UCL Gatsby Unit

Research Associate (Training Fellowship - Machine Learning), - Ref:1536701

The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit invites applications for a training fellowship in machine learning and related areas.

The Gatsby Unit has significant interests across a range of areas in machine learning, including unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, Bayesian statistical theory, nonparametric methods, kernel methods, optimization, and applications to neuroscience, linguistics, vision and bioinformatics. We actively apply these methods to problems in both theoretical and data-driven neuroscience. Machine learning research at the Gatsby Unit is led by Arthur Gretton and Maneesh Sahani.

For further details of our research please see: http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/research.html

The Gatsby Unit is a world-class centre for theoretical neuroscience and machine learning providing a unique environment in which a critical mass of researchers interact closely with each other and with other world-class research groups in related departments at UCL. A cross-faculty Centre for Computational Statistics and Machine Learning opened at UCL in 2006, spanning the departments of Computer Science, Statistical Science and the Gatsby Unit. The Alan Turing Institute, a national data science institute of which UCL is a founding partner, is located next to the UCL campus: this will enable joint research with faculty from UCL and the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Warwick, and Edinburgh.

Training fellowships are funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and are part of a continuing program of training postdoctoral researchers in the computational neuroscience / machine learning discipline. The position is available for an initial period of between one and two years. Funding is specifically for the purpose of training a succession of researchers. To ensure the intellectual renewal of the unit, training fellows are not funded beyond a maximum three year period.

Key Requirements

Candidates are required to demonstrate a very strong analytical background in machine learning, statistics, computer science, physics or engineering. Candidates must have a PhD in a relevant subject area by the agreed start date of the position, and a publication record in highly ranked conferences and journals.

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The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, created at UCL in July 1998 with funding from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, is a centre for theoretical neuroscience and machine learning.As a high profile, international research centre, the Unit has in place extensive visitor, seminar and workshop programmes in order to promote cooperation within the broader academic community.

Further particulars, including a job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Please ensure you read these carefully before applying for the post. To apply for the vacancy please click on the 'Apply Now' button below.

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy please contact Arthur Gretton, arthur.gretton@gmail.com; or the application process, please contact Reign MacMillan, reign.macmillan@ucl.ac.uk

Closing date to apply is the 6th April 2016

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