2026_IR_17_DEI – Ontological Modelling and Knowledge Base Construction in the Context of Federated Analytics

Position: Research appointment (pre-doc) Institute: Uni. Padua
Posted on: 09/06/2026 Elapsing! Deadline: 16/07/2026

Scientific-Disciplinary Group

09/IINF-05 - Information Processing Systems

Description

The researcher will contribute to the design and development of the Multimodal Semantic Integration Platform (WP3) within the HEREDITARY project (Horizon Europe RIA, grant 101137074). The activity addresses two interconnected tasks: (i) the design and incremental population of a multimodal biomedical ontology covering neurological diseases (ALS, MS, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Frontotemporal Dementia) and gut-microbiome-related disorders, aligned with existing biomedical standards (ICD, SNOMED CT, MeSH, HPO, Gene Ontology); (ii) the implementation of an Ontology-Based Data Access (OBDA) layer enabling federated, privacy-preserving query rewriting over heterogeneous health data sources — clinical records, genomics databases, medical imaging metadata, and biomedical literature...

Job posting website

https://www.dei.unipd.it/bandi

Funding body

Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione - Università degli studi di Padova