Phd job position: Land surface temperature derived from satellite data: characterisation of validation sites and up-scaling of in-situ measurements to satellite spatial resolution

Phd job in Germany: The Meteorological Satellite Applications (MSA) group’s main field of research is the derivation of land surface temperature (LST) from thermal infrared (TIR) satellite data and its validation. MSA’s task within the long term EUMETSAT project “Land Surface Analysis – Satellite Application Facility (LSA-SAF)” is to validate LST derived from meteorological satellites. While inter-comparisons with other LST products can ensure consistency, in-situ measurements are needed for validation. Currently MSA operates the only permanent LST validation stations world-wide. The sites are located in Portugal (oak-tree forest), Senegal (tiger-bush; savannah), and Namibia (gravel plain; desert). The stations measure up-welling and down-welling radiance with high-precision radiometers and the complete set of standard meteorological quantities. Remote access allows data down-load and monitoring of station health.

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The Biotechnology Centre is setting up a Bioinformatics Service Unit. We are now offering postdoc job positions for 3 Postdoctoral Fellows who will conduct research and development in collaboration with other scientists at the Biotechnology Center in Germany. The life-sciences campus in Dresden offers a very competitive research setting including a 3,000 node supercomputer at the university as well as strong local partners applying latest experimental technologies. The interdisciplinary Biotechnology Center provides a stimulating, international environment for leading research. The computing hardware at the Institute includes cutting edge database servers and a cluster for parallel computation. The positions are initially offered for two years and further extension will be possible. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (WissZeitVG) .

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In the Department of Virology at Heidelberg University a postdoctoral position (TVL-13) will be available in the laboratory of Oliver T. Keppler. Our team is interested in several exciting research questions ranging from understanding fundamental principles of virus-host interaction to the development of an HIV-susceptible small animal model

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We are looking for a doctoral candidate in Computer Science with a focus on Corporate Semantic Web.

The Corporate Semantic Web Group (AG CSW) at the Free University Berlin (http://www.fu-berlin.de), one of the Elite Universities in Germany, is looking for an excellent PhD candidate to work as a researcher in the BMBF funded project Corporate Semantic Web (http://www.corporate-semantic-web.de).

Corporate Semantic Web (CSW) aims to establish economically beneficial adoption of Semantic Web technologies in corporate environments. The objective of CSW is to integrate all the required pieces of knowledge and technologies, including modern Web-technologies and enterprise service technologies, corporate information systems, semantic business process management, Corporate Semantic Web, ontology engineering, semantic search and collaborative applications.

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