[mercury-users] Job ad: research post at University of Bristol

[Peter A. Flach]

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        RESEARCH ASSISTANT AT DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
                      UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

      A virtual enterprise for data mining and decision support

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About this position:
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This is an exciting EU-funded project aimed at developing and 
spreading the use of data mining and decision support technologies. 
The virtual enterprise model is proposed as the dynamic 
problem-solving link between data mining and decision support experts 
on the one hand, and customers in need of specific solutions on the 
other. The virtual enterprise is to function by co-operation of 
working groups of individuals. Participants in this projects are 8 
leading European Machine Learning research groups (Bristol, GMD,Jozef 
Stefan Institute, Leuven, Oxford, Porto, Prague, Vienna) and 4 data 
mining companies.

Your task in this project is to apply data mining techniques to 
datasets provided by end-users. Possible techniques include inductive 
logic programming, Bayesian classification, support vector machines, 
and other state-of-the-art data mining methods. The datasets may 
require further development of existing techniques in order to deal 
with characteristics of the domain. Since various partners will work 
on the same datasets, the project will also involve development of a 
methodology for integrating rsults from various data mining systems 
into single solutions (this will be based on ROC-curves).

The ideal candidate for this project will hold a PhD in a subject 
related to data mining. However, we will also consider candidates 
with other relevant qualifications, who wish to pursue a doctorate. 
Relevant backgrounds include computational logic, statistics, and 
databases. What we offer is a stimulating and challenging research 
environment, with the possibility to collaborate with many of the 
foremost European experts in machine learning and data mining, and to 
obtain real results on real datasets.

The appointment is until 31 December, 2002 and is available 
immediately. The starting salary is within Grade IA (16,286 GBP - 
24,479 GBP) of the scales for research staff. Applications should be 
sent by email to Peter Flach (Peter.Flach at bristol.ac.uk) before 15 
October, 2000.


About the group:
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The Machine Learning Research Group at the University of Bristol is a 
young, dynamic and rapidly growing research group (at the moment 4 
staff, 1 postdoc and 7 research students). We currently co-ordinate 
the ILPnet2 European Network of Excellence on Inductive Logic 
Programming, as well as an EU-funded project on meta-learning, and 
participate in another large EU-funded project establishing a virtual 
enterprise for data mining and decision support. The group has a 
strong international orientation and collaborates with many leading 
machine learning groups. Our main research focus includes inductive 
logic programming, knowledge representation for inductive learning, 
meta-learning, and application areas include user modelling and 
knowledge discovery. Bristol also runs a successful MSc course on 
Machine Learning.

More information about the group, our research and publications, and 
the above projects and vacancies can be obtained from our website at 
http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/MachineLearning/ . More information 
about our Machine Learning MSc course can be found at 
http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Teaching/MachineLearning/ .

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Bristol is an 
international centre of excellence which scored 5A in the last 
Research Assessment. More information about the department can be 
obtained from the department's website at http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/ .


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