PhD positions

The Information and Language Processing Systems group has several openings for fully funded PhD positions:

  • One position on the topic of data integration and exchange, knowledge base integration and schema mappings; you need an MSc degree in mathematics or computer science and a demonstrable interest in database theory and/or database systems. To find out more, get in touch with Maarten Marx.

  • One position in the general area of information retrieval, partially funded by the Erasmus Mundus program; you need an MSc degree in computer science or artificial intelligence and a demonstrable interest in algorithms for data-intensive problems. See this page of the Erasmus Mundus program for specific details and this page for general conditions of the program.

  • Two positions in a project on Semantic Search in E-Discovery; starting date Q1, 2012; you need an MSc degree in computer science or artificial intelligence and demonstrable interest in information retrieval, computational linguistics and/or machine learning. To find out more, get in touch with Maarten de Rijke.

Vacancy: professor in machine learning

The University of Amsterdam has a vacancy for a full professor in machine learning. We’re especially interested in candidates with a background in autonomous systems interacting with humans. See http://bit.ly/kn56eI.

The closing date for applications is 1 August 2011. For further information, questions and/or comments you may contact the chair of the selection committee, Maarten de Rijke (tel. +31 20 525 5358, e-mail: derijke@uva.nl). Names of qualified candidates can also be suggested to me.