<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:12.8px">==============================</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><wbr>=============================</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Subject</b>: 2 postdoc positions in Machine Learning (1 year, renewable up to 3 years)</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Institution</b>: RIST - Romanian Institute of Science and Technology, Cluj-Napoca</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Keywords</b>: Deep </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Stochastic Optimization, Optimization over Manifolds, Information Geometry, Riemannian Geometry</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Application deadline</b>: 20 October 2017 </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">(applicants are encouraged to apply earlier)</span><br><b>Salary</b>: around 2190 euro net<br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Official announcement</b>: </span><a href="http://rist.ro/en/details/news/postdoc-positions-in-deep-learning-and-machine-learning.html" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://rist.ro/<wbr>en/details/news/postdoc-<wbr>positions-in-deep-learning-<wbr>and-machine-learning.html</a><br><span style="font-size:12.8px">==============================</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><wbr>=============================</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dear colleagues,</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">the Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (RIST) has an opening for 2 postdoc positions, in the context of the DeepRiemann project “</span><span class="m_7435564406783087485gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Riemannian</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Optimization Methods for Deep Learning”, funded by European structural funds through the Competitiveness Operational Program (POC 2014-2020). The appointments will be for 1 year, with possible extensions up to 3 years. </span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">The DeepRiemann project aims at the design and analysis of novel training algorithms for Neural Networks in Deep Learning, by applying notions of </span><span class="m_7435564406783087485gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Riemannian</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> optimization and differential geometry. The task of the training a Neural Network is studied by employing tools from Optimization over Manifolds and Information Geometry, by casting the learning process to an optimization problem defined over a statistical manifold, i.e., a set of probability distributions. The project is highly interdisciplinary, with competences spanning from Machine Learning to Optimization, Deep Learning, Statistics, and Differential Geometry. The objectives of the project are multiple and include both theoretical and applied research, together with industrial activities oriented to transfer knowledge, from the institute to a startup or spin-off of the research group. </span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">The positions will be part of the new Machine Learning and Optimization group </span><a href="http://luigimalago.it/group.html" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://luigimalago.it/group.<wbr>html</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">, which performs research at the intersection of Machine Learning, Stochastic Optimization, Deep Learning, and Optimization over Manifolds, from the unifying perspective of Information Geometry. The group is one of two newly-formed groups in Machine Learning at RIST, where about 20 new postdoctoral research associates and research software developers will be hired by 2018. </span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">The official job announcement can be seen here:</span><br><a href="http://rist.ro/en/details/news/postdoc-positions-in-deep-learning-and-machine-learning.html" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://rist.ro/en/details/<wbr>news/postdoc-positions-in-<wbr>deep-learning-and-machine-<wbr>learning.html</a><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Informal inquiries can be sent to Dr. Luigi Malagò <</span><a href="mailto:malago@rist.ro" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">malago@rist.ro</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">>, principal investigator of the DeepRiemann project. </span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Application deadline: 20 October 2017 (applicants are encouraged to apply earlier)</span><br><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">best regards,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Luigi Malagò</div>
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