Doctoral/student position in Machine Learning

A doctoral/student position is available to join the project team at the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

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Quick Info

  • Period: starting date is negotiable – December 2021
  • Kontaktní osoba: RNDr. Jan Kalina, Ph.D.
  • Deadline: June 20, 2020

The contract is up to a 0.6 FTE (i.e. 24h/week) from September 1, 2020 (starting date is negotiable) until December 2021. The successful candidate is a (preferably PhD) student of Computer Science or Statistics and should have student status for the whole period of the contract. The gross monthly salary is 15 000 CZK.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate is expected to conduct research for the research project “Analytical Foundations of Neurocomputing” (GA19-05704S), funded by the Czech Science Foundation. It will be oriented to algorithms for robust fitting of neural networks, their implementation as open-source software packages, and numerical experiments.

Skills:

The candidates are required to have adequate knowledge of neural networks, optimization algorithms for machine learning, mathematical statistics, and programming in software for training neural networks. Knowledge of English is necessary.

To apply, please send a cover letter, your CV (incl. a list of publications), and a proof of education to ics@cs.cas.cz. Contact person: RNDr. Jan Kalina, Ph.D., kalina@cs.cas.cz.

The closing date is June 20, 2020.