Post-doc job opening

[Simon Perkins]

  POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN MACHINE LEARNING THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

	       Space and Remote Sensing Sciences Group
		    Los Alamos National Laboratory

Candidates are sought for a postdoctoral position in the Space and
Remote Sensing Sciences Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New
Mexico, USA. The job will involve developing and applying state of the
art machine learning techniques to practical problems in multispectral
image feature identification, and in multichannel time series
analysis.

Prospective candidates should have a demonstrated ability to perform
independent and creative research, and should have good mathematical
skills. Familiarity with modern statistical machine learning
techniques such as support vector machines, boosting, Gaussian
processes or Bayesian methods is essential. Experience with other
machine learning paradigms including neural networks and genetic
algorithms is also desirable. The candidate should be able to program
competently in a language such as C, C++ or Java. Experience with
image or signal processing is a plus, and some knowledge of remote
sensing or space physics could also be useful.

The Space and Remote Sensing Sciences Group is part of the
Nonproliferation and International Security Division at LANL. Its
mission is to develop and apply remote sensing technologies to a
variety of problems of national and international interest, including
nonproliferation, detection of nuclear explosions, safeguarding
nuclear materials, climate studies, environmental monitoring,
volcanology, space sciences, and astrophysics.

Los Alamos is a small and very friendly town situated 7200' up in the
scenic Jemez mountains in northern New Mexico. The climate is very
pleasant and opportunities for outdoor recreation are numerous
(skiing, hiking, biking, climbing, etc). The Los Alamos public school
system is excellent. LANL provides a very constructive working
environment with abundant resources and support, and the opportunity
to work with intelligent and creative people on a variety of
interesting projects. Post-doc starting salaries are usually in the
range $50-60K depending on experience, and generous assistance is
provided with relocation expenses. The initial contract offered would
be for two years, with good possibilities for contract extensions. The
ability to get a US Department of Energy 'Q' clearance (which normally
requires US citizenship) is helpful but not essential. Applicants must
have received their PhD within the last three years.

Interested candidates should contact Dr Simon Perkins, by e-mail:
s.perkins at lanl.gov; or snail mail: Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Mail Stop D-436, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. Please include a full
resume and a covering letter explaining why you think you would make a
good candidate. E-mail Postscript/PDF/Word attachments are fine. The
deadline for applications is Friday, May 4th, 2001.