<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">The Center for Machine Learning at Indiana University brings together over 10 faculty working in areas including theory, reinforcement learning, statistical learning, speech and audio processing, robotics, planning and control, medical image processing, graphical models, computational neuroscience, computer vision, case-based reasoning, and deep learning. </span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Please visit our Center website at<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span><a href="https://cml.luddy.indiana.edu/people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">https://cml.luddy.indiana.edu/people/</a>.</span><br aria-hidden="true"></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Together we have at least 10 PhD positions available for Fall 2022 admission. Topics include:</span></p><ul style="font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 25px 1em;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="font-weight:bolder">Algorithms for ML</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">: scalable (e.g., parallel, distributed round/communication-efficient) algorithms for reinforcement learning, online learning, clustering.</span></li><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="font-weight:bolder">Probabilistic ML</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">: graphical models, efficient inference algorithms, applications, and computational/statistical learning theory.</span></li><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="font-weight:bolder">AI</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">: probabilistic planning, unsupervised learning, memory augmentation, reinforcement learning, and the connections between planning and probabilistic inference.</span></li><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="font-weight:bolder">Robotics</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">: planning, decision-making, and learning methods for autonomous robotic systems, and coordination approaches for distributed multi-robot or swarm systems.</span></li><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="font-weight:bolder">Computer Vision</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">: object and action recognition, 3D reconstruction, egocentric computer vision, deep learning, and graphical model inference.</span></li><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="font-weight:bolder">ML and DL for speech/music/audio processing</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">: speech enhancement, source separation, privacy and security for speech/audio applications, speech/audio coding, music information retrieval and music signal processing</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">For all areas ideal candidates should have demonstrable strong math and theory skills and/or excellent programming and system building skills. Background in the relevant areas listed above is of course desirable.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Applicants should have received a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, statistics, or related fields. </span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">The Center brings together faculty from different departments across the university, including Computer Science, Intelligent Systems Engineering, and Statistics. Each faculty has a home department (listed on the website above) but can advise students in other departments. Please mention the faculty with whom you would like to work in your Statement of Purpose. You may apply to multiple programs. For best consideration, please submit applications by these dates:</span></p><ul style="font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 25px 1em;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Computer Science: Priority deadline: December 1, 2021, Second round: January 1, 2022</span></li><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Intelligent Systems Engineering: Priority deadline: December 1, 2021, Second round: January 1, 2022</span></li><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Statistical Science: Priority deadline: January 15, 2022</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">For detailed information about the programs and application process, please visit:</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><a href="https://luddy.indiana.edu/admissions/apply/graduate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://luddy.indiana.edu/admissions/apply/graduate.html" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">https://luddy.indiana.edu/admissions/apply/graduate.html</a></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Email inquiries: </span></p><ul style="font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 25px 1em;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Inter,sans-serif"><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">For information about the admission process or requirements, please write</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><a href="mailto:goluddy@indiana.edu">goluddy@indiana.edu</a></span></li><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">For information about the Center for Machine Learning, please contact</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><a href="mailto:iucml@indiana.edu">iucml@indiana.edu</a></span></li><li style="list-style-position:inside;list-style-type:square;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">For information about specific positions or projects, please write to the faculty member directly.</span></li></ul></div>