Dear colleagues,

The Alliance Manchester Business School (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-testing.co.uk/

- Supervisors: Richard Allmendinger and Yu-Wang Chen (AMBS, UoM) and Mark Burns (Forensic Testing Service)

- Official advert: 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)

- Advert: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BHX175/data-scientist-ktp-associate-dream-agility-ltd/

- 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