Connectionists: Open position for an Experienced Researcher at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

[Birgit Hauer]

Open position for an Experienced Researcher

In February 2013 the Institute of Bioinformatics, Johannes Kepler 
University Linz, joined a European Project (Marie-Curie ITN) - 
Mr.SymBioMath (www.mrsymbiomath.eu) which is focused on the problem 
domain of Comparative Genomics. The contribution of the Institute of 
Bioinformatics in the context of this project is concentrated in the 
area of Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, and Genomics. In order to 
support this project we are looking for an Experienced Researcher.

The Institute of Bioinformatics has a vacancy for an Experienced 
Researcher funded with full employee benefits for a period of 12 months. 
Applications will be accepted until Aug 14, 2015.

Your field of work will be:
Research in the domain of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, 
Bioinformatics, and Comparative Genomics

You should have experience in the following areas:
Machine learning, Deep Learning, LSTM, R, Latent variable models, I/NI 
calls, SNPs, and Genetic variants

Marie Curie FP7-People ITN benefits:

Marie Curie Fellows will enjoy benefits of full social security, health 
insurance, pension, parental leave etc. Competitive monthly living and 
mobility allowance, yearly travel allowance, a career exploratory 
allowance, and coverage of the expenses related to your participation in 
research and training activities (contribution to research-related 
costs, meetings, conference attendance, training actions, etc.).

http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/careers_en.htm

Eligibility:

The applicant will be required to satisfy the eligibility criteria for 
Marie Curie Experienced Researchers:

Experienced Researchers must, at the time of recruitment or be in 
possession of a doctoral degree, independently of the time taken to 
acquire it or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research 
experience, including the period of research training, after obtaining 
the degree which formally allowed them to embark on a doctorate in the 
country in which the degree was obtained or in the country of the host 
institution to which they are seconded or recruited (irrespective of 
whether a doctorate was envisaged or not).

The researcher may not have resided or carried out his/her main activity 
in Austria for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to 
his/her appointment. Short stays such as holidays are not taken into 
account.
The researcher must move to Linz.

Please submit your application with resume/C.V., certificates, reports 
and letters of recommendation to:

secretary at bioinf.jku.at
or by post to:

Johannes Kepler University Linz
Institute of Bioinformatics
Prof. Dr. Sepp Hochreiter
Altenbergerstr. 69
A-4040 Linz, Austria

For further information please contact:

Sepp Hochreiter
Phone: +43 732 2468 4521
Email: hochreit at bioinf.jku.at