Postdoctoral position in Machine Learning at UC Irvine

[Padhraic Smyth]

Please forward to recent (or soon to be) Phd graduates
who may be interested in this position, thanks.

Padhraic Smyth
Information and Computer Science
University of California, Irvine



     Postdoctoral Research Position in Machine Learning
        School of Information and Computer Science
             University of California, Irvine

A full-time post-doctoral position is available in the area
of machine learning at UC Irvine, focusing on research in
probabilistic modeling of large data sets such as text
corpora and Web-related data.

Applicants must have earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science,
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a
closely-related discipline, with an emphasis on machine learning
or applied statistics. Knowledge of probabilistic learning
methods (such as the EM algorithm or Bayesian learning), as
well as programming experience in languages such as
C/C++ or MATLAB, are also desirable.

The salary range for this position is $45k to $60k annually,
commensurate with training and experience. The appointment
will be for a 1 or 2-year period beginning in September 2003.

Interested applicants should send a curriculum vitae,
statement of research interests and achievements, and
names and email addresses of three or more references, to
Professor Padhraic Smyth at smyth at ics.uci.edu.
Please put "Application for postdoc" in the subject
line of the email application. Applications received
by July 15th 2003 will receive maximum consideration.

UC Irvine is located roughly half way between Los Angeles and
San Diego, about 3 miles from the Pacific Ocean.
For general information about the university see
www.ics.uci.edu/about/jobs/ and www.uci.edu.

For further information on machine learning research
at UC Irvine see (for example) www.datalab.uci.edu.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity
Employer committed to excellence through diversity.