[Research] Jobs at Yahoo

[Andrew W. Moore]

Pavel Bherkin at Yahoo asked me to forward this on to the Auton Lab for the
benefit of future soon-to-be Auton Lab graduates (he made the comment that
Auton Lab folks were number one on his list of folks he felt he needs right
now).

Andrew

*Yahoo! Data Mining and Research Group (DMR)* is looking for* *an* *outstanding
data mining researcher who wants to work on real problems leading to
solutions that make a direct and measurable business impact. This individual
should enjoy formulating problems based on customer needs, selecting,
modifying and/or building appropriate tools or methodologies, and providing
true end-to-end solutions for diversified challenging data mining and data
research projects. We encourage our team members to stay abreast of novel
academic work and seek patents and/or publish work when appropriate. This is
an exciting opportunity to apply your data mining skills to the 10 terabytes
of data that Yahoo! captures every day. The following criteria will be used
in finding the ideal candidate:



* Expertise and desire to work hands-on in analyzing and modeling large
industrial data sets

* Experience in exploratory data analysis and data mining process

* Knowledge of data mining and machine learning methods and tools

* Ph.D. in Data Mining, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Statistics,
Artificial Intelligence, or a related field

* Strong candidates with a Master's degree in the above field and rich
industry experience will also be considered

* Excellent communication skills and ability to understand business
requirements

* Team spirit and ability to aggressively execute independently

* Creativity and passion in achieving goals

* Software development skills (C/C++, Perl, Java, SQL, etc.)
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