[IR]Research master on social networking at National University of Ireland

The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at the National University of Ireland, Galway, is seeking candidates for the following position(s):
Research master on social networking

The Unit for Social Software at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute in conjunction with Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the School of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway, is seeking applications for a Masters of Science postgraduate student (by research, fully funded, 12 months duration) to work on a researcher-oriented social networking project.

The Candidate

We are seeking candidates who have a first-class honours degree in Information Technology or Computer Science.

Candidates should have industrial expertise in some or all of the following areas:

* Social networks
* Blogging systems
* Document sharing systems (for sharing PDFs, images, etc.)
* Scripting languages (Perl, PHP or Python)
* General web development


Application

Please send your applications (including a cover letter and CV with at least two references) to john.breslin@nuigalway.ie by 22nd October 2009. Please use the phrase "ROSN" in the subject of the e-mail.