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We offer an exciting opportunity for a young, talented and ambitious (aspiring) researcher to enhance his/her research skills in an interdisciplinary research environment. You provide assistance in diverse research projects, conduct literature reviews, analyze data, write and contribute to publications and prepare materials for submission to granting agencies.
In addition, you will gain exposure to a variety of tasks implied in the management of an innovative research institute e.g. contribute to management reporting, assist in the writing of strategic documents, collect and retrieve information to feed into strategic development planning, organize and prepare diverse meetings and publish on the website and social media.
You will be part of an international, multi-disciplinary team willing to innovate and provide support and opportunities for the development of new competencies and skills.
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Maastricht University
Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 16,300 students and 4,300 employees.
Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.
Data Science Community @ Maastricht University
Data Science Community @ Maastricht University is a pioneering, university-wide network of data-driven researchers with more than 25 years’ experience in data science education and research. Our community consists of multidisciplinary teams that address significant scientific problems and major societal issues through and related to data science including social, legal and ethical concerns in a wide range of academic disciplines. The Data Science@ UM community is expanding with at least 10 new positions in 2018 including this position.
The Institute of Data Science (IDS) at Maastricht University is a recently established center led by professor Michel Dumontier. IDS is an interfaculty institute consisting of a core team of data science experts that cooperate closely with researchers across disciplines such as medicine, life sciences, social
sciences and humanities, business and economics, knowledge engineering and smart services. The mission of the Institute is to accelerate scientific discovery, improve clinical care & well-being, and strengthen communities by fostering a collaborative environment for interdisciplinary research and
training based on accurate, scalable, and reproducible computation.
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