Indian Institute of Science: Amazon IISc Young Scientist Big Data Fellowship

At: Indian Institute of Science
Location: Bangalore, India
Web: www.csa.iisc.ac.in


The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore is seeking applicants for the inaugural "Amazon IISc Young Scientist Big Data Fellowship", sponsored by Amazon India and hosted by IISc. This is an 18-month postdoctoral fellowship targeted at outstanding researchers working on:

• Foundations of data science, or
• Interface between theoretical and practical aspects of machine learning.

The fellow should be able to lead an independent research program and will be expected to publish high-quality papers during the fellowship period. He/She will be hosted at the Department of Computer Science & Automation at IISc, Bangalore and will have the opportunity to interact with the faculty and graduate students at IISc as well as with researchers at Amazon India. The fellowship offers a handsome stipend with a substantial research grant.

_Contact_:
For more details and to apply, visit
www.csa.iisc.ac.in/opportunities/amazon-fellowship.php

Application deadline: December 30, 2016.