Postdoc in semantic technologies for materials science

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Your duties

You will work with development and research within the framework of the MaterialsCommons project, which is building a digital platform to make data within materials science accessible. You will also work within a project on improving the quality of knowledge graphs.

As a postdoc, you will primarily conduct research. Teaching may also be included in the duties, however, at most one-fifth of the working time.

Your qualifications

To be eligible for employment as a postdoc, you must have completed a doctoral degree or have a foreign degree that is assessed to correspond to a doctoral degree. Your degree must be completed no later than the time the employment decision is made.

It is meritorious if your degree was completed at most three years before the last application date for this employment. If there are special reasons, those who completed their doctoral degree earlier may be considered, for example, due to different types of statutory leave.

We are looking for you who has a doctoral degree in computer science. You must have very good research experience in semantic technologies (ontologies and knowledge graphs) and have a strong publication profile in this area. It is meritorious to have experience with semantic technologies within materials science as well as in the quality assurance of ontologies and knowledge graphs.

Very good knowledge of English, both oral and written, is a requirement. You must be able to work independently and take responsibility for your research, while also being able to collaborate effectively with researchers from different disciplines and with different backgrounds.

Your workplace

You will work at the Institutionen för datavetenskap (IDA).

Institutionen för datavetenskap (IDA) was founded in 1983, but our roots go back to the early 1970s. It is one of the largest computer science institutions in Northern Europe. Our research covers a wide spectrum of areas, from fundamental computer science to applied areas. The extensive research also affects our undergraduate and graduate education, which leads to us providing courses within several civil and university engineering programs, as well as programs in innovative programming, cognitive science, and statistics. Read more: https://liu.se/organisation/liu/ida

You will work at the department Software and Systems (SaS) within the unit Knowledge-Driven Data Management Laboratory (KDMLAB).

About the employment

The employment is a fixed-term employment for two years with the possibility of extension for a total employment period of at most three years. The employment as a postdoc is full-time.

Start date by agreement (preferably November 2026).

A security check may be conducted before a decision on employment is made.

Salary and benefits

Linköpings universitet applies individual and differentiated salary setting and is carried out in accordance with the applicable collective agreements (RALS/RALS-T) as well as the university's guidelines for salary formation.

Read more about benefits for employees https://liu.se/jobba-pa-liu/formaner

Union contact persons

Information about union contact persons, see https://liu.se/jobba-pa-liu/hjalp-for-sokande.

Application

You apply for this position by clicking the "Apply" button below. Your application must be provided to Linköpings universitet no later than October 16, 2026. Applications received after the last application date will not be considered.

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