Open positions related to the LSST Data Management at the University of Washington

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project is a 10-year survey of the sky that will deliver a 200 petabyte set of images and data products. Its Data Management team has postdoc and research staff positions open at the University of Washington:

PhD position: Content Merge from Crowd-Sourced Spatial Information

Content Merge from Crowd-Sourced Spatial Information
Dr. Bianca Schoen-­‐Phelan

Application Deadline: 11 January 2016
Application Documents: Academic CV, Cover letter, any other documents that the applicant considers relevant
Start Date: February 2016
Application Method: Email to [email protected]

Apply to the BIGSKYEARTH Training School

The 1^st BigSkyEarth Training School will take place at the German Aerospace Center facilities in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, 4-9 April, 2016.

It will gather around 30 researchers for hands-on training on Big Data analytics in astronomy and Earth observation with six expert instructors from the EU and the USA.

The COST Action BigSkyEarth provides grants to 18 trainees from BigSkyEarth member countries for travel and costs of the school attendance.