Are you about to graduate, or close to starting an internship, and would you like to gain experience in a dynamic international environment?

Take a look at the internship and thesis proposal from the European Plate Observing System (EPOS).

EPOS - European Plate Observing system

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

EPOS (www.epos-eu.org) is an innovative European research infrastructure whose purpose is to integrate data and services in the domain of solid Earth sciences. These include data and services related to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, geodetic deformation, satellite observations, and more. They are highly heterogeneous in terms of data-provision technologies, formats, and ways of presenting resources. Integration is performed through an advanced system, the Integrated Core Services (ICS), which allows users to search, download, and analyze data from specific communities through a single web platform and interface.

This collaboration proposal is addressed to interns and thesis students interested in using innovative technologies. It aims to contribute to the further development and optimization of the Integrated Core Services system, and covers the following topics:

  • relational databases (PostgreSQL) and non-relational databases, for example MongoDB;
  • systems based on the microservices paradigm;
  • optimization and tuning of the system and services;
  • creation of Java and Python modules for mapping and converting data and metadata;
  • creation and optimization of graphical interfaces with AngularJS;
  • semantic integration, development, and optimization of DCAT-AP extensions.

The activities to be carried out will be agreed with the student based on their topics of interest.

Information

Dr. Daniele Bailo

EPOS-ERIC Technical Officer Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome - Italy daniele.bailo@ingv.it Phone. +39 06-51860728

References

  • epos-eu.org
  • Bailo, Daniele, and Keith G. Jeffery. “EPOS: a novel use of CERIF for data-intensive science.” _Procedia Computer Science_33 (2014): 3-10.
  • Jeffery, Keith G., and Daniele Bailo. “EPOS: using metadata in geoscience.” Research Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research. Springer, Cham, 2014.
  • Trani, Luca, et al. “Establishing Core Concepts for Information-Powered Collaborations.” _Future Generation Computer Systems_89 (2018): 421-437.
  • Bailo, Daniele, et al. “Mapping solid earth Data and Research Infrastructures to CERIF.” _Procedia Computer Science_106 (2017): 112-121.