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Applications are invited for one PhD scholarship (3 years) and one MSc
scholarship (2 years) at UCD Dublin. To commence September 1st 2007.

Project Title: OJAX++: A Next-Generation Collaborative Research Tool

Funding Agency: Science Foundation Ireland

Project Details:
The aim of the proposed research is to investigate how concepts from the
Social Web and recommender technology can be applied to the research
environment in order to facilitate dynamic collaboration and the sharing
of ideas among researchers. It will be illustrated via the creation of
OJAX++, a next-generation collaborative research tool, using Web 2.0
technologies such as Web Services, Ajax, collaborative tagging and
recommender functionality.

PhD studentship:
Topic: Social Web
Requirements:
* Honours degree (preferably first class or 2.1) in Computer Science or
related field.
* Or honours degree (preferably first class or 2.1) in another subject
plus relevant technical experience (eg Web technology, JavaScript, Ajax,
Java, Ruby or Python)
Stipend: €17,000 per annum (with increase in year 3) plus (EU) fees.
Contact: Dr Judith Wusteman, School of Information and Library Studies
(SILS)
UCD Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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MSc studentship
Topic: Recommender technology
Requirements: Honours degree (preferably first class or 2.1) in Computer
Science or a related field.
Stipend: €17,000 per annum, plus (EU) fees.
Contact: Dr Lorraine McGinty, School of Computer Science and Informatics
UCD Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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For further project details: See
http://www.ucd.ie/wusteman/OJAX/OJAX++furtherDetails.doc
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Dr Judith Wusteman
UCD School of Information and Library Studies
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 716 7612
Fax: +353 1 716 1161
URL: http://www.ucd.ie/wusteman/