Connectionists: Research associate position at Gatsby

[arthur gretton]

Research Associate (Training Fellowship - Machine Learning)
Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL, UK
http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/

The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit invites applications for a
training fellowship in
machine learning and related areas. The Unit is especially keen to
recruit researchers with
expertise in nonparametric inference and kernel methods. Additional
areas of interest include
statistical learning theory, nonparametric statistics and hypothesis
testing, large-scale
optimization, randomized approximation algorithms, and causal inference.

The Unit is a world-class centre for theoretical neuroscience and
machine learning. The Unit has
significant interests across a range of areas in machine learning,
including unsupervised learning,
reinforcement learning, Bayesian statistical theory, nonparametric
methods, kernel methods,
optimization, and applications to neuroscience, linguistics, vision
and bioinformatics. Machine
learning research at the Gatsby Unit is led by Arthur Gretton and Yee Whye Teh.

For further details of our research, please see:
http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/research.html
For further details on the position, please see:
http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/vacancies/
The Unit provides a unique environment in which a critical mass of
researchers interact closely
with each other and with other world-class research groups in related
departments at UCL. A
cross-faculty Centre for Computational Statistics and Machine Learning
opened at UCL in 2006,
directed by John Shawe-Taylor, and spanning the departments of
Computer Science, Statistical
Science and the Gatsby Unit. The Unit's visitor and seminar programmes
enable staff and
students to engage with leading researchers from across the world.

Candidates must have a strong analytical background and demonstrable
interest and expertise in
machine learning.

Salary is competitive, based on experience and achievement. Training
fellowships are funded by
the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and are part of a continuing program
of training postdoctoral
researchers in the discipline. The position is available for an
initial period of between one and
two years. Funding is specifically for the purpose of training a
succession of researchers. To
ensure the intellectual renewal of the unit, training fellows are not
funded beyond a maximum two
year period.

Applications must be made online via the UCL job vacancies website:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/. Please be sure to attach to your online
application a copy of your
CV, statement of research interests, and full contact details
(including e-mail addresses) for three
academic referees. CVs should include: education history, details of
current or most recent
position and details of previous employment or fellowships. Incomplete
applications will not be
reviewed by the selection committee. Interviews will take place in
mid-April. The position
will be available from 1 August 2010, with negotiable start date. The
appointment will be at a level
appropriate to experience and achievement.

For more information, and to discuss possible projects/ research
areas, please contact:
arthur.gretton at gmail.com.

The closing date for applications is 17 February, 2010.