Semantic and Linked Data Scientist

Semantic and Linked Data Scientist

In this position you will undertake interdisciplinary research. With 30% of the turnover, spent in R&D, we are the front runners in AI applications in Plant breeding. Become a Semantic and Linked Data scientist at our facility in Fijnaart!

• Netherlands , Fijnaart
• IT | Research & Breeding
• Master

Your job at Rijk Zwaan:

As a semantic and linked data expert, you will spearhead Rijk Zwaan's efforts to utilize data from various domains through semantic techniques. You will be involved in standardization efforts and data modeling that enables data-driven decision-making in Plant Breeding. Your work will link a wide range of data domains, including molecular and genetic data, digital phenotyping data and agronomical data. In this role, you will collaborate with experts across disciplines and devise semantic technologies that enable a more effective data analysis for breeding and operations. Keeping short and long-term goals in mind, you will scout for technological advancements/solutions and propose proof-of-concept projects to assess them. Together with stakeholders, you will further develop these ideas to solutions to demonstrate the value of linked data and knowledge graphs. In general, you will:

• Develop semantic models for research, and various breeding activities
• Build ontologies that provide comprehensive domain coverage, available for both human and machine ingestion and inference
• Explore AI models for schema creation and assigning ontologies
• Contribute to the company's ambition to utilize knowledge graph methods
• Contribute to team goal setting and the future vision
• Be an ambassador for ontology and semantic technologies within and across Rijk Zwaan teams