Connectionists: Open position for a post-graduate research assistant at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

[Birgit Hauer]

Open position for a post-graduate research assistant

In September 2015 the Institute of Bioinformatics, Johannes Kepler 
University Linz, joins a European Project (Research and Innovation 
Actions - RIA) – “Exascale Compound Activity Prediction Engine” 
(ExCAPE), which is focused on predicting compound bioactivity for the 
pharmaceutical industry. The contribution of the Institute of 
Bioinformatics in the context of this project is concentrated in the 
area of Deep Learning, Machine Learning, PSVM, and Target and Toxicity 
Prediction. In order to support this project we are looking for a 
post-graduate research assistant. During the employment the candidate 
will have the opportunity of enrolling into a PhD study.

The Institute of Bioinformatics has a vacancy for a post-graduate 
research assistant funded with full employee benefits for a period of 36 
months. Applications will be accepted until Sep 30, 2015.

Your field of work will be:
Research in the domain of Deep Learning, Machine Learning, PSVM, 
Chemoinformatics, and Statistics.

You should have experience in the following areas:
Deep Learning, Support Vector Machines, Machine learning, PSVM, Target 
and Toxicity Prediction, Platt Scaling, and Isotonic Regression.

H2020 RIA benefits:
The successful candidate will enjoy benefits of full social security, 
health insurance, pension, parental leave etc.

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