Connectionists: Learning algorithms for deep AI architectures: open positions

[Yoshua Bengio]

Graduate studies and post-doctoral fellowships in learning algorithms  
for deep AI architectures


Post-doctoral fellowships, studentships (Master and PhD) and Masters- 
level internships are available at the University of Montreal LISA  
group with faculty Yoshua Bengio, Douglas Eck, and Pascal Vincent,  
and research scientist Aaron Courville, to study deep learning. Join  
our vibrant community! Counting students, our lab includes over  
twenty passionate researchers working together to build better AI  
using deep architectures.

   * How do we get computers to have vision as good as humans?
   * How do we get computers to talk with humans in human language?
   * How do we get computers to understand and compose music as well  
as humans?
   * Can we get inspiring ideas from the natural world? from the  
brain? from child development? from human and animal learning?

Deep architectures mimic how the brain works by decomposing  
intelligence into a processing hierarchy with multiple levels of  
abstractions representing concepts that the computer learns mostly by  
itself. Deep learning is a relatively new trend in artificial  
intelligence and we believe it is key to solve longstanding problems  
in machine vision and natural language processing. See Yoshua's  
research page and www.iro.umontreal.ca/~lisa/deepLearning for more  
details and pointers. See also the NSF's recent appraisal of the  
importance of this research.

Applicants typically have a background in computer science or  
mathematics but interdisciplinary perspectives are welcome.  
Mathematical skills (especially probability, linear algebra,  
statistics and optimization) are important for understanding and  
analyzing learning algorithms. We value creative individuals  
interested in working with others.

At the University of Montreal, courses are generally given in French  
with the option for turning in homework, exams and theses/ 
dissertations in English. Within the LISA group, the language is  
typically English. Of course, many English-speaking students have  
learned French in the course of their studies and through subsidized  
French classes.

Please get in touch for more information!

Yoshua Bengio
<my first name> (dot) <my last name> (at sign) umontreal (dot) ca
http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~bengioy