Post-doctoral Researcher in data mining

A position for a post-doctoral data mining researcher is available at IDSIA (Lugano, Switzerland, www.idsia.ch).

Duties

• Research and development of original data mining methods for classification, regression and clustering.
• Implementation of data mining algorithms within an existing Business Intelligence software program.

• Master's Degree in computer science, statistics, physics, engineering or other highly quantitative areas.
• PhD in data mining related topics, or in statistical data modeling, preferably involving Bayesian networks.
• Strong publication record in the fields of data mining, machine learning or computational statistics.
• Strong commitment to research and scientific publication, together with the willingness to cooperate with a leading business intelligence company.
• Strong background in programming languages such as C++, C# or Java.
• Ability to produce high- quality data mining implementations, to efficiently analyze very large databases.
• Excellent oral and written English skills.

• A two-year position with an employment contract of 100% and with the possibility of contract extension.
• International working environment.
• Collaboration with expert data mining researchers and with leading Business Intelligence companies.
• Participation in prominent international conferences, with the possibility for funded travel.
• Attractive salary, in line with Swiss employment standards.

• curriculum vitae
• list of exams and grades obtained in the course of studies conducted at Bachelor's and Master's level;
• names of three references (with e-mail addresses);
• letter of motivation: brief statement on how the applicant's research interests correspond with the above mentioned topics (1-2 pages);
• list of publications, and, if possible, link to the thesis.

For further information please refer to the official page for this position:
www.supsi.ch/home/supsi/lavora-con-noi/2012-07-05.html

or contact Giorgio Corani, giorgio.corani@supsi.ch