Two 1-year research positions are available at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Pisa.
The positions are funded on the Project MIUR-SIR (2014) CMACBioSeq. 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 and by developing algorithms and data structures for the treatment of strings (indexing, querying, analyzing, …), mainly datasets from Next-generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies or third generation sequencing technologies.
Candidates with expertise in string/parallel algorithms and NGS bioinformatics are encouraged to apply.
Research areas include:
– string algorithmics,
– text indexing for big data,
– indexes for approximate pattern matching
– text compression and compressed text indexing,
– external memory indexes,
– space efficient data structures,
– shared memory parallel computing,
– and so on.
* Application deadline: May 2017, 27th
* Start date : June 2017 (negotiable)
* Duration: 12 months
* Expected: Master’s Degree (or PhD).
For detailed job descriptions and how to apply, visit:
https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/assegni/2017/inf/27mag2017/inglese.rtf_pdfcvt.pdf
https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/assegni/2017/inf/27mag2017/index.htm