[Research] Fwd: could you please circulate this ad? bioinformatics/machine learning postdoc available at UCSD

[Andrew W. Moore]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charles Elkan <elkan at cs.ucsd.edu>
Date: Jun 15, 2007 2:45 PM
Subject: could you please circulate this ad? bioinformatics/machine learning
postdoc available at UCSD
To: awm at cs.cmu.edu
Cc: Charles Elkan <elkan at cs.ucsd.edu>



Hi Andrew!  Could you please forward this ad to your local mailing lists?
If you know any good candidates, just tell me their names and I'll follow
up.

Thanks a lot and best wishes, Charles





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Wanted: Outstanding candidates for a bioinformatics/machine learning
postdoctoral position in the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Start date: Any time in summer or fall 2007.

Salary: Competitive, commensurate with qualifications.

The position is available now because the current postdoctoral fellow,
Sanmay Das (Ph.D. from MIT in 2006) has accepted a tenure-track
assistant professor position at a research university.



What is the project?
-------------------

This is a multi-year project funded by NIH to develop methods to
update automatically an existing successful database of over 3000
membrane transport proteins known as TCDB.  The PIs are Profs. Milton
Saier and Charles Elkan.  For more information on TCDB see
http://www.tcdb.org/

New research will use machine learning, information extraction, other
text mining, and data mining to develop tools that discover
information to be included in future releases of TCDB.

In addition to contributing to the TCDB project, the postdoc will be
expected to conduct independent research in his/her areas of interest.



Who should apply?
----------------

Researchers holding a Ph.D. in computer science, bioinformatics, or a
related field.  Current postdocs and new Ph.D. graduates are both welcome
to apply.

Essential:
   - Able to design and implement methods for real-world data mining
   - Able to first-author high-quality conference and journal papers

Desirable:
   - Knowledge of machine learning methods applied to bioinformatics
   - Knowledge of cellular and molecular biology
   - Experience with robust, scalable, web-based software development

Women and men of all nationalities are welcome to apply.  Employment
is contingent upon documentation of U.S. employment eligibility.
Subject to UCSD policy, visa assistance for foreign applicants is
available.



How to apply
------------

Send a CV as soon as possible to Prof. Elkan at elkan at cs.ucsd.edu.
Leading candidates will be asked to arrange for letters of
recommendation to be sent.  UCSD is an equal-opportunity employer.



About San Diego and UCSD
------------------------

The UCSD campus is located in scenic southern California, overlooking
the Pacific Ocean with comfortable weather all year long. The area is
world-famous for the numerous research institutions, biotech and
research companies located in the neighborhood of the the campus.

UCSD is one of the top-ranked universities in the world for computer
science and bioinformatics research.  Just in the CSE department,
computational biology faculty include Profs. Pavel Pevzner and Vineet
Bafna.  Machine learning faculty include Profs. Yoav Freund, Lawrence
Saul, Sanjoy Dasgupta, and Gary Cottrell.
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