Data Engineer

Organisation/Company: Université Rennes II Department: Arts: practices and poetics Research Field: Arts » Performing arts ; Computer science » Database management Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1) Country: France Application Deadline: 3 Nov 2023 - 23:59 (Europe/Brussels) Type of Contract: Temporary Job Status: Full-time Hours Per Week: 36,18 Offer Starting Date: 2 Jan 2024 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? : HE / ERC Reference Number: 101097091 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

University Rennes 2 is the host institution of the ERC project "STAGE: From Stage to Data, the Digital Turn of Contemporary Performing Arts Historiography", winner of the ERC advanced 2022 call. STAGE proposes an innovative theoretical and methodological framework merging culture analytics, actor-network theory, data modeling, and computer vision to challenge conventional approaches to the paradigm shift of digital traces in performing arts studies. At the intersection of history, epistemology, and digital humanities, STAGE’s key goal is to move performing arts studies into a digital context to establish a new historiography of mise en scène and creative processes in Europe since WWII.

Reporting to the ERC STAGE project manager, Ms Clarisse Bardiot, professor in performing art studies, the data engineer will be responsible for implementing the project's Data Management Plan (DMP), collecting data and making it available (in line with FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles), as part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, engineers and developers. He/she will work closely with libraries, archives and performing arts companies.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

1. data collection

• Identify and collect data relevant to the project
• Establish automated data collection processes from various sources
• Participate in archive digitization and OCR projects
• Contribute to establishing the performing arts ontology and defining the data model for the project.

1. data processing

• Enrich and encode data and metadata according to the established data model.
• Clean, pre-process and structure data to make it usable (corpus alignment, network visualization, metadata...)
• Ensure data interoperability with other systems
• Develop scripts and data transformation tools
• Propose IT solutions and ad hoc developments (in particular for the software for the study of creative processes also developed as part of the project”).

1. security and confidentiality

• Guarantee the security and confidentiality of the collected and processed data, in compliance with current ethical standards.
• Implement and manage the various procedures related to ethical data collection issues.

1. documentation

• Define and monitor the DMP in compliance with FAIR principles
• Document project data, tools and procedures, write data papers
• Technical watch on data processing technologies
• Documentary watch on performing arts and digital humanities

SECONDARY ACTIVITIES

1. communication

• Contribute to the project research blog
• Manage and update the project website

1. Collaboration

• Participate in team meetings and discussions to develop project solutions
• Support researchers (from PhD students to senior researchers) and students in the use of data
• Participate in the scientific life of the team: training courses, seminars and workshops.

Requirements

Research Field : Computer science » Database management Education Level : Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Technical and professional skills

• Solid experience in data engineering, data collection, processing and management
• Knowledge of digital standards, formats and protocols for data interoperability and open science, including FAIR principles
• Knowledge of digital humanities
• Familiarity with ontologies, in particular CIDOC-CRM, and repositories
• Knowledge of data processing languages (SQL, XML, RDF, SPARQL) and regular expressions
• Familiarity with huma-num tools
• Interest in theatre studies, heritage or art history
• Ability to work as part of a team. Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational skills, autonomy and initiative
• Ability to produce reports for reporting purposes, as well as to conduct a documentary and technological watch.
• Very good level of French and English (oral and written)

Other knowledge: digital archive editing, data visualization, natural language processing, programming language (Python), bibliographic and archival description, documentary indexing, knowledge of OCR and HTR software.

Specific Requirements

We are looking for a person with higher education (Engineer, Master, or equivalent), in computer science, library science, or digital humanities. Previous knowledge of theater studies, or art history, Linked Open Data.

Languages : ENGLISH Level Excellent ; FRENCH Level Excellent

Additional Information

Benefits

Fixed-term contract (CDD) for 1 year, renewable for a further 4 years

Remuneration: according to the Research Engineer grid and experience

Selection process

Applications (detailed CV, cover letter (in French and/or English), copy of documents certifying the required level of study, names and email addresses of two referees) must be sent by November 3, 2023 at the latest, in PDF format.

Successful candidates will be informed by email by November 10, 2023 at the latest, and invited to take part in interviews in Rennes (or remotely) in mid-November 2023.

Additional comments

For further information, please contact Clarisse Bardiot (clarisse.bardiot@univ-rennes2.fr)

Website for additional job details https://recrutement.univ-rennes2.fr/poste/6nbfkbxroo-ingenieur-detudes-en-human…

Work Location(s): Rennes, France : Where to apply : Website https://recrutement.univ-rennes2.fr/poste/6nbfkbxroo-ingenieur-detudes-en-human… Website: http://www.univ-rennes2.fr/ E-Mail: clarisse.bardiot@univ-rennes2.fr, drv-pole-europe@univ-rennes2.fr