Connectionists: PhD positions in Machine Learning and Bioinformatics in Milan

[Giorgio Valentini]

A call for 2 Computer Science PhD positions is open at at the Department 
of Computer Science of the University of Milan in the context of the 
NextGenerationEU project “National Center for Gene Therapy and Drugs 
based on RNA Technology” funded by the Italy’s recovery and resilience 
plan (PNRR)

The project includes more than 40 Universities, Research Centers and 
Companies with the objective of developing innovative RNA drugs for the 
therapy of cancer, genetic and neuro-degenerative and infective 
diseases, with an overall budget of about 400M Euros.

In this context  the Milan unit of the Biocomputing section of the 
consortium funds 2 PhD positions for the project “Graph Representation 
Learning methods for the analysis of biomedical Knowledge Graphs”, under 
the supervision of prof. Giorgio Valentini (Computer Science Dept. of 
the University of Milan)
The main goal of the project is to design and develop Graph 
Representation Learning methods for the analysis of heterogeneous graphs 
and for the construction of biomedical Knowledge Graphs. The developed 
methods will be applied to the analysis of Knowledge Graphs for drug 
repurposing, drug-target prediction and other node label and edge 
prediction biomedical problems, with a particular focus on RNA drugs for 
the therapy of cancer,  genetic , neurodegenerative and infectious diseases.

Possible candidates are graduated students in Computer Science, Physics, 
Biotechnology and other related scientific master degree with research 
interests in Machine Learning and/or DataBase and/or Bioinformatics with 
a propensity for applications in the bio-medical field.

The PhD student will study with an interdisciplinary team at the 
University of Milan, working on the development of Graph Representation 
Learning methods based on random walk and Graph Neural Network 
specifically designed to solve relevant Network Medicine problems, 
and/or the development of methods for the construction of biomedical 
Knowledge Graphs, and the application of Graph Representation Learning 
and graph-based methods for their analysis.
The PhD program will take place at the Computer Science Department of 
the University of Milan, in collaboration with other national and 
international research centers involved in the research project itself.

The call for applications for the PhD positions is available at the 
following link:
https://www.unimi.it/en/education/postgraduate-and-continuing-education-programmes/doctoral-programmes-phd/ay-2022/2023-computer-science

The deadline for submitting applications is very strict: December 30, 2022.

For further information, please contact Giorgio Valentini, e-mail: 
valentini at di.unimi.it

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Giorgio Valentini
Dip. Informatica - Universita' degli Studi di Milano
Phone: +39 (02) 503.16225
e-mail: valentini at di.unimi.it
http://homes.di.unimi.it/valentini
Anacleto Lab - Comp. Biology and Bioinformatics
http://anacletolab.di.unimi.it
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