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IDSIA, Switzerland, is seeking for an outstanding Ph.D. student with excellent mathematical as well as computer programming skills.

We intend to explore the opportunities offered by imprecise probabilities and graphical models to data mining, in particular to classification. Classification has a long tradition in Artificial Intelligence and Statistics. Classifiers are tools inferred from data that learn how to do real and important tasks of diagnosis, prediction and recognition. Imprecise probability-based classification is an exciting new area, with great potential to provide new and reliable ways to deal with difficult problems. The research will need to address both theoretical (foundations of statistical reasoning) and applied issues (implementation and test of new models).

Possible backgrounds are computer science, physics, mathematics, engineering, etc. The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The initial appointment will be for 2 years. Normally there will be a prolongation. The new Ph.D. student will interact with Marco Zaffalon and other people at IDSIA, and will be involved in international research collaborations. See http://www.idsia.ch/~zaffalon/positions/credal2002.htm for more information.

Applicants should submit:

1. Detailed curriculum vitae,
2. List of three references (and their email addresses),
3. Transcripts of undergraduate and graduate (if applicable) studies,
4. Concise statement of their research interests (two pages max).

Applications can also be submitted by e-mail to zaffalon@idsia.ch (2MB max). WWW pointers to ps/pdf/doc/html files are welcome. Use Firstname.Lastname.DocDescription.DocType for filename convention.

Thanks for your interest.

Marco Zaffalon, Senior Researcher, IDSIA
http://www.idsia.ch/~zaffalon