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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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