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Friday, February 27, 2015

Fully funded PhD position in machine learning for information retrieval at the University of Amsterdam

The Informatics Institute at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for a fully funded position for a PhD student in the area of machine learning for information retrieval. The position is within the Intelligent Systems Lab Amsterdam and will be supervised by Shimon Whiteson and Maarten de Rijke. The project will be conducted in close collaboration with Filip Radlinski at Microsoft Research in Cambridge.

Application closing date: 22 March  2015
Starting date: 1 June 2015 or later
Duration: 4 years

The research will focus on the development of new algorithms for leveraging data reuse in order to efficiently evaluate and optimise the behavior of information retrieval systems. Doing so will require new machine learning techniques, which will be tested on real datasets in collaboration with Microsoft Research Cambridge, which funds the project grant.

Applicants must have a master's degree in computer science or a closely related area.

In addition, a successful candidate should have:

* strong math skills.
* good knowledge of modern machine learning methods (specific knowledge of reinforcement learning and/or decision-theoretic planning is a plus).
* good knowledge of modern information retrieval algorithms and models.
* experience programming in at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, or Perl.
* excellent oral and written communication skills.

The successful candidate will be based in the Intelligent Systems Lab Amsterdam (ISLA) within the Informatics Institute at the University of Amsterdam. ISLA consists of 20 members of faculty, 20 post-doctoral researchers, and more than 50 PhD students. Members of the lab are actively pursuing a variety of research initiatives, including computer vision, decision-theoretic planning and learning, human-computer-interaction, information retrieval, machine learning, multi-agent systems, and natural language processing.

Some of the things we have to offer:

* competitive pay and excellent benefits
* extremely friendly working environment
* high-level of interaction
* location near the city center (10 minutes by bicycle) of one Europe's most beautiful and lively cities
* international environment (20+ nationalities in the group)
* access to high-end computing facilities (cluster with 4,000+ cores)
* brand-new building

Since Amsterdam is a very international city where almost everybody speaks and understands English, candidates need not be afraid of the language barrier.

For further information, including instructions on submitting an application, see the official job ad at http://bit.ly/1AffX8v

Informal inquiries can be made by email to Shimon Whiteson (s.a.whiteson@uva.nl) or Maarten de Rijke (derijke@uva.nl).

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Maarten de Rijke
University of Amsterdam
http://staff.science.uva.nl/~mdr

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Data Science (Relevant for IR)


Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Data Science (relevant for IR researchers)

At the University of Bedfordshire we are seeking a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Data Science in the context of our BSc (Hons) Data Science Course/Programme at our Milton Keynes (UK) campus. This is a permanent academic position that is highly relevant for Information Retrieval researchers (IR is part of the programme). Would be great to have you in our growing Data Science/IR team!

Further information can be found at
https://ubedsli.webitrent.com/ubedsli_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=1499091h0g&WVID=264209000d

or below.

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Job title : Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Data Science

Job reference : BEDS0297
Application closing date : 11/03/2015
Location : Milton Keynes, UK
Salary : Lecturer salary: *GBP*32,277 - *GBP*38,511 per annum
Senior Lecturer salary: *GBP*39,685 - *GBP*47,328 per annum
Package : Full-time, Permanent
Job category/type : Academic


Job description :

The activity of the Department of Computer Science and Technology is focused in three key areas, namely Computer Science, Creative Technology and Electronic Engineering. It enjoys a growing international reputation underpinned by its significant research. The Department research activities in Computer Science and Informatics has been rated in the top 30 UK Universities by research strength in the new Research Excellence Framework 2014 and attracts external research funding totalling in excess of GBP 1 million every year through its strong links with local, national and international industry.


Following this growth, the Department is seeking candidates with the interest, motivation and experience for the role of a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer to contribute to the development of innovative programmes of teaching, research and consultancy in the area of Data Science. The successful candidate must hold a PhD or equivalent in a relevant discipline and will have very good inter-personal skills, highly developed communication and organisational skills and a capability to motivate students. The ability to conduct and supervise research and contribute towards appropriate external income initiatives is essential at the SL level.


For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Professor Amar Aggoun, Head of Department on 01582 743209 or email amar.aggoun@beds.ac.uk.

Interviews will be held on 30 March 2015.

For a full job description and person specification, please visit http://www.beds.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/459107/BEDS0297-Lecturer_Senior-Lecturer-in-Data-Science-JD.pdf


Due to UK Border Agency policy changes on immigration, we can only accept applications from Non EEA candidates who hold Tier 1 status and are able to work and reside in the UK with no restrictions or sponsorship of an employer required.


The University is committed to equality of opportunity and values the diversity of all its workforce and student population.

To view job details or apply on-line visit https://ubedsli.webitrent.com/ubedsli_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=1499091h0g&WVID=264209000d.


Kind regards
Ingo

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Dr Ingo Frommholz (@iFromm)  | Dept. of Computer Science and Technology
Senior Lecturer              |               University of Bedfordshire
ingo.frommholz@beds.ac.uk    |           Park Square, Luton LU1 3JU, UK
http://www.frommholz.org/    |            Room C115, P: +44-1582-743986
PGP/GPG fingerprint: B1AB F93D DB71 3AFB 324E  7297 9485 57CA 64B1 8FC7
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Monday, February 16, 2015

Postdoc positions available at the Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology


Postdoc positions available at the Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology

The Department of Computer and Information Science
(http://www.ntnu.edu/idi/) at the Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU) has a vacancy for 4 postdoc positions. These positions are
"free positions" in the sense they are not pre-allocated to particular
topics or supervisors, the candidates with strongest background and best
project proposals will be selected.

If you have an interest in one of the positions within the research areas of
information retrieval or database systems
(http://www.idi.ntnu.no/grupper/dif/), please contact: Prof. Kjetil Nørvåg,
noervaag at idi.ntnu.no

More detailed information about the positions and application procedure:
http://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/110653/4-postdoctoral-fel
lowships-at-the-department-of-computer-and-information-science-ntnu


(Short link: http://bit.ly/1CrQcBr )