Overview
The ESICT project aims at providing citizens with an innovative Danish information system on health and disease based on information technology, language technology and formalized medical knowledge. The ESICT system will allow users to ask questions in natural language which will be answered the same way. Such a system addresses demands expected to become increasingly important; citizens must be able to take more responsibility for their own health, e.g. by navigating available information and acting in accordance with disease related information provided.
The project is highly cross-disciplinary by using and creating methodologies related to three broad subject areas: information technology, humanities and health science. The basic idea is ambitious: to employ relations, descriptions and concepts from ontologies such as the SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms) ontology and extract knowledge from other medical data sources in order to generate answers for the questions formulated by the citizens. Focusing on two widespread diseases as pilot applications, the project will demonstrate feasibility and costs of a large-scale application including other medical fields.
*PhD research project*
The work of the PhD student will consist mainly of research within the field of question answering. The main task will be to investigate and implement the question analysis and answer generation components of the system, probably as a hybrid solution where ontological as well as statistical approaches are included.
Qualification requirements*
In connection with the appointment to the fellowship special importance will be attached to the applicant having the following qualifications: a Master’s Degree or a Master’s Degree expected to be completed during the summer of 2010.
*Application*
Applicants need to hold a two-year Master's degree (120 ECTS) or the equivalent, or expect to receive such by 30 September 2010. Applicants shall have submitted their thesis at the time of application, to the extent the thesis forms part of their Master's programme. Applicants with a non- Danish Master's degree will have their degree assessed by The Danish Agency for International Education to establish, if their Master's degree of the applicant is equivalent to a Danish Master's degree. More information about The Danish Agency for International Education is available at: http://www.studyindenmark.dk/
Employment as a PhD scholar occurs pursuant to the applicable rules of the Faculty of Humanities, as well as between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). Under this agreement, the PhD fellow is obliged - without further remuneration - to carry out allotted work to an extent corresponding to a total of 840 working
hours in the case of a three-year contract. Enrolment as a PhD student at the Faculty of Humanities' Graduate School is a precondition for employment as a PhD scholar. A description of the PhD study programme is available at: http://www.humanities.ku.dk/research/phd/
Applications shall be submitted via the electronic application system efond. Do not submit any publications. Application form and application guidelines on research proposal and required enclosures are available at: http://www.humanities.ku.dk/research/phd/Announcements/
A certified copy of the applicant's Master's Degree diploma needs to be submitted as one of the enclosures to the application. Certification shall be by a public authority such as the institution having issued the diploma or a public bureau specialising in diploma certification. The applicant may be asked to submit the originally certified copy of the Master's Degree diploma after the application deadline.
Closing date for applications: 15 May 2010 at 12 noon (Central European time). No supplementary documents will be considered after this deadline.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Faculty of Humanities invites applications from all interested candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin or religion. For any further questions contact the PhD Centre (phdcenter[at]hum.ku.dk) tel. +45 3532 9223.
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
The ESICT project aims at providing citizens with an innovative Danish information system on health and disease based on information technology, language technology and formalized medical knowledge. The ESICT system will allow users to ask questions in natural language which will be answered the same way. Such a system addresses demands expected to become increasingly important; citizens must be able to take more responsibility for their own health, e.g. by navigating available information and acting in accordance with disease related information provided.
The project is highly cross-disciplinary by using and creating methodologies related to three broad subject areas: information technology, humanities and health science. The basic idea is ambitious: to employ relations, descriptions and concepts from ontologies such as the SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms) ontology and extract knowledge from other medical data sources in order to generate answers for the questions formulated by the citizens. Focusing on two widespread diseases as pilot applications, the project will demonstrate feasibility and costs of a large-scale application including other medical fields.
*PhD research project*
The work of the PhD student will consist mainly of research within the field of question answering. The main task will be to investigate and implement the question analysis and answer generation components of the system, probably as a hybrid solution where ontological as well as statistical approaches are included.
Qualification requirements*
In connection with the appointment to the fellowship special importance will be attached to the applicant having the following qualifications: a Master’s Degree or a Master’s Degree expected to be completed during the summer of 2010.
*Application*
Applicants need to hold a two-year Master's degree (120 ECTS) or the equivalent, or expect to receive such by 30 September 2010. Applicants shall have submitted their thesis at the time of application, to the extent the thesis forms part of their Master's programme. Applicants with a non- Danish Master's degree will have their degree assessed by The Danish Agency for International Education to establish, if their Master's degree of the applicant is equivalent to a Danish Master's degree. More information about The Danish Agency for International Education is available at: http://www.studyindenmark.dk/
Employment as a PhD scholar occurs pursuant to the applicable rules of the Faculty of Humanities, as well as between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). Under this agreement, the PhD fellow is obliged - without further remuneration - to carry out allotted work to an extent corresponding to a total of 840 working
hours in the case of a three-year contract. Enrolment as a PhD student at the Faculty of Humanities' Graduate School is a precondition for employment as a PhD scholar. A description of the PhD study programme is available at: http://www.humanities.ku.dk/research/phd/
Applications shall be submitted via the electronic application system efond. Do not submit any publications. Application form and application guidelines on research proposal and required enclosures are available at: http://www.humanities.ku.dk/research/phd/Announcements/
A certified copy of the applicant's Master's Degree diploma needs to be submitted as one of the enclosures to the application. Certification shall be by a public authority such as the institution having issued the diploma or a public bureau specialising in diploma certification. The applicant may be asked to submit the originally certified copy of the Master's Degree diploma after the application deadline.
Closing date for applications: 15 May 2010 at 12 noon (Central European time). No supplementary documents will be considered after this deadline.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Faculty of Humanities invites applications from all interested candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin or religion. For any further questions contact the PhD Centre (phdcenter[at]hum.ku.dk) tel. +45 3532 9223.
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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