Two PhD studentships in Machine Learning are available in the Department of Computer Science, University of Frankfurt, Germany, starting in summer 2011.

PhD students will be associated with a new machine learning group at Frankfurt as well as with the Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology (BFNT) Frankfurt (www.bfnt-frankfurt.de). PhD students will work under the supervision of Prof. Roland Memisevic (www.cs.uni-frankfurt.de/~ro), and will have the opportunity to collaborate with members of the Visual Sensorics and Information Processing Lab (www.vsi.cs.uni-frankfurt.de).

Research will involve the development of scalable machine learning methods for building biologically inspired vision systems. Your work will combine statistical modeling with non-linear optimization, high performance computing and topics in computational neuroscience. A key focus is the scalability to very large data-sets. Ideal candidates will have a MSc or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or in a related area, and have a strong interest and experience in machine learning, statistics and/or scientific computing. 

For the formal job posting and application instructions please see: http://www.ml.cs.uni-frankfurt.de/phdpositions.html

If you attend CVPR, please come talk to us (Roland Memisevic or other members of the Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology) if you'd like to find out more!