VOLCANO: Job advertisement for WOVOdat research fellow

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From: "Fidel Costa Rodriguez (Assoc Prof)" <fcosta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Job advertisement for WOVOdat research fellow
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Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU
Singapore) is ranked 13th globally. It is also placed 1st among the
world¹s best young universities. The Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS)
at NTU is a national science Research Centre of Excellence. Its mission is
to conduct fundamental research on earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,
tsunami and climate change in and around Southeast Asia, toward safer and
more sustainable societies.


WOVOdat project aims at building a comprehensive global database on
volcanic unrest tot understanding pre-eruptive processes and improving
eruption forecasts (www.wovodat.org <http://www.wovodat.org>). We invite
applications for a Research Fellow as part of the WOVOdat team to develop
application tools by which WOVOdat can be used for probabilistic eruption
forecasting, such as pattern recognition and event tree analysis.


Duties and responsibilities

* Closely work with WOVOdat team members on developing WOVOdat project

* Understanding multi-parameter volcano monitoring data from various data
sources, especially data during episode of unrest. And further identifying
the evolution of the unrest and eruption precursory pattern

* Create application tools by which WOVOdat can be used for probabilistic
eruption forecasting, such as pattern recognition and event tree analysis.
Ensure complete integration with the existing database schema and structure

* Conduct his/her own research while working effectively with local and
international collaborators

* Publish scientific outcomes in peer-reviewed scientific journals


Job Requirements

* PhD in Earth Sciences
* Have experience and familiar in handling volcano monitoring data
(spatial and temporal datasets)

* Understand volcanic processes, volcanic unrest, and eruption
* Relevant skills and experience with: computer programming/scripting,
MySQL database management system, GUI, and data mining

* Ability to perform statistical analysis such as pattern recognition and
Bayesian probability

* Self-driven, able to work independently but also a good team player
* Good written and oral communication skills.
* Working knowledge of foreign languages other than English will be valued.

* Willingness to occasionally travel to other countries is necessary as well
as interactions with a variety of cultures


Please submit your CV along with


* a one page research interests

* the copy of at least one paper related to the subject of the project

* names and contact of 2 referees, with at least one external of your
former affiliated university, who would be willing to provide a reference,
if necessary.


address to: eos_humanresources@ntu.edu.sg


Please submit your applications before 30 September 2016.
For additional enquiries: fidelcostarodriguez@gmail.com and
c.widiwijayanti@xxxxxxxxx






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