Connectionists: PhD Scholarship in Privacy & Recommender Systems at Trinity College Dublin

[Douglas Leith]

PhD position in the School of Computer Science and Statistics (SCSS), Trinity College Dublin (TCD). 

The position is part of a project working on developing new types of recommender system that have both better performance than existing approaches and yet are much more private, requiring essentially no individually identifying information.  Areas include:
	• Privacy-enhanced statistical machine learning methods
	• Recommender systems, including private search
	• Highly scalable optimisation/learning algorithms
Relevant analytic tools include methods from Bayesian statistics, stochastic optimisation, decision and queueing theory.

TCD is the leading university in Ireland and SCSS is the top ranked Computer Science department.  The successful applicant will enter a vibrant, stimulating research environment, positioning them well for their career development. The SCSS has an active international visitor programme and provides the opportunity for international and industry exchange visits.  For more information on the research group and its activity, please visit www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/

This postgraduate scholarship is open to both EU and international students.   Further details on the position can be found here: https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/vacancies2.htm

Position will remain open until filled.