Jobs Available for Ocean Acoustics Data Scientist and Data Engineer

Submitted by eurban on Fri, 07/26/2019 - 09:01

Dear colleague,

In an effort to foster and further both the distribution and use of “big data”, as well as goals of the International Quiet Ocean Experiment (IQOE) , the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) is seeking to fill two positions to conceive, implement and operate a data portal that will allow easy access to acoustic data and basic data products.

These positions are part of an AWI effort to build data portals for bathymetric, biological (benthic video surveys) and oceanographic data in close collaboration with the AWI’s computing center, supporting a team of 8 full-time professionals as currently announced to jointly achieve these goals.

It is intended to transform these positions into tenure-track positions, such that this data management and accessibility effort can be sustained in the long run.

With regard to the acoustic positions, a close collaboration with the IQOE WG on Data Management and Access and the WG on Standardization is intended and shall actively be sought and maintained by the data scientist/curator.

Please distribute this email amongst potentially interested colleagues and/or access the application portal for these positions at:

Data scientist / data curator:

https://recruitingapp-5442.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/387/Description/2

Data engineer / software developer

https://recruitingapp-5442.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/388/Description/2

Applications are due by 31 August 2019.

Please do not hesitate contacting Olaf Boebel in case of any questions.

Olaf Boebel

Senior Oceanographer / Head Ocean Acoustics Group

Alfred-Wegener-Institut

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar und Meeresforschung

Klußmannstr. 3d

DE-27570 Bremerhaven

Tel +49 (0) 471 4831 1879

Fax +49 (0) 471 4831 1797

www.awi.de

olaf.boebel@awi.de

Status

IQOE is in its 9th year as a 10-year project and continues to implement of its Science Plan (available here). IQOE has successfully coordinated a variety of activities in ocean acoustics and bioacoustics through IQOE working groups on the use of acoustics to assess biodiversity, the importance of acoustic observations in the Arctic Ocean, standards for reporting ocean acoustic and bioacoustic data for IQOE, software for making acoustic observations comparable worldwide, and recommendations for implementation of an Ocean Sound Essential Ocean Variable for the Global Ocean Observing System. IQOE progress has been documented since June 2018 through IQOE Newsletters and since the beginning of the project through other products. IQOE identified 2020 as the Year of the Quiet Ocean because of evidence that ocean sound decreased because of decreases in human activities in the ocean due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Next Steps

Activities in 2024 will include actions to help implement the Ocean Sound Essential Ocean Variable Implementation Plan; continuation of new activities on low-cost ocean acoustic observing systems and expansion of the Open Portal to Underwater Sound (OPUS), implementation of the Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, sponsorship of the second World Ocean Passive Acoustic Monitoring Day; and meetings of IQOE working groups and Science Committee.