Research Associate/Fellow in Machine Learning, University of Sheffield (3 years, £28,847 – £46,414/month)

Introduction

Dear all ,
We have an opening for a 3-year position of Research Associate or Research Fellow in Machine Learning with applications to Machine Translation and Multimodal Language Processing. This position is funded by the ERC MultiMT project: Multi-modal Context Modelling for Machine Translation, led by Prof. Lucia Specia (www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~lucia) at the University of Sheffield.

Field/Goal/Objectives


This is a highly interdisciplinary project involving Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Its goal is to devise methods and algorithms to exploit global multi-modal information for context modelling in Machine Translation. The post holder will be expected to investigate new ways to acquire multilingual multi-modal representations, and new machine learning and inference algorithms that can learn from these rich context models to generate high quality translations. In addition, if appointed as Research Fellow, the post holder will be expected to make significant contributions to multi-modal language processing in general, drawing from their experience in Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing.

This is an opportunity to work in a well-connected international team with world-leading reputation in the Natural Language Processing (NLP) research group at the University of Sheffield. The NLP group is well known internationally for its research, and is one of the largest research groups in the area in Europe.

Opportunities

This post offers excellent opportunities for publications, project visits and conference trips.

Required Expertise


Applicants should have (for Research Associate (RA) and Research Fellow (RF) posts):

- PhD (or equivalent work experience) in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or related areas
- Significant experience and track record in Machine Learning (RA and RF)
- Strong publication record commensurate with career stage (RA and RF)
- Experience and strong track record in Computer Vision (desirable for RA, required for RF)
- Experience and strong track record in Natural Language Processing (desirable for both RA and RF)
- Strong programming experience, particularly in Python or C++. (RA and RF)

Duration of Project

This post is fixed-term with a start date from August 2016 (or soon after) and duration of 3 years with possibility of extension to 5 years.

Salary

Salary range: £28,847 to £46,414 per annum.

Contact Person
 
For informal inquiries contact Dr. Lucia Specia: L.Specia@sheffield.ac.uk

Lucia

www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~lucia/
How to Apply

For more information about the post and for applications: http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs, Search and apply for jobs using reference number UOS014018


Closing Date
 
Closing date: 18 July 2016.

Note:Join us at the following group for more scholarships
===============================================================
XploreScholarships 

DAAD Scholarships for Medical Doctors in Germeny

DAAD Scholarships for Medical Doctors

For Medical Doctors holding a MBBS degree, the following training and research options exist:

• Master of Science in International Health within the framework of the funding programme "DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses- Educating Professionals for Sustainable Development" (Two years professional experience required!)
• Up to one year research within a PhD project to be completed in Pakistan (see: DAAD Research Grant)
• PhD research in pure natural science (e.g. Molecular Biology) leading to the degree "Dr. rer.nat." or "Dr.rer.medic." (see : DAAD Research Grants)

Please note:

• DAAD does not fund any PhD research leading to the German degree "Dr. med.", "Dr.med.vet." or "Dr.med.dent."
• DAAD does not fund a full course of specialist training.

Deadline of application: 01 September 2016
(For deadline of the programme "DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses- Educating Professionals for Sustainable Development" please see programme)
Further information for all applicants from the field of medicine (read carefully)
More information about Medicine in Germany

Note:Join us at the following group for more scholarships
============================================
XploreScholarships 

DAAD is in the process of introducing online application to all funding programmes. This means: Do not use the old DAAD application forms (green form / blue form) any more! 

Postdoctoral Scientist (f/m) in the field of Physics or Chemistry, Germany

The institute Institute for Nanospectroscopy is looking for:

Postdoctoral Scientist (f/m) in the field of Physics or Chemistry

Reference No.: EM 2016/17

The institute for Nanospectroscopy offers an interdisciplinary research program for the design and optimization of energy-related materials applying synchrotron-based spectromicroscopic and synchrotron- and lab-based spectroscopic characterization methods. Materials research includes in particular nanoparticle and hybrid materials for applications such as photovoltaics, catalysis, thermoelectrics, batteries, and hydrogen storage.

Tasks

We are looking for a highly motivated young scientist in the field of very high frequency/ high field Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR). The major aim of the project is to apply and further develop an existing FD-FT THz-EPR set-up and realize an in operando electro chemical cell that can be operated in the probe of the 263 GHz spectrometer in our lab. Main scientific targets are the extraction of spin coupling parameters, in particular zero field splittings, to study magneto structural correlations in catalytically active high spin transition metal ions. The candidate will be involved in user service at the THz-EPR station of BESSY II and work with master and PhD students.

Our EPR lab is equipped with modern EPR spectrometers covering the frequency range from 9 to 263 GHz capable of the complete repertoire of CW/pulsed EPR and a unique synchrotron based very broad band (150 GHz to several THz) frequency domain EPR spectrometers.

Requirements

Applicants should have or be close to finishing a PhD in physics or chemistry. The project requires relevant knowledge in magnetic resonance spectroscopy and instrumentation, preferably in EPR. Experience in inorganic and/or electro chemistry as well as quantum chemical calculations of EPR parameters are beneficial.

What we offer

Fixed term contract for 12 months. The employment contract is based on contracts for the German civil service (TVöD-Bund). We particularly welcome applications from women. Preference will be given to handicapped applicants provided equal suitability.

How to apply

Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your application by 05.08.2016.

For German version, please click on the following link: German Version.

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie GmbH
Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1
14109 Berlin
www.helmholtz-berlin.de

APPLY NOW!
» Job opportunities at HZB
Join us at the following group for more scholarships
============================================
XploreScholarships 

PhD Scholarship in Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Germany

The institute Institute for Nanospectroscopy is looking for:

PhD Student (f/m) in the EPR-Group

Reference No.: EM 2016/18


Doctoral Thesis:Variable ultra-high frequency EPR on catalytically active high spin transition metal ions

The institute for Nanospectroscopy offers an interdisciplinary research program for the design and optimization of energy-related materials applying synchrotron-based spectromicroscopic and synchrotron- and lab-based spectroscopic characterization methods
Materials research includes in particular nanoparticle and hybrid materials for applications such as photovoltaics, catalysis, thermoelectrics, batteries, and hydrogen storage

Tasks

We are looking for a highly motivated young scientist in the field of very high frequency/ high field Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR). The major aim of the project is to apply and further develop an existing FD-FT THz-EPR set-up and realize an in operando electro chemical cell that can be operated in the probe of the 263 GHz spectrometer in our lab. Main scientific targets are the extraction of spin coupling parameters and oxidation states in catalytically active high spin transition metal ions.

Our EPR lab is equipped with modern EPR spectrometers covering the frequency range from 9 to 263 GHz capable of the complete repertoire of CW/pulsed EPR and a unique synchrotron based very broad band (150 GHz to several THz) frequency domain EPR spectrometer.

Requirements

Applicants should have a master degree in physics or chemistry. Knowledge in magnetic resonance spectroscopy and instrumentation, preferably in EPR would be beneficial. Candidates with experience in inorganic and/or electro chemistry as well as quantum chemical calculations of EPR parameters are specially encouraged to apply.

What we offer

Fixed term contract for 36 months. The employment contract is based on contracts for the German civil service (TVöD-Bund). We particularly welcome applications from women. Preference will be given to handicapped applicants provided equal suitability.

How to apply

Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your application by 05.08.2016.


For German version, please click on the following link: German Version.

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie GmbH
Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1
14109 Berlin
www.helmholtz-berlin.de

APPLY NOW!
» Job opportunities at HZB

Join us at the following group for more scholarships
=====================================
XploreScholarships   

PhD Student (f/m) (Master/Diploma in Physics), Germany

The department Quantum Phenomena in Novel Materials is looking for:

PhD Student (f/m) (Master/Diploma in Physics)

Reference No.: EM 2016/6

The Department of Quantum Phenomena in Novel Materials undertakes world leading research in quantum and frustrated magnetism, multifunctional materials and superconductivity. As well as operating several X-ray and neutron instruments it also offers a state-of-the-art materials synthesis program and the full range of standard sample characterization facilities including X-ray Laue and powder diffraction, magnetization, specific heat and transport measurements.

Topic of the doctoral thesis:
"Investigations of Topological and Quantum Magnets"

The PhD student will investigate topological and quantum magnets with particular focus on frustrated and low dimensional magnetism where current research has revealed exotic phases such as classical and quantum spin ice which exhibit monopole excitations, new forms of topological order and fractional excitations. These phenomena will be investigated using primarily the experimental techniques of neutron and X-ray scattering along with materials synthesis and characterization. Pressure and magnetic field will be used to tune the ground states and provide additional insight, while deeper understanding will also be gained by performing computer simulations and by collaboration with theorists.

Applicants should have or be close to finishing a master/diploma degree in physics and should have taken courses in condensed matter physics.


Please enclose with your application the following documents:
Motivation letter, CV and the contact details of at least two academic references.

What we offer

Fixed term contract for 36 months. The employment contract is based on contracts for the German civil service (TVöD-Bund). We particularly welcome applications from women. Preference will be given to handicapped applicants provided equal suitability.

How to apply

Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your application by 25.07.2016.

For German version, please click on the following link: German Version.

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie GmbH
Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1
14109 Berlin
www.helmholtz-berlin.de

APPLY NOW!
» Job opportunities at HZB

Join us at the following group for more scholarships
=====================================
XploreScholarships  

PhD Scholarship, Deep learning for musical structure analysis and generation, Inria Nancy, France

ITLE: 

• Deep learning for musical structure analysis and generation

LAB: 

• Inria Rennes & Inria Nancy, France

SUPERVISORS: 

• Frédéric Bimbot & Emmanuel Vincent

STARTING DATE: 

• October 2016 or later (until January 2017)

HOW TO APPLY: 

• send a CV, a motivation letter, a list of publications, and

• one or more recommendation letters to emmanuel.vincent@inria.fr as soon as possible and no later than July 22, 2016

ABOUT INRIA:

• Inria is the biggest European public research institute dedicated to computer science. The PANAMA team (https://team.inria.fr/panama/) and the MULTISPEECH team (https://team.inria.fr/multispeech/) each gather 20+ scientists with a focus on machine learning and signal processing for music, speech, and general audio.

RESEARCH TOPIC:

• Despite numerous studies on automatic music transcription and  composition, the temporal structure of music pieces at various time scales remains difficult to model. Automatic music improvisation systems such as OMax [1] and ImproteK [2] assume that the structure is either predetermined (chord chart) or completely free, which limits their use to specific musical styles. The concepts of semiotic structure [3] and Contrast & System [4] we recently introduced helped defining musical structure in a more general way. Yet, they do not easily translate into a computational model due to the large temporal horizon required and to the semantic gap with the observed musical signal or score. In the last few years, deep learning [5] has emerged as the new state of the art in the field of natural language processing (NLP) and it has already demonstrated its potential for modeling short-term musical structure [6, 7].

• The goal of this PhD is to exploit and adapt deep recurrent neural networks (RNNs) for modeling medium- and long-term musical structure. This involves the following tasks in particular:

1. designing new RNN architectures for jointly modeling music at several time scales: tatum, beat, bar, structural block (e.g., chorus or verse), whole piece,
2. training them on smaller amounts of data than in the field of NLP,
3. evaluating their performance for musical structure estimation and automatic music improvisation.

• This position is part of a funded project with Ircam, in which the successful candidate will have the opportunity to engage.

PROFILE/ELIGIBILITY:

• MSc in computer science, machine learning, or a related field.
• Programming experience in Python or C/C++.
• Previous experience with music and deep learning is not required but would be an asset.

Join us at the following group for more scholarships
============================================
XploreScholarships 

68 PhD and Postdoc Scholarships in Ecomomic, Engineering, Design, Medicine, Pharmaceutical, Biomedical, Veterinary and Social Sciences, at University of Antwerp, Belgium

Vacancies for academic personnel

Only vacancies in English are shown on this page. For a complete list of all the vacancies currently open at the university, please consult the vacancy pages in Dutch.

Faculty of Applied Economics

Vacancies on a predoctoral level

• Doctoral student, air transport economics and business
• PhD Scholarship in the field of Strategy, Organization & Innovation
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Corporate Social Media Communication
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Marketing and Innovation
• Doctoral Grant BOF, port economics

Vacancies on a postdoctoral level

• Tenured academic staff, Sustainability in companies and organizations

Faculty of Applied Engineering

Vacancies on a predoctoral level

• Doctoral Grant BOF, Computer Vision
• Doctoral Grant BOF, embedded wireless sensor networks

Faculty of Arts

Vacancies on a predoctoral level

• Doctoral student, research infrastructure project GISTorical Antwerp II
• Doctoral student, shock cities
• Doctoral Grant, historical linguistics
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Dutch-language children's literature
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Aesthetics
• Doctoral Grant BOF, contemporary history
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Premodern Islamic History
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Spanish Linguistics
• Doctoral Grant BOF, digital text analysis
• Doctoral Grant BOF, historical and variationist linguistics
• Doctoral Grant BOF, moral philosophy
• Doctoral Grant BOF, religious history

Vacancies on a postdoctoral level

• Tenured academic staff, Hispanic literature and language
• Doctoral assistant, Hispanic literature and language

Faculty of Design Sciences

Vacancies on a predoctoral level

• Doctoral Grant BOF, Landscape Studies and Urbanism

Faculty of Law

• Doctoral Grant BOF, family property law
• Doctoral Grant BOF, medical law and criminal law

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Vacancies on a predoctoral level

• PhD student, whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tubercolosis
• Clinical researcher, PhD project
• Bio-informatician/PhD student
• Doctoral student, Molecular Imaging

Vacancies on a postdoctoral level

• Postdoctoral researcher, whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Postdoctoral researcher, development innovative PET neuroimaging radioligands

Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences

Vacancies on a predoctoral level

• Doctoral scholarship, proteomics and brain plasticity
• PhD student, molecular genetics of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemperal dementia
• PhD Position, aminoacyl-tRNA sythetases in neurodegeneration
• PhD student, Molecular Neurogenetics and Neurosciences
• PhD Student, Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group
• Doctoral Grant BOF, parasitology
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Cell biology of accelerated aging disease
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Veterinary Sciences
• Doctoral Grant BOF, complex genetics of Alzheimer's disease
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Physiopharmacology

Vacancies on a postdoctoral level

• Director/research professor VIB-Departement of Molecular Genetics (DMG)
• Doctor assistant, perinatal development of the gut

Faculty of Science

Vacancies on a predoctoral level

• PhD scholarships, Aquatic Ecophysiology and Toxicology
• Doctoral student, Plant physiology and biochemistry
• Doctoral scholarship holder, Molecular Plant Physiology
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Electrochemistry
• Doctoral Grant BOF, wireless communication networks Internet of Things
• Doctoral Grant BOF, biomolecular data mining
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Computational physical chemistry
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Computational condensed matter physics
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Plant-Microbial Ecology
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Environmental biotechnology
• Doctoral Grant BOF, material surface modification

Vacancies on a postdoctoral level

• Postdoc researcher, Computer Aided Design

Faculty of Social Sciences

Vacancies on a predoctoral level

• Doctoral Grant (BOF), family sociology
• Doctoral Grant (BOF), medical sociology
• PhD students, measurement of multidimensional well-being, inequality and poverty
• Researcher, analysing wealth inequality
• Researcher, social distributive effects of climate change policies
• Junior Researcher/PhD Visual Urban Culture
• Junior Researcher/PhD Visual Methods / Visual Culture / Visual Sociology / Visual Anthropology / or Visual Communication
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Educational Sciences
• Doctoral Grant BOF, medical sociology and gender studies
• Doctoral Grant BOF, cultural sociology and identity studies
• Doctoral Grant BOF, communication Studies
• Doctoral Grant BOF, Political Sociology

Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB)

There are currently no English vacancies at the Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB).

Join us at the following group for more scholarships
================================
XploreScholarships