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Dear colleagues,
The DFG-funded project INKleSS - Understanding the Importance of
Non-Knowledge for Software Engineering on Social-Coding Platforms is
looking for a PhD candidate who is intrigued to study social aspects of
software engineering. The project is based at the Harz University of
Applied Sciences. Deadline for applications is 10.12.24.
More information below and in attachment.
Please share the announcement widely.
We are looking for a PhD candidate who is intrigued to study social
aspects of software engineering.
The PhD position is part of the DFG-funded research project INKleSS -
Understanding the Importance of Non-Knowledge for Software Engineering
on Social-Coding Platforms. The project is based at the Faculties of
Business Studies and Automation & Computer Science of the Harz
University of Applied Science, Wernigerode.
The project aims to gain new insights into the dynamics and processes of
non-knowledge and knowledge in software engineering. A challenging
aspect of software engineering is dealing with various forms of
non-knowledge related to implementing, re-engineering, maintaining,
updating, and enhancing increasingly complex pieces of software.
Non-knowledge can appear as missing knowledge, intentionally hidden
knowledge, tacit knowledge, or strategically used non-knowledge. The
project aims to improve understanding of the roles that these forms of
non-knowledge plays in social interactions within software development
teams. This will enable the development of strategies for better
managing non-knowledge in this context, and provide guidance for
organizations and open-source communities in their non-knowledge
management. The project comprises an engineering component and a social
science component.
The PhD candidate will focus on the phenomenon of non-knowledge in
software engineering from a technical perspective, including
contextualizing it within software development and implementing new
analysis techniques.
The PhD candidate is expected to
- Develop a doctoral project in the thematic field of non-knowledge
dynamics in software engineering practices,
- Participate in and contribution to the research project,
- Develop and program technical solutions,
- Collect data in/related to software engineering projects (semi
structured interviews, qualitative text analysis, data mining,
natural language processing),
- Complete a dissertation for a PhD degree (possible at the IWIT
virtual faculty) within the time frame of the position,
- Present research outputs at conferences
Your profile
- Master’s degree (or equivalent qualification) in Software
Engineering/Computer Science, or relevant disciplines (sociology,
psychology) with computer science background (particularly programming),
- Documented experiences with and/or well described interest in the
following fields: Programming, Software Engineering, Social-Coding
Platforms (ideally GitHub),
- Basic background in natural language processing or related AI topics
may be helpful,
- Fluency in English,
- The ability to work autonomously and collaborate in teams.
We offer
- 3 years fixed-term position, full-time, classification up to EG 13 TV-L,
- Ongoing supervision by Prof. Thomas Leich and Prof. Jacob Krüger
(PIs) with continuous exchange with the project team: PhD candidate
from social sciences and the respective PI Prof. Alena Bleicher,
- Collaborative work in an interdisciplinary project team (software
engineers, social scientists),
- Remote work is possible, regular presence on site for joint research
is recommended,
- Opportunity to conduct research that is both, theoretically
innovative and practically relevant,
- Scientific engagement in national and international networks.
Apply online in just a few steps via our application system
by December 10, 2024.
Information about the Harz University of Applied Sciences is available
on the Internet at www.hs-harz.de
If you have any questions about the requirements or criteria, please
feel free to contact Dr. Thomas Leich (tleich [at] hs-harz.de) or Prof.
Jacob Krüger (jkrueger [at] hs-harz.de).
Best wishes,
Sol Martinez Demarco
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Sol Martinez Demarco (they/them)
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin / Research Associate
Projekt INKleSS / Project INKleSS
FB Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Faculty of Business Studies
Hochschule Harz / Harz University of Applied Sciences
Friedrichstr. 57-59, 38855 Wernigerode, Deutschland / Germany
+49 39-4365-9285
https://www.hs-harz.de
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