Connectionists: Postdoctoral position available in machine learning (UCI & Caltech)

[Max Welling]

Department of Computer Science
Post Doctoral Scholar Position
University of California, Irvine

The Department of Computer Science at UC Irvine has a postdoctoral position
available in the area of machine learning and computational vision. The
position is part of a collaboration between Professor Max Welling’s research
group at UCI (department of Computer Science) and Professor Pietro Perona’s
research group at Caltech (department of engineering). The postdoc is
expected to spend at least one day a week at Caltech on average.

Responsibilities will include the development of new algorithms for learning
hierarchical models for visual object categories. The approach will focus on
the following three aspects of this problem: I) developing probabilistic
models for visual object categories in image data, II) developing learning
algorithms that can automatically grow in complexity in response to new
data, III) developing efficient learning and inference algorithms that scale
to large datasets.

Applicants must have earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical
Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or a closely-related
discipline.

The salary range for these positions will be between $45,000 and $60,000
annually, commensurate with training and experience. The earliest date for
appointment will be October 1, 2009. The appointments will each initially be
for a one-year period with extensions to additional years possible subject
to availability of funding.

Interested applicants should apply electronically to Max Welling at
welling.max at gmail.com with a subject line containing “application for
postdoctoral position.” Applicants should include a list of publications, a
CurriculumVitae and the names of three references in their electronic
application (no letters required at this stage). Applicants who are unable
to apply electronically should send their application by mail to:

Max Welling
Department of Computer Science
3019 Donald Bren Hall
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
University of California, Irvine
CA 92697-3435

The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer
committed to excellence through diversity.




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Max Welling
Professor of Computer Science and Statistics

Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Science
University of California Irvine
Bren Hall 4028
phone: 949-824 8169
fax:   949-824 4056
email: welling at ics.uci.edu
Irvine, CA 92697-3425 USA
URL: www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/
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