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Semantic Web Jobs: Xerox

Xerox is looking for a Cloud, Social & Web Computing Researcher in Rochester, NY. The post states, “Our lab builds and studies forms of “social software”, including technologies that help people collaborate and share knowledge. Fundamental areas of research interest include but not limited to game theory analysis, user-generated content, social networks, web mining, and collaborative work flows. Applicants must have a strong background in social software design and analysis, and deep expertise in one or more relevant mechanism design areas, including, but not limited to, auction marketplaces, recommendation systems, user-generated content-management systems (such as blogs or wikis), trust algorithms, network science, Web UIs, online collaborative systems, Semantic Web, virtual worlds, and workflow languages/tools.”

Qualifications include: “A Ph.D. in computer-science or related field or an MS or BS with equivalent work experience, and with a strong record of scholarship or entrepreneurship. Research or entrepreneurial experience with one or more social computing technologies, including, but not limited to, social networks, recommendation systems and user-generated content systems. A deep understanding of web and distributed systems technologies such as LAMP, J2EE and .NET, and architectural paradigms such as SaaS, AJAX and REST.”

Learn more and apply here.

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