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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">apologies for cross-posting</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Postdoc positions in Recommender Systems<span></span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We are looking to recruit a number of Post-Doctoral
Research Fellows to start in September 2018 on a new multi-million-euro,
multi-year industry research project, funded by a global technology company.
The project will develop next generation recommender systems technologies,
drawing on the experience and expertise of a leading recommender systems
research group in UCD as part of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics. This is
a 2-year position.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">You will work on the design and development of
an industrial recommender system, developing new or advanced research skills associated
with the research project, publishing in top level peer-reviewed academic
venues, as well as supervising and mentoring graduate students.<span></span></span></p>

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with industry partners.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The successful candidate will have the
opportunity to work with a team of world-class experts in Recommender Systems
in an ambitious industry-driven research project. The candidate will contribute
to the success of the project and to the improvement of the team’s skills and
expertise.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Salary: €43,828 - €47,728 per annum.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Appointment on the above range will be dependent
upon qualifications and experience.<span></span></span></p>

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19th July 2018.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Essential Skills:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- PhD in Computer
Science or related discipline<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- 2-3 years postdoctoral
research experience<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- A willingness and a
desire to collaborate with industrial R&D<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Demonstrated
experience in Recommender Systems<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Demonstrated
experience in Machine Learning<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Demonstrated
understanding of Deep Learning</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Extensive experience in
any of the following:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Tools for Big Data
analysis (spark, hadoop, etc)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Explanations for
recommender systems<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Privacy for
Recommender Systems<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Natural Language
Processing<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Embedded Systems
(particularly recommended systems on embedded platforms)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Diversity in
Recommender systems<span></span></span></p>

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Distributed/decentralized machine learning<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Strong demonstrated
software development skills in languages like python, Java, R... and relevant
data analytics packages and libraries.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white"><span></span></span></p>

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<span style="color:black;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">Informal enquiries about
this position can be made to: elias.tragos “at” <a href="http://insight-centre.org">insight-centre.org</a>. </span><br></span></p>

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