PhD Research in Visualisation for Evidence-based Software Engineering

Job title:

PhD Research in Visualisation for Evidence-based Software Engineering

Company:

Aarhus Universitet

Job description

Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Electrical and Chemical Engineering programme. The position is available from 1 June 2024 or later. You can submit your application via the link under ‘how to apply’.

Title:
PhD Research in Visualisation for Evidence-based Software Engineering

Research area and project description:
The Section for Software Engineering and Computing Systems, at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), invites applicants for a three-year doctoral position within the area of Evidence-based Software Engineering (EBSE). This position is funded by a Danish National Research Foundation Chair grant that aims to significantly expand our understanding within Software Engineering by means of a solution coined as probabilistic meta-synthesis of evidence.

Evidence-based Software Engineering (SE) has been put forward 20 years ago as key to support evidence-based decision making within both Software Engineering research and practice. Since then, hundreds of secondary/tertiary studies have been carried out, within the scope of a wide range of areas within Software Engineering. However, despite such effort, our detailed understanding pertaining to several SE areas has not improved.

The DNRF Chair grant funding this application aims to address such significant problem via the use of NLP and explainable AI to mine the SE research literature and use such resulting evidence as input to develop tailored, and probabilistic, recommendations to improve SE decision-making in the area of Software Effort Estimation (SEE).

Some of the main expected outcomes from this project require some form of visualisation in order to be understood. Therefore, the main goal of this PhD is to investigate the use of a diverse range of visualisation techniques, which can also include immersive realities, and which solutions are most suitable to this project’s different target audiences.

This is a 3-year full-time position, where the successful applicant is expected to carry out research relating to the abovementioned PhD goal, and to publish research results at good conferences and reputable journals in the area of Software Engineering. The successful applicant is also expected to be strongly self-motivated to pursue the PhD studies, and to engage on a continuous flow between carrying out research and publishing its results.

Project description
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Qualifications and specific competences:

• A Master’s degree in Computer Science or other related fields. Such degree must include 120 credits (ECTS).
• Any exams relating to obtaining a Master’s degree must be completed by the end of May 2024.
• Prior research experience in the field of information visualization and/or immersive realities is highly encouraged.
• Programming expertise, ideally in Python.
• (Optional) Experience with publishing in a conference/workshop.
• Fast learner with interests in multi-disciplinary research.
• Communication skills in English, oral and written.

Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is Helsingforsgade 10, 8200 Aarhus N., Denmark.

Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact:

• Emilia Mendes,

(main supervisor) How to apply:
Please follow to submit your application.

Application deadline is 31 March 2024 at 23:59 CEST

Preferred starting date is 1 June 2024

For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our .

Please note:

• Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after deadline will not be taken into account.
• The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.
• Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.

Expected salary

Location

Aarhus, Midtjylland

Job date

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 23:20:08 GMT

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