<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">We are happy to announce<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">2 fully funded PhD positions</strong><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span>at the<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a target="_self" href="https://sciml.se/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255); box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Scientific Machine Learning group</a>,<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a target="_self" href="https://www.scilifelab.se/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255); box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab)</a>,<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span>Division of Scientific Computing,<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span>Uppsala University.<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">We are looking for highly motivated students with a strong interest in theoretical foundations of machine learning, and data-driven solutions to challenging problems in life sciences.<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">We appreciate enthusiasm for theoretical research in machine learning, and interest in interdisciplinary research in life sciences. We are seeking candidates with a strong background in applied mathematics, statistics, computer science, or related fields proficient in mathematical analysis, probability theory, and optimization. Solid programming skills (e.g., Python, Julia, or similar) and experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) are highly desirable.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Topics and application links</strong></p><hr style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: inherit; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-image: none; height: 1px; margin: 1.6rem auto; padding: 0px; border-right-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); border-bottom-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); border-left-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); width: 720px; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">-<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a target="_self" href="https://www.jobb.uu.se/details/?positionId=701936&languageId=1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255); box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Foundations of learning from noisy scientific data, with applications in inverse problems.</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Some of the topics in the scope of this project include robust learning, variational inference, large-scale optimization, fair machine learning and Bayesian inference. There is room to discuss and explore other challenging topics in the area of theoretical machine learning as well.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">We will build robust models to learn inverse mappings. Such problems often manifest as parameter inference or estimation problems (e.g., fitting mechanistic models such as gene regulatory networks to observed data) in various scientific disciplines.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Apply<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a target="_self" href="https://www.jobb.uu.se/details/?positionId=701936&languageId=1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255); box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; overflow-wrap: break-word;">here</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span>by April 2, 2024.</p><hr style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: inherit; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-image: none; height: 1px; margin: 1.6rem auto; padding: 0px; border-right-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); border-bottom-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); border-left-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); width: 720px; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">-<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a target="_self" href="https://www.math.uu.se/the-department/vacant-positions/?positionId=702358" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255); box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Adaptive Deep Learning for Accelerating Drug Repurposing.<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></a></p><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Together with the<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a target="_self" href="https://pharmb.io/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255); box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span>research group, we will build active learning / statistical sampling methods for optimal drug repurposing experimental design. We will develop specialised deep architectures for learning drug combination synergies to drive the sampling process. The project offers a very unique opportunity to work on challenging theoretical aspects of machine learning, in tight integration with a state-of-the-art automated robotised lab to validate the algorithms. The diseases under study include cancer (soft tissue sarcomas) and Covid.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Apply<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a target="_self" href="https://www.math.uu.se/the-department/vacant-positions/?positionId=702358" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255); box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; overflow-wrap: break-word;">here</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span>by March 22, 2024 (<a target="_self" href="https://www.math.uu.se/digitalAssets/1078/c_1078262-l_3-k_11-singh-spjuth-adaptive-deep-learning-of-drug-combination-mechanics-for.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255); box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Project 11</a>).</p><hr style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: inherit; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-image: none; height: 1px; margin: 1.6rem auto; padding: 0px; border-right-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); border-bottom-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); border-left-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); width: 720px; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Our values</strong></p><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">We are an interdisciplinary group offering a vibrant, rich research environment with state-of-the-art resources, including computational infrastructure and collaboration opportunities within Sweden and abroad. You will enjoy a supportive and inclusive environment that values diversity, creativity, and intellectual curiosity. We offer a healthy work-life balance, and excellent career development opportunities at Uppsala University and SciLifeLab.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.6rem 0px; line-height: 1.75; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); pointer-events: all; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Please contact Asst. Prof. <a href="https://www.it.uu.se/katalog/prasi372" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255);">Prashant Singh</a> with any questions.</p></body></html>