PhD studentship available

[Bogdan Gabrys]

PhD Studentship

Applied Computational Intelligence Research Unit (ACIRU)

School of Information and Communication Technologies,
University of Paisley, Scotland, UK

Applications are invited for a 3 year PhD research studentship which
can start from October 2001 and is jointly funded by the University of
Paisley (http://www.cis.paisley.ac.uk) and the Lufthansa Systems
Berlin GmbH (http://www.lsb.de).

The proposed research project will investigate and develop various
approaches for combining predictions (forecasts). There is a large
potential market for applications offering accurate and reliable
predictions ranging from stock market exchange to estimating the
demand for sales of goods and services. One such example, which will
be looked at in more detail in this project, is an accurate estimation
of the demand for various types of airplane tickets.  Combination,
aggregation and fusion of information are major problems for all kinds
of knowledge-based systems, from image processing to decision making,
from pattern recognition to automatic learning. Various machine
learning and hybrid intelligent techniques will be used for processing
and modelling of imperfect data and information utilizing the
methodologies like probability, fuzzy, evidence and possibility
theories.

The student will be joining an enthusiastic and vibrant research group
and will be primarily based in the ACIRU in Paisley (near Glasgow),
Scotland but two extended visits to the Lufthansa Systems Berlin site
in Berlin, Germany are planned in the second and third year of the
project.

The studentship carries a remuneration of £7500 tax-free (increased
to £8k and £9k in the second and third year respectively) and
payment of tuition fees paid at Home/EU rate. The stipend may be
augmented by a limited amount of teaching.

Applicants should have a strong mathematical background and hold a
first or upper second class honours degree or equivalent in
mathematics, physics, engineering, statistics, computer science or a
similar discipline. Additionally the candidate should have strong
programming experience using any or combination of C,C++,Matlab or
Java.  Knowledge of ORACLE will be an advantage.

For further details please contact Dr. Bogdan Gabrys, e-mail:
gabr-ci0 at paisley.ac.uk.

Interested candidates should send a detailed CV and a letter of
application with the names and addresses of two referees to:
Dr. Bogdan Gabrys, School of Information and Communication
Technologies, Div. of Computing and Information Systems, University of
Paisley, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, UK. The applications can be also
sent by e-mail.


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 Dr Bogdan Gabrys
 Applied Computational Intelligence Research Unit
 Division of Computing and Information Systems
 University of Paisley
 High Street, Paisley PA1 2BE
 Scotland, United Kingdom
 Tel: +44 (0) 141 848 3752
 Fax: +44 (0) 141 848 3542
 E-mail: gabr-ci0 at paisley.ac.uk

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