Connectionists: PhD positions in deep learning @ Idiap Research Institute, Switzerland

[Ronan Collobert]

We are opening three PhD positions in the area of Machine Learning
(more specifically deep learning, a.k.a. deep neural networks), applied to
speech processing, natural language processing and document retrieval.

Please have a look at the following pages for details:
http://www.idiap.ch/education-and-jobs

Candidates should hold a master degree, in engineering, physics, computer
science, or applied mathematics. Strong mathematical background, as well as
excellent programming skills (C/C++ and various scripting languages under
Linux environment) are expected.

The duration of the appointment is 3-4 years. Annual gross salary ranges
from 43,000 Swiss Francs (first year) to 47,000 Swiss Francs (last year).

The successful candidates will become doctoral students at EPFL
(http://www.epfl.ch), and thus have to be accepted for enrollment by either
the Electrical Engineering Doctoral School (EDEE -
http://phd.epfl.ch/page-19690-en.html) or the Computer, Communication and
Information Sciences Doctoral School (EDIC - http://phd.epfl.ch/edic)
before joining Idiap. The next deadlines for EDEE Application are September
15, 2011 and January 15, 2012.

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About the Idiap Research Institute: http://www.idiap.ch
About Martigny: http://www.martigny.com/martigny/switzerland/office-tourism/welcome.html

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Ronan Collobert
Idiap Research Institute
Rue Marconi 19
CH-1920 Martigny