Hi, We are now accepting applications for a postdoctoral position in database programming languages. The position is for 24 months, starting on September 2, 2019 at the earliest. Funding is provided by a five-year, €1.99M Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council on the project: "Skye: A programming language bridging theory and practice for scientific data curation". Funding from this ERC grant, and certain national funding schemes, is also available to help support travel/accommodation costs for visits from students, researchers or faculty at other institutions whose research aligns with the project. Please get in touch if interested. == Research associate (£33,199 - £39,609) == This postdoctoral research position is on database programming and data curation techniques in the Skye project. This project builds on the Links web programming language to add built-in support for scientific data management needs, particularly data archiving, transformation and provenance. Currently Links supports sophisticated database access via language-integrated query, but only for relational databases; other data models and query languages are not supported, and Links's capabilities for rewriting or transforming queries or updates is limited. The overall research goal of the Skye project is to identify, develop, and implement extensibility or metaprogramming capabilities to make advanced database programming easy. The successful candidate will focus on developing language-integrated query support for new data models/query languages, such as graph or RDF databases, and will work with other Skye project members to incorporate these techniques into Links. Links also has other advanced capabilities such as distributed programming with session types, and algebraic effects and handlers, and interactions between these features and database programming or new applications to database programming are in scope. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in database research, including familiarity with different query languages and models. Familiarity with programming language foundations is also desirable, as is experience with functional programming (e.g. Scala, OCaml, Haskell). Candidates with a strong background in either database or programming language research will be considered as long as there is clear evidence of ability to learn the complementary background. == To apply == For more information about the project, and about other related activities in my group, LFCS, and Edinburgh, please write to me or consult the following page: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/jcheney/group/skye.html Applications must be received by 5pm GMT, July 18, 2019. To apply, visit the University job posting for this position: Research Associate https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobsp... then click "apply" and follow the instructions. Please note that applicants must use the University's application system above, which involves some account registration and form-filling, and it is recommended that applicants complete this process well before the deadline, since the system automatically stops accepting applications after the deadline. == Environment == The University of Edinburgh School of Informatics brings together world-class research groups in theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence and cognitive science. The School led the UK 2014 REF rankings in volume of internationally recognized or internationally excellent research. In 2013, the School of Informatics received an Athena Swan Silver Award, in recognition of its commitment to advancing the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) employment in higher education and research. Overall the University of Edinburgh has achieved a Silver Award.