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* 3-year PhD Studentship in Big Data
* Location: School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, UK
* Deadline for application: 30th of November
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* Description
The School of Computing Science at Newcastle University invites
applications for a PhD studentship under the supervision of Dr Jaume
Bacardit in the context of big data.
Bacardit and his colleagues have spent several years developing data
mining methods able to process vast amounts of information by using a
combination of advanced machine learning algorithms and hardware
advances such as GPGPUs, and with a strong emphasis on knowledge
extraction and visualisation.
These methods have been successfully applied to a variety of real-world
problems in bioinformatics and biomedical data mining. This line of
research has won several prizes, international competitions and best
paper awards, and has been published in major conferences and journals
(http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/jaume.bacardit/publications.html).
The goal of this studentship is to extend this successful line of
research to fully embrace the power of big data technologies (e.g.
Hadoop, Mahout, Spark) and provide a big leap forward in the analytics
capabilities of our methods.
* Eligibility Criteria
Applicants should have at least an upper second-class honours degree
(ideally a first class degree), or a combination of qualifications
and/or experience equivalent to that level. Ideally, students should
have a BSc or MSc degree in computer science.
Applicants should be strong programmers, and experience in machine
learning/data mining/big data/information visualisation will be greatly
valued.
* Value of award
100% tuition fees (UK/EU rate) plus £14,057 annual stipend for three years.
Successful international candidates will be required to make up the
difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees.
* How to apply
Applicants should complete the University’s postgraduate application
form (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/form). However, only
mandatory fields need to be completed. Please include the following
information:
select ‘PhD in Computer Science’ (8050F) as the programme of study
insert the studentship code CS051 in the studentship/partnership
reference field
attach a covering letter and CV. The covering letter must state
the title of the studentship, quote reference code CS051 and state how
your interests and experience relate to the project
attach degree transcripts and certificates and, if English is not
your first language, a copy of your English language qualifications.
* Contact
For informal enquiries, please send an email to
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Jaume Bacardit, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Biodata Mining
Newcastle University
The Interdisciplinary Computing and Complex BioSystems research group.
Web: http://www.ico2s.org/
Twitter: @ico2s
School of Computing Science, Claremont Tower, Newcastle University.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
Email: jaume _dot_ bacardit _at_ newcastle.ac.uk _dot_ ac _dot_ uk
Web: http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/jaume.bacardit
Twitter: @jaumebp
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