Tuesday, February 27, 2018

[DMANET] Hurry! A PhD studentship and a KTP position in machine learning/optimization for grabs at the University of Manchester

Dear colleagues,

The Alliance Manchester Business School <https://www.mbs.ac.uk/>(AMBS) at
the University of Manchester (UoM), UK, is looking for a talented MSc and
PhD student or Postdoc to fill two projects in the domain of Machine
Learning and Optimization.

*Position 1:*
- 1 x PhD studentship as part of the UoM's CDT in Data Analytics & Society
- Topic of PhD: Development of an automated data analytics platform for
forensic testing
- Skills required: Knowledge (or keen interest) in explainable AI
solutions, machine learning and optimization
- Industrial partner: Forensic Testing Service http://www.forensic-te
sting.co.uk/ <http://www.forensic-testing.co.uk/>
- Supervisors: Richard Allmendinger and Yu-Wang Chen (AMBS, UoM) and Mark
Burns (Forensic Testing Service)
- Official advert: <http://goog_1931860534/>https://datacdt.org/pr
ojects/mn23/
<https://datacdt.org/projects/mn23/>
- Project start: October 2018
*- Application Deadline: 19 April*

*Position 2:*
- 1 x KTP position (for someone with a PhD) to work for 21 months with
Dream Agility as a Data Scientist
- Topic of project: Develop intelligent bidding algorithms for online
product ads
- Skills required: Knowledge in machine learning and optimization, and good
programming skills
- Industrial partner: Dream Agility https://dreamagility.com/
- Supervisors: Richard Allmendinger (AMBS, UoM), Jon Shapiro (Computer
Science, UoM), Rob Cantrill (Dream Agility)
- Official advert: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BHX175/data-scientist-ktp-
associate-dream-agility-ltd/

<https://outlook.manchester.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=FcV5WoLYWkdZy94keskak7tK8rMmvQqkhFo9H8oHywfUN44l2H3VCA..&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.jobs.ac.uk%2fjob%2fBHX175%2fdata-scientist-ktp-associate-dream-agility-ltd%2f>

- Project start: ASAP
*- Application deadline: 23 March*

If you know of anyone who may be interested in these positions, then please
forward them this email.
I am happy to have a chat about the projects with potential candidates.

Thanks,
Richard

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