Connectionists: PhD and Postdoc positions

[Klaus Obermayer]

Can you please post this job announcement on the list?

Thanks and all the best

Klaus


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The Department for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the
Technial University of Berlin (Germany) solicits applications for


                  1 Postdoctoral Position (BAT Ib)

               1 Graduate Student Position (BAT IIa)


(starting date October 1st 2005). The research tasks are in the field of


                   machine learning / data mining


and include the application and development of machine learning methods
for developing adaptive and personalized e-commerce websites. Both
positions are part of the joint project 'Cybersmart' in cooperation
with several industrial and academic partners.

Requirements: Candidates should hold a recent PhD-degree (postdoctoral
position) or a Diplom or Master degree (graduate student position) in
computer science, physics, mathematics, statistics, or related fields.
Strong mathematical and programming skills, and research experience in
the field of machine learning are required. The postdoctoral position 
will is also involved in the coordination of the project.

The positions are initially for 2 years. Salary is according to the
German BAT Ib (postdoctoral position) resp. BAT IIa (graduate student
position) level.

Application material (CV, list of publications, copies of certificates,
summary of the doctoral resp. diploma thesis and two letters of
reference) should be sent within two weeks after the release of this
announcement to Prof. Dr. Klaus Obermayer, FR 2-1, Technische
Universität Berlin, Franklinstraße 28/29, 10587 Berlin, email:
oby at cs.tu-berlin.de.

For more information see: http://ni.cs.tu-berlin.de/.

TUB seeks to increase the proportion of women and particularly
encourages women to apply. Women will be preferred given equal
qualifications.

Disabled persons will be preferred given equal qualifications.