Connectionists: Postdoctoral Position in Networks & Machine Learning @ MPI-SWS

[Manuel Gomez Rodriguez]

Postdoctoral Position in Networks & Machine Learning
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The newly established Machine Learning group at the Max Planck
Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS, http://www.mpi-sws.org/), led
by Manuel Gomez-Rodriguez, is looking for a postdoctoral researcher
with a strong interest in networks & machine learning.

In our group, we are interested in developing machine learning and
large-scale data mining methods for the analysis and modeling of large
real-world networks and processes that take place over them. We are
particularly interested in problems arising in the Web and social
media. For further information on our research, please, visit
http://www.mpi-sws.org/~manuelgr/.

Applicants should have a strong machine learning and/or data mining
background with a
track record of research publications in top tier conferences (e.g.,
ICML, NIPS, KDD, WSDM, WWW) and/or journals (e.g., JMLR, TKDD, TOIS,
Network Science). A Ph.D. in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science,
Information Science, Engineering, Statistics & Optimization) is a
must. Research experience in social networks or social media data is a
big plus.

MPI-SWS currently has 9 tenured and tenure-track faculty and about 50
doctoral and post-doctoral researchers and is located in
Kaiserslautern and Saarbruecken, in the tri-border area of Germany,
France and Luxembourg. The institute maintains an open, international
and diverse work
environment and we seek applications from outstanding candidates
regardless of national origin or citizenship. Working language at
MPI-SWS is English -- German is not required. The salary is highly
competitive and you will have great support to do outstanding
research.

The position is for one year in the first instance, with expectation
of renewal subject to good performance.

In order to apply, please, use the online application system at
http://www.mpi-sws.org/index.php?n=careers/postdoctoral and drop me an
email to manuelgr at mpi-sws.org to highlight your application. Review of
applications will start immediately, and continue until the position
is filled.