From weigl at mdw.ac.at Tue Feb 7 17:09:11 2023 From: weigl at mdw.ac.at (David M. Weigl) Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 17:09:11 +0100 Subject: [mei-tablature-ig] PhD opportunity: Data Modelling for Digital Musicology @ Austrian National Library (ONB), Vienna Message-ID: <92cb03ff-25b7-6e4f-cc6d-07f8766c3ff7@mdw.ac.at> [with apologies for cross-posting -- please disseminate widely!] As part of the FWF-funded project ‘E-LAUTE: Electronic Linked Annotated Unified Tablature Edition – The Lute in the German-Speaking Area 1450-1550’ the Austrian National Library (Dept. for Research and Data Services) is looking for the fixed-term (1/3/2023 – 31/12/2025) position of a Research Associate Prae-Doc / Doctoral Student (75%, 30h/week) E-LAUTE (https://e-laute.info) is an interdisciplinary research project - computer science, digital humanities and musicology. We are developing a novel form of music edition: an open knowledge platform combining music informatics, musicology and music practice, enriching and interlinking traditional edition methods within disciplinary and interdisciplinary research contexts. As Research Associate you will work in collaboration with project partners, in order to develop a robust data model and research on information retrieval solutions. You have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to an exciting international and interdisciplinary research project. Your responsibilities will include: * Research on the representation of linked information assets using semantic technologies with a special focus on integrating user generated data (annotations, audio-recordings) * Development of a sustainable versioning scheme for heterogeneous linked information assets coming from the project (e.g., in notations, annotations, audio-recordings, and their relationships) * Collaborative research into the extension of the MEI standard toward modelling music notations in tablature-based formats * Preparation and management of research data as FAIR Linked Open Data * Data integration (transcriptions, annotations) in various formats and representations within the Austrian National Library’s infrastructure for digital editions (https://edition.onb.ac.at) * Proactive collaboration with project colleagues in other areas, particularly in the implementation of search functionalities within the Austrian National Library’s infrastructure for digital editions * Dissemination through publications in leading academic journals and presentations at relevant conferences * Opportunity for a doctoral dissertation in informatics (computer science) Employment requirements include: * Completed Masters studies in informatics, data science, or digital humanities with a strong technical focus * Affinity with research questions and methodologies of digital humanities and/or musicology an advantage * Knowledge and experience with complex data modelling * Knowledge of semantic technologies * Knowledge of the FAIR principles an advantage * Knowledge of the Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) and/or Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) standards an advantage * Familiarity with the Fedora Commons Repository Framework an advantage * Team-oriented approach, strong communication skills and ability to work under pressure in time-critical project phases * Very good knowledge of English, very good knowledge of German an advantage Application The salary is 2,300.30 euros (gross) per month (14 salaries/year) on the basis of 30 h/week in accordance with the FWF staff cost rate. The place of employment is the Austrian National Library / Department of Research and Data Services in Vienna. We look forward to receiving your application. Please send your letter of motivation and CV including links to reference software projects or relevant code repositories summarised in one PDF file by 26/2/2023 to: jobs-elaute at onb.ac.at Submission of the application constitutes consent under data protection law to the processing of your application data. The personal data you provide will be used exclusively within the framework of the selection procedure. Your application documents will be stored internally until the selection procedure is completed and then deleted. More information about the E-LAUTE project is available from https://e-laute.info -- David M. Weigl, PhD Department of Music Acoustics - Wiener Klangstil University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria P.I., FWF Signature Sound Vienna. Same procedure as every year? https://iwk.mdw.ac.at/signature-sound-vienna/