CONTEXT:

The fruit processing industry is experiencing a surge in its growth with Quebec ranked tenth in North America. The growth has generated huge quantities of “fruit pomace” as solid waste (25–30% of the total processed fruits) obtained after the extraction of fruit juice. The objective is to carry out value-addition of pomace to produce ligninolytic enzymes; extract polyphenols; and use the fermented mass as animal feed by using a white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium.

The fruit pomace residues are generally rich in carbohydrates, especially cell wall polysaccharides and other functionally important bioactive molecules, such as proteins, minerals and natural antioxidants. Owing to the high carbohydrate content, fruit pomace can be used as a substrate for the microbial production of enzymes and extraction of other high-value added products, such as anti-oxidants. Further, the high protein enriched residue can serve as animal feed.

Research Area:

Fermentation to produce ligninolytic enzymes and simultaneously analyze polyphenolic compounds and carry out experiments with swine feed.

Requirements:

Ph.D. in microbiology, biochemistry, biological engineering, biochemical engineering, chemical engineering or related discipline. Practical experience in the field of solid state fermentation or liquid fermentation and knowledge of high performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry is an asset. Computer knowledge preferably includes programming skills and handling of chromatography techniques, such as gel filtration, size exclusion and others is an advantage. Candidates should be proficient in English and French.

Application should include a CV, list of publications, names and contacts of 2-3 references, list of research interests. For applications and further information please contact:

Dr. S.K. Brar

Assistant Professor

INRS-ETE Univ. Quebec

490, rue de la Couronne

Quebec, G1K 9A9 (CANADA)

E-mail: satinder.brar@ete.inrs.ca

Department of Psychology

University of Waterloo, Canada

The Department of Psychology at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) invites applications for a Post Doctoral Position within the EEG-eye tracking Lab of Dr. Roxane Itier. The Fellowship is supported by a research grant (CIHR) and is a two-year full time contract position with the possibility of a one-year renewal appointment.

The candidate should have a PhD in psychology or neuroscience, a demonstrated strong background in EEG-ERPs as well as in fMRI analyses and interests in the field of face and eye gaze processing. Expertise in modeling or in eye tracking methodology is also desirable. The candidate’s duties will be to help integrating EEG and fMRI data collected in several face/gaze processing studies. The candidate will also help in designing research experiments and in writing research articles. In addition, the candidate will have the possibility of conducting his/her own research projects using the Lab facilities. Collaborations with other members of the department are encouraged.

The psychology department at the University of Waterloo is a dynamic research environment which currently holds two new EEG labs (Biosemi, 72 channels), access to a 1.5T scanner and several eye tracking devices. In addition, access to patients, clinical and developmental populations is also possible. For more details on the department, visit: http://www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/index.html

The city of Waterloo is a small university town, located just 1.5h west of Toronto where Dr. Itier holds major collaborations with the Rotman Research Institute and the Hospital for Sick Children.

The start of this appointment is flexible but should occur within the fall 2009 and at the earliest on September 1st, 2009. Applications will be reviewed as received until the position is filled. The University of Waterloo encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, native peoples, and persons with disabilities. There are no citizenship restrictions.

University of Waterloo Post Doctoral Guidelines can be reviewed at the following link:

http://www.grad.uwaterloo.ca/postdoc/guidelines.html

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, three letters of reference and samples of scholarly work to:

Dr. Roxane J. Itier

Department of Psychology

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, On. Canada N2L 3G1

Email: ritier-at-uwaterloo.ca

Phone: (519) 888-4567, extension 32629

Fax: (519) 846-8631

Webpage: http://www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/people/faculty/ritier/index.html

- The focus of the research of the first open position is on attention metadata: these describe user interactions with a diverse set of applications and web resources. The basic goal is to gather and process attention metadata in unobtrusive ways, so as to better understand and support the actions and goals of the end user across different applications. In a first phase, the research will focus on the domain of technology-enhanced learning. Typical applications would be a personal or shared dashboard, or a recommender service.

- The focus of the research for the second open position is to develop and validate prototypes of highly responsive technology-enhanced learning environments, offering breakthrough levels of effectiveness, flexibility, user-control and mass-individualization. In this project, we play a significant role in the development of technical specifications that are the basis for enabling the interoperability and personalized mashup of learning services.

Funding is available immediately. The research will be carried out at the Department of Computer Science at the K.U.Leuven, in close collaboration with many of the leading research units on Technology Enhanced Learning in Europe and worldwide.

The candidate has the following profile:
a) A degree in Computer Science, Informatics or equivalent with a minimum grade of cum laude
b) Interest in technology enhanced learning and metadata.

Because the successful candidate will work as a member of a project group, team spirit is indispensable.

More information about the financial compensation can be found at http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/verloningspakket.html (Dutch) or http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/welcome.html (English).

Interested applicants should send their CV and letter of application BEFORE AUGUST 20, 2009 to: erik.duval-at-cs.kuleuven.be
All inquiries for further information can be sent to the same address.

We invite applications for PhD or post-doctoral positions financed by the European research project ROLE (on Responsive Open Learning Environments,http://www.role-project.eu), the network of excellence on Technology Enhanced Learning STELLAR (http://www.stellarnet.eu/) and the Flemish project TermWise (on creating resources for specialised language use).

- The focus of the research of the first open position is on attention metadata: these describe user interactions with a diverse set of applications and web resources. The basic goal is to gather and process attention metadata in unobtrusive ways, so as to better understand and support the actions and goals of the end user across different
applications. In a first phase, the research will focus on the domain of technology-enhanced learning. Typical applications would be a personal or shared dashboard, or a recommender service.

- The focus of the research for the second open position is to develop and validate prototypes of highly responsive technology-enhanced learning environments, offering breakthrough levels of effectiveness, flexibility, user-control and mass-individualization. In this project, we play a significant role in the development of technical specifications that are the basis for enabling the interoperability and personalized mashup of learning services.

-Â The focus of the PhD research for the third open position is on term alignment, i.e. the automatic alignment of phrases and words that are translational equivalents in large multilingual document collections.
The research covers the study of existing statistical alignment models (e.g., sequence and fertility based models) and the design, development and evaluation of novel alignment algorithms including generative, discriminative and graph models.

- For the last open position, you perform research on international and national projects in collaboration with distinguished internationalteams. You develop a strong research publication record in proceedingsof important conferences and highly ranked journals. You assist inresearch funding proposal writing.Â

Funding is available immediately. The research will be carried out at the Department of Computer Science at the K.U.Leuven, in close collaboration with many of the leading research units on Technology Enhanced Learning in Europe and worldwide.

The candidate has the following profile:

a) A degree in Computer Science, Informatics or equivalent with a minimum grade of cum laude b) Interest in technology enhanced learning and metadata.

Because the successful candidate will work as a member of a project group, team spirit is indispensable.

More information about the financial compensation can be found
at http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/verloningspakket.html (Dutch
) orhttp://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/welcome.html (English).

Interested applicants should send their CV and letter of application for the first two positions BEFORE AUGUST 20, 2009
to: erik.duval@cs.kuleuven.be and for the last two positions to
sien.moens-at-cs.kuleuven.be

All inquiries for further information can be sent to the same addresses