Industrial Ph.D. candidate for Service Design for Big Data

Industriens Uddannelser is looking for an industrial Ph.D. candidate for an approved project proposal that has been developed in collaboration with the IT University of Copenhagen. Please find information about the project and expectations for the candidate below. On the website of the Innovation Fund Denmark you can find more information regarding the programme.

The Internet today is not any longer used to publish data and information but provides a platform to integrate proprietary data, open data, and data harvested from social media platforms. The challenge is though how we - the civic society, public and private organisations - can make use of it for both, routine tasks and emerging needs. Can we co-design methods and systems that enable non-it professionals to engage, make sense of and make use of big data?

Under the title ’Big Data’, technologies and architectures are developed to integrate and analyse heterogeneous data from different sources are being developed. These technologies provide growing possibilities for data‐based decision making. The challenge for many organisations today, though, is to make use of this potential.

Service design and co-design integrate organisational, human‐centred and technical design. Services here are understood as social, material and technical configurations that together provide value for users and stakeholders. So far, design methods do not specifically target the design of Big Data services that require integrating and analysing data from heterogeneous sources and across different organisations.

Industriens Uddannelser focuses on the development of Adult Vocational Training and Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the industrial sector. We provide data‐intensive knowledge services to our owners and stakeholders. Industriens Uddannelser can be regarded as a knowledge broker organisation or ‘infomediary’ supporting its stakeholders.

We expect
We expect the applicant to be familiar with service design and/or co-design. Knowledge of data analytics and Big Data technologies would be of advantage. The applicant should furthermore have a sound understanding qualitative research methods. We expect the candidate to hold a M. Sc. degree in the design and communication area or computer science and have specialised in interaction design, usability or Big Data. The candidate must be able to independently produce original work of international quality, and in the application outline concrete ideas on how to engage with the research question.

The applicant needs to be able to perform field work and communicate his research in Danish.

We offer
You will be a part of an engaged and ambitious organization within a demanding and exciting field that offers both challenges and plenty of opportunity for personal development as well as access to a comprehensive and potent network and close collaboration with 50 competent colleagues within several different professional areas.

We offer a salary matching your qualifications with pension and benefits and an office placed in the very heart of Copenhagen.

Who are we
IU is an independent institution founded by Dansk Industri (The Confederation of Danish Industry), Dansk Metal (The Danish Metalworkers Union) and 3F (United Federation of Danish Workers). As per today we service 25 employer and employee organisations. Our goal is to always be on the forefront of the development of the labour market’s need for a competent work force and to develop educations that meets the demand. We want to be innovative, investigative and challenging in all areas in order to accommodate the labour market’s demand. Read more about us on www.iu.dk and see more about educations in the industry on www.faglært.dk andwww.amukurs.dk.

Your Application
Your application must consist of

1. A statement of purpose, which provides evidence of independent thinking, novelty and originality, and indicates how your experience fits the call and how your skills can be deployed;
2. Documentation of academic degree(s); grade transcripts that documents outstanding academic achievement;
3. Curriculum Vitae, which should include two professional/academic references;
4. Letters of recommendation, scientific publications or other material supporting your application

Send your application to secretary of management group Janne Ebbesen by email, via the "Ansøg" link, no later than 16 September 2016 at 12:00 noon. Interviews are expected carried out in week 38.

It is a prerequisite for commencement of the Ph.D. project that the applicant can be approved for admission to the Ph.D. programme by the Innovation Fund. We expect the project to commence by 1 November 2016.

Questions
The academic partner for the project is the IT University of Copenhagen. Questions regarding the project or conditions of employment can be directed to:

Industriens Uddannelser: CEO Henrik Amdi Madsen, ham@iu.dk, 2144 0765

IT University of Copenhagen: Associate Professor Yvonne Dittrich,ydi@itu.dk, and Associate Professor Erik Grönvall, erig@itu.dk.

Please, refer to http://en.itu.dk/Research/PhD-Programme for information about the PhD program. You find information about the Industrial PhD scheme under http://en.itu.dk/Research/PhD-Programme/Industrial-PhD and http://ufm.dk/forskning-og-innovation/tilskud-til-forskning-og-innovation/find-danske-tilskudsprogrammer/programmer-under-innovationsfonden/erhvervsphd.

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