Connectionists: Research Positions in Reinforcement Learning, Australia

[Douglas Aberdeen]

* Research Positions in Reinforcement Learning, Australia *

National ICT Australia (NICTA), Canberra Lab, have open post-doc,
researcher, and senior researcher positions in the area of
reinforcement learning (RL).  These positions have been created to
expand the current RL group within NICTAs Statistical Machine Learning
Program (http://sml.nicta.com.au/), headed by Dr Alex Smola. The
current RL group consists of Dr Douglas Aberdeen, Dr Olivier Buffet,
plus a research engineer and students.

The RL group currently has an interest in the use of RL methods for
decision-theoretic planning, and thus has a strong relationship with
NICTAs co-located planning group headed by Sylvie Thiebaux and Jussi
Rintanen. The rest of the Statistical Machine Learning group has
interests in kernel methods, optimisation, graphical models,
bio-informatics and document analysis.

NICTA is Australia's premier ICT (Information Communication
Technology) research institute with approximately 300 researchers
across the country, conducting a diverse range of technology
research. The Statistical Machine Learning group is based in Canberra
and conducts research in cooperation with the Australian National
University (ANU). The ANU is consistently ranked in the top 10
universities in the Asia/Pacific region, and top 50 in the world.

These are pure research positions, however a small amount of teaching
through the ANU is encouraged. The duties of the position also include
the supervision of research students, and participation in other
Program activities. NICTA provides generous resources for travel,
supporting visitors, and other activities such as commercialisation of
research.

Post-doc/researcher positions are typically 3 year fixed term. Senior
researcher positions are typically ongoing. Applicants should indicate
their preference for these positions. Salary will be commensurate with
the background of the applicant, but are approximately in the range of
$65,000 to $110,000 Australian dollars per year before tax. Formal
applications should be made online at http://nicta.com.au/jobs.html,
however please email questions or expressions-of-interest to
doug.aberdeen at anu.edu.au. The closing date for applications is
December 15, for positions to be taken up by April 2007 or earlier.

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Dr Douglas Aberdeen
Senior Researcher
Statistical Machine Learning


National ICT Australia Limited
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Fax. +61 2 6125 8645
Email. doug.aberdeen at anu.edu.au
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