Postdoctoral Positions, University of Applied Sciences & Arts of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland (2019)

he University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) active in the fields of natural and built environment, economics, technological innovation, applied art, social work and healthcare, learning and education at the Department of Innovative Technologies (DTI) in Manno, in particular the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), has opened ten full time (100%) positions for postdoc Researchers in the area of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning.

Tasks
- Basic research, aimed at publications in top journals and conferences.
- Applied research: collaboration with companies in innovative projects.
- Acquisition of funds regarding both basic and applied research.
- For seniors only: responsibility of a research group.

The main research areas relevant to these positions involve probabilistic machine learning, Bayesian statistics, (Bayesian) optimization, time series analysis, probabilistic programming, graphical models/causal inference, probabilistic deep learning and natural language processing/understanding (NLP/U)

Requirements

Essential
- Master and PhD degrees in engineering, physics, statistics, mathematics, or other quantitative areas.
- Strong mathematical skills.
- Excellent publication track (relative to the age/experience) in top journals and conferences of the related field.
- Excellent programming skills and proficiency with state-of-the-art libraries for machine learning and related areas.
- Good knowledge of Matlab and Python.
- Proficiency in written and spoken English.
- Communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred
- Experience in working in European and industrial projects.
- Good knowledge of written and spoken Italian.

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Postdoctoral Positions, University of Applied Sciences & Arts of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland (2019)