Connectionists: University of Basel (Switzerland): open PhD position in "Machine Learning methods for Analyzing DNA Sequencing Data"

[Volker Roth]

Applications are invited for a PhD position in the interdisciplinary
research project "The interplay of host and viral factors in the hurdle 
to cure HIV-1",
which is a SystemX.ch project run by the  University Hospital Zurich 
(Division of Infectious Diseases),
ETH Zurich  (Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering), IBM 
Research Zurich, EPFL Lausanne
and the University of Basel (Department of Mathematics and Computer 
Science).

The main focus of the Basel group will concern Machine Learning models 
for reconstructing dependency models
that encode the statistical relations between host and virus and for 
detecting causal relations between several longitudinal descriptors.
The position will be associated with the PhD program "Image 
Understanding and Intelligent Data Analysis"
at our department:\\ 
http://www.cs.unibas.ch/education/phd-program-image-understanding-and-intelligent-data-analysis/

Candidates will have a Masters degree with background and experience in 
computer science,
applied mathematics, physics or bioinformatics, interest to work in an 
interdisciplinary research
environment and good communication skills (English).
For further inquiries, please contact Volker Roth: volker.roth at unibas.ch

Successful candidates will be awarded a fellowship with a competitive 
salary (approx. 47000 CHF/year).
Applications with a full CV, short statement of research interests and
names of at least one referee should be submitted to
volker.roth at unibas.ch

Submission deadline: March 31, 2015

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Prof. Dr. Volker Roth
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science	
University of Basel                        Tel.: +41-(0)61-2670549
Spiegelgasse. 1,                           email: volker.roth at unibas.ch
CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland                 http://bmda.cs.unibas.ch/	
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