Connectionists: Two Four Year Duration Research Positions Now Available

[Mark Girolami]

The following post-doctoral research posts will be of interest to individuals with expertise in Machine Learning & Computational Biology. Informal enquiries and requests for further details should be made directly to me at the email address below.
Regards
Mark
 
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Professor M.A. Girolami F.I.E.T
EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow
Department of Computing Science
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Scotland UK

Tel : +44 (0)141 330 8628
Fax: +44 (0)141 330 8627

email : girolami at dcs.gla.ac.uk
web: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~girolami
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Postdoctoral Research Assistants (x2), Computing Science

Post 1 - Ref: 13384/DPO/A3
£23,002 - £25,889 

Post 2 - Ref: 13385/DPO/A3
£25,889 - 31,840 

We have vacancies for two Research Assistants to work on an EPSRC funded project in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow. 

The Molecular Nose is an exciting, large interdisciplinary research project involving biochemistry, cell biology, engineering, chemistry, and computing science. The goal of the project is to build a multiplexed sensor platform that can assess and quantify dynamic changes in the functional state of biochemical networks in mammalian cells, and use these data to reconstruct cell network interactions and their dynamic behaviour on a systems wide level. The concept underpinning this platform is fundamentally different from existing methods used in the biological sciences to assess cell function, and similar to the Electronic Nose, where an array of sensors is trained with individual stimuli to establish a library of response patterns which subsequently are used to deconvolute complex inputs. 

We are looking for two highly motivated individuals with recent research experience in any of Machine Learning, Signal Processing, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology or Applied Statistics. The emphasis of this research will be on the development and application of mathematical modelling and Bayesian inferential methods to establish a computational framework for the Molecular Nose which will enable interpretation of input-output relationships and prediction of functional network behaviours in response to perturbations. 

These posts are for a fixed term of 48 months starting as soon as possible after 1st September 2007 and will be based at the Gilmorehill Campus of the University of Glasgow. 

Informal enquiries and requests for further details should be made to Professor M A Girolami email girolami at dcs.gla.ac.uk <mailto:girolami at dcs.gla.ac.uk> . Further details can also be found at: http://www.gla.ac.uk <http://owa1.dcs.gla.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.gla.ac.uk/>  . 

Applications comprising applicant information form, cv, covering letter, list of publications names, and contact details of two academic referees should be sent to: 

Jacqui Brannan - Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ. Please quote reference number 13384/DPO/A3 or 13384/DPO/A3. 

Closing date: 25 July 2007.