Overview:
The informatics group in the Division of Biomedical
Informatics at Mayo Clinic,
Rochester is offering a 3-6 month Summer/Fall internship for
2008.
Several projects are currently under development in the
areas of vocabulary and
ontology management (representation, storing and querying),
collaborative
ontology authoring, ontology reasoning, and semantic Web
services. We are
seeking a candidate with computer science/IT background and
experience in
ontologies, knowledge representation and service oriented
architectures.
Research activities and successful findings will be
translated into development
activities for existing division projects, peer-reviewed
publications and
extramurally funded research programs.
Requirements:
Enrollment or recently completed an undergraduate or
graduate program in
Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics, Information
Technology, or related
field. Candidates who have taken curriculum and/or have a
background
in Semantic
Web technologies, Ontologies, and Web Services will be given
strong
preference. All candidates should have exposure to software
development using an
object oriented programming language with preference given
to Java/J2EE
technologies. Specific skills in the following environments
and
technologies are
desirable: Eclipse, Protégé, OBO, RDF, OWL, Reasoners
(Pellet, Racer, FaCT++),
UML, XML/XSLT, and Grid/Web services (Apache Axis, Globus
toolkit).
Knowledge of
a scripting language (PHP, Python) is desirable. The
candidate should be highly
motivated, willing to learn, and demonstrate initiative in
assigned tasks. Must
possess excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical
design skills.
Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal
skills are required.
Duration:
This internship has a minimum duration of 3 months (up to 6
months). Start and
end dates are negotiable.
How to apply:
1.) Visit http://www.mayocl
inic.org/jobs-rst/ and click "FIND A JOB"
2.) Search for posting#: 18668 and fill-in the application
form
Further information:
For additional information about the position, division of
Biomedical
Informatics, and Mayo Clinic, visit
http:
//mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/bmi/
and/or contact Jyotishman Pathak (pathak.jyotishman mayo.edu).
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Jyotishman Pathak
WWW: http://www.jyotishman.org
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