Academic

Applications are invited from experienced postdoctoral Research Fellows to work on a project principally focussed on new methods for the analysis and interpretation of microarray datasets. This project will involve the design of new algorithms and data analysis techniques to improve inference in medical diagnosis, predicted prognosis and fusion of data from different sources. We will use a variety of methods including Bayesian techniques and graphical methods, kernel methods and other approaches. This project is part of a large collaborative European Framework 6 consortium and will involve interaction and visits to collaborating groups in the UK and visits to overseas groups in Norway, France, Israel and the US. On the experimental side our collaborators are medical groups generating data for cancer research and diseases of the brain and the Research Fellow should be willing to sometimes assist in the interpretation and analysis of datasets generated by our collaborators.

The Research Fellow will be hosted by the Computational Intelligence subgroup of the Artificial Intelligence Group within the Department of Engineering Mathematics, Bristol University. Details about our group and publications can be obtained from our website http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/ai/ Applicants should have excellent mathematical and computational skills, and preferably a background in machine learning, statistics or bioinformatics.

Details:
Duration: 2 years with possible extension.
Staff category and grade: RA1A
Salary range: �18893 - �28279 per annum depending on qualifications and
experience.

Application:
Informal enquiries should be made to Dr. Colin Campbell, email:
C.Campbell(at)bris.ac.uk
Formal applications and details of how to apply are available from the
Personnel Services website, at http://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/ (vacancy
ref. 10256).

The closing date for applications is 30th June 2004.