Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Vacancies in Data Mining & Machine Learning, National University of Ireland, Galway

Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Vacancies in Data Mining & Machine
Learning, National University of Ireland, Galway

Data Mining and Machine Learning Group
National University of Ireland
Galway, Ireland.
We have several openings at present in the Data Mining and Machine
Learning Group, National University of Ireland, Galway.
1. Two postdoctoral research positions, each of up to two years'
duration, working on our ongoing research project, The Galway Lab for
Biomedical Data Mining , which is funded by the European Union's Marie
Curie Programme for Transfer of Knowledge.
2. One PhD studentship, of three years' duration, working on a new
interdisciplinary, collaborative project entitled Handling Nonlinearity
and Uncertainty in Drug Delivery Modelling, which is funded by Science
Foundation Ireland.
3. One software engineering contract, of one year's duration,
working on a new project entitled Comparison, Search and Clustering of
Spectral Data , which is funded by Enterprise Ireland.

Please see below for brief summaries. For further information on the
projects, the posts and application procedures, please go to
http://datamining.it.nuigalway.ie. In addition, you are also welcome to
contact me by email (michael.madden@nuigalway.ie) if you have any
questions. In correspondence, please specify which position(s) you are
interested in.
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1: Postdoctoral researchers in Biomedical Informatics
This is part of an interdisciplinary research project entitled the
Galway Lab for Biomedical Data Mining, in which we are collaborating
with several medical research groups in Galway, as well as Prof.
Padhraic Smyth of the University of California, Irivine, and his
collaborators in the US-based Biomedical Informatics Research Network
(http://www.nbirn.net/research/function/); and Prof. Stuart Russell of
the University of California, Berkeley, and his collaborators in the
Center for Biomedical Informatics in Critical Care
(http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Research/Projects/Data/102178.html).
Applicants must have a PhD the area of machine learning, data mining
and/or statistics, with research experience in biomedical applications,
time-series analysis, or other relevant applications. Excellent
communications skills are required. A strong publication record is
expected and substantial experience of programming & software
development is preferred.

Further details (PDF):
http://datamining.it.nuigalway.ie/images/vacancies/ad-biomeddm-postdocs-
2008.pdf .
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2: PhD studentship: Handling Nonlinearity and Uncertainty in Drug
Delivery Modelling
In an ICU ward, computer systems constantly monitor and record data such
as changes in heart rate and blood pressure. This project will develop
software techniques that uses this data, and will add new mathematics
and computing techniques that infer patient response to certain drugs in
real-time, to predict the impact on the patient of different drug
regimes. This will allow for drug treatments to be tailored to the
individual. This contrasts with the current practice of basing
treatments on standardised data, taken from clinical trials using
healthy volunteers, who might not respond in the same way as sick
patients.
This is a strongly interdisciplinary collaborative project, involving
Informatics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, with an application in
Medical Informatics. The project collaborators include researchers in
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics in NUI Galway, the Intensive Care
Unit at University Hospital Galway, as well as Prof. Stuart Russell's
group in Computer Science in the University of California at Berkeley.

Further details (PDF):
http://datamining.it.nuigalway.ie/images/vacancies/phd-ad-drugdelivery-m
madden.pdf

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3: Software engineering contract position: Comparison, Search and
Clustering of Spectral Data
We have previously completed research in which we developed new machine
learning methods for analysis of chemical spectra were developed, in
particular for the analysis of mixtures of materials based on their
chemical spectra. In this project we are extending the work to other
tasks of relevance to analysis of spectral data: imperfect matching;
clustering of data; and fast but accurate search against a database of
spectra.
The software developer will be to develop sophisticated new algorithms
for clustering, matching and search, and with high-quality,
carefully-tested implementations in Java. This will include design,
analysis, implementation, testing, evaluation and documentation.
Candidates must have at least four years' relevant experience of
developing commercial-quality applications in Java, and a proven ability
to deliver complex products on time. Candidates should have a good
honours degree in an appropriate discipline, along with research-level
experience in machine learning, signal processing or statistics
(preferably a PhD or MSc by research in one of these areas).
Further details (PDF):
http://datamining.it.nuigalway.ie/images/vacancies/cs2-softwareengineer-
ad.pdf

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  Dr Michael Madden
  National University of Ireland, Galway
  Office Phone: +353-91-493797
  Mobile Phone: +353-86-6777838
  http://datamining.it.nuigalway.ie <http://datamining.it.nuigalway.ie/>