[SIPTA] researcher position at IDSIA/IPG

Dear Friends in Imprecise Probability,

We have an opening for a researcher position at our imprecise probability group at IDSIA.

Duties

The person hired on this position will evenly share her/his working time on two main activities:

• basic research, aiming at publishing in highly rated journals and international conferences; and
• applied research, by taking responsibility of cutting-edge projects in tight collaboration with companies.

A cross-activity will be the search for funding opportunies of both basic and applied research.

Requirements

• This position is for a junior researcher (say <= 35 years).
• Doctorate degree and master degree with top grades in mathematics, or physics, or engineering, or informatics, or statistics or other quantitative areas.
• Excellent theoretical as well as applied knowledge of Bayesian networks and other graphical models (in particular of structure/parameter learning) and modern data mining algorithms (in particular for classification and clustering, but regression and time series are also desirable). These skills have to be backed up by a good record track of technical papers.
• Excellent mathematical skills.
• Excellent (software-engineer-level) programming skills (C, C++, Java), knowledge of operating systems (Unix, Linux, Mac, Windows) and development tools (e.g., Eclipse).
• Good knowledge of specialized mathematical/statistical environments, such as MATLAB and R.
• Good knowledge of computational complexity theory.

(Soft skills)

• Very good communication skills in spoken and written English.
• Good knowledge of Italian or alternatively a commitment to learn it as soon as possible.
• Ability to work in a team and in a collaborative environment.
• Autonomy.

Highly desirable but not strictly required

• Knowledge of imprecise probability (e.g., credal networks, credal classification, uncertainty modeling with sets of distributions).
• Good knowledge of (Bayesian) statistics.
• Good record track of granted research projects as main applicant or co-applicant.
• Past experience of leading/working in applied research projects in collaboration with companies.
• Good knowledge of German and French.

We offer

• A first two-year contract that constitutes an evaluation period (the evaluation period can possibly be extended). The positive feedback of performance appraisal leads to a permanent position.
• A competitive swiss salary commensurate to the candidate's age and experience.
• Travel funding to participate to conferences, workshops and the like.
• An international working environment.
• Collaboration with experts in data mining, Bayesian networks, imprecise probability, statistics: the hired candidate will join in particular the imprecise probability group at IDSIA (http://ipg.idsia.ch).
• Opportunity to develop professional and scientific skills as well as career progression.

For more information and details about the application procedure, please reply to this email.

Best wishes, Marco