorithms for the decomposition of regular expressions and respective index structures
• very good programming skills in languages for system programming (C, C++)
• experience in handling large-scale data and distributed infrastructures
• excellent scientific communication and writing skills in English

Please send your application (including cover letter, curriculum vitae and relevant certificates), referencing the job ID to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Prof. Weidlich (located: Rudower Chaussee 25, 12489 Berlin-Adlershof), Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin or preferably in electronic form as a single PDF file to matthias.weidlich@hu-berlin.de.

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