PhD studentship in kernel methods/SVMs

[Colin Campbell, Engineering Mathematics]

***PhD studentship: Kernel Methods for Bioinformatics***
 
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in 
the field of kernel methods (for example, Support 
Vector Machines) and their application to biosequence data. 
This position is a project studentship funded by the EPSRC 
and will pay all fees and maintenance for an applicant who 
is a citizen of the European Union. The grant also includes 
ample funds for travel and conference attendence.

The emphasis of the proposed research is on the 
development of new algorithms and theoretical work. 
Consequently applicants should have a good first degree 
with a substantial mathematical component. A background 
in computing would also be an advantage. The applications 
component will be the development and evaluation of kernel 
methods specifically designed for handling classification 
tasks arising in bioinformatics.

Further details about the proposed research area may 
be obtained from our webpage http://lara.enm.bris.ac.uk/cig 
which has a downloadable review paper (An Introduction to 
Kernel Methods) describing the subject in more detail.

Non-EU candidates may also apply for the studentship 
but because of the difference between EU and overseas fees 
only exceptionally able candidates can be considered.

Further details can be obtained from:

Dr. Colin Campbell,
Dept. of Engineering Mathematics,
Queen's Building,
University of Bristol,
Bristol BS8 1TR
United Kingdom
Email: C.Campbell at bris.ac.uk