Student Assistant Position at International Research Training Group (IRTG) Semantic Integration of Geospatial Information.
Geo‐sensors (e.g., weather station, stream gauge, water quality sensor, etc) measure the properties of geo‐phenomena in geographic space at different points in time. Today, geosensor data are used widely by various organizations for scientific investigations and environmental forecasting and decision support systems. Access to actual sensors for developing or debugging an environmental application may cause additional costs; more efforts needed to search and translate the publicly available geo‐sensor data (for instance, the U.S. Geological Survey database) to suit the application’s requirements. Therefore, a software for geo‐sensor simulation would be an alternative for actual geo‐sensors in any deployment.
I am looking for a student that might be interested in designing and developing a sensor simulator which imitates geo‐sensor devices, for example a weather station. Responsibilities include
a. Developing a server‐side API based on the OGC Sensor Web Enablement (SWE)’s sensor data model
b. Designing a web‐based GUI that allows a user to create and control ‘virtual’ sensors
c. Integrating the sensor observations with a map for visualization purposes
(See: http://www.csiro.au/sensorweb/au.csiro.OgcThinClien /OgcThinClient.html).
The simulator will be used to create several ‘virtual’ hydro‐sensors for testing use cases in my PhD research. My current work involves developing a hydro‐ontology for semantic sensor data integration. The duration of appointment is 6 months (1st September 2010 – 28th February 2011) with 10 hours per week. The student will be funded by the IRTG ‐ Semantic Integration of Geospatial Information. Java programming skills are mandatory. Familiarity with SWE framework will be an advantage.
Why you should APPLY?
- Candidate will be exposed to a variety of advanced programming (network programming, xml binding, JDO, GUI, etc.)
- Possibility to develop the work into a Masters thesis topic
- An opportunity to involve in a scientific publication
Application deadline is 21st June 2010. To apply for this position, please write/ say hello to: Anusuriya Devaraju (anusuriya.devaraju@uni-muenster.de)
