14 September: fyi -- machine learning postdoc, Galway

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UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY

The Project:

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position on a research
project with commercial potential. The contract is initially for one
year, with a possibility of extension.

The project will involve development and evaluation of algorithms for
one-class classification, which will be based on SVMs, instance-based
learning and/or other methods. Additionally, work will be conducted on
analysing the state of the art, including patents and commercial
products as well as the academic literature.

This work is part of a collaboration between Prof. Pádraig Cunningham
of Trinity College Dublin (http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Padraig.Cunningham/)
and Dr Michael Madden of NUI Galway
(http://www.it.nuigalway.ie/m_madden). The researcher will be based in
NUI Galway.

The Position:

The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in the area of Machine Learning
and its application scientific/engineering problems. A thorough
knowledge of state-of-the-art AI and ML techniques is required, along
with experience of high-quality software development. Additionally,
experience of commercialisation aspects would be an advantage.

To apply, please send your résumé, with a covering letter summarising
your relevant experience, by email to Dr. Michael Madden:
michael.madden@nuigalway.ie. You are also welcome to contact Prof.
Cunningham or Dr. Madden if you would like further information about
the post.

Deadline for applications: 30 September 2005.

The University:

NUI Galway's website is http://www.nuigalway.ie. A guide to Galway can
be found at http://www.galway.net.

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