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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:03:27 +1000
From: David Dowe <[email protected]>
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Dear ``Inductive''-list people,
Monash University has established the prestigious Monash
Fellowships Program to attract internationally competitive
researchers from any discipline to undertake research of
national and international significance and provide them
with the best possible research environment.
The Fellowships will be in the form of a direct appointment following
a Monash-conducted competitive process open to researchers
from outside Monash University, from within and outside Australia.
Applicants should normally have at least two (2) but not more than
eight (8) years of post-doctoral research experience and demonstrate
excellent research outcomes at international level.
Assoc. Prof. David Dowe (www.csse.monash.edu.au/~dld ,
www.csse.monash.edu.au/~dld/David.Dowe.publications.html) seeks
applicants for one of these Monash University postdoctoral fellowships
in any of the following areas (of inductive inference) :
machine learning, artificial intelligence (e.g., Bayesian networks,
causal networks, supervised learning [decision trees, classification
trees, decision graphs, classification graphs, support vector machines
{SVMs}, neural networks, etc.], mixture modelling and unsupervised
learning, etc.), machine vision, image segmentation and clustering,
statistical inference, model selection, point estimation, statistical
consistency (both in misspecified models and/or in models where the
amount of data per parameter is bounded above, such as the classic
Neyman-Scott (1948) problem), statistical invariance, econometric
inference, Minimum Message Length, MML, information theory, Bayesian
information theory, algorithmic information theory (Kolmogorov
complexity), elaborations of the elusive model paradox, MML and formal
foundational quantitative definitions of intelligence, evolutionary
game theory, etc.
For a more detailed (but not exhaustive) survey of possible areas of work,
see, e.g., D. L. Dowe (2008a), ``Foreword re C. S. Wallace'', Computer J.
(Oxford Univ. Press) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxm117 ,
http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol51/issue5], Christopher
Stewart WALLACE (1933-2004) memorial special issue, pp523-560.
[Of particular note in the reference list to the above are Wallace's
publications in J. Royal Stat. Soc. (B) in 1987 and in 1992 and
Wallace & Dowe (1999a), ``Minimum Message Length and Kolmogorov
complexity'', Computer J., Vol. 42, No. 4, pp270-283
(http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/42/4/270 ,
www.csse.monash.edu.au/~dld/David.Dowe.publications.html#WallaceDowe1999a).
Also of interest is that, following on from my theory in Dowe & Wallace (1998),
the first works on doing hybrid MML Bayesian networks using both discrete
and continuous attributes were Comley & Dowe (2003) and Comley & Dowe (2005)
www.csse.monash.edu.au/~dld/David.Dowe.publications.html#ComleyDowe2003
www.csse.monash.edu.au/~dld/David.Dowe.publications.html#ComleyDowe2005 .]
Successful applicants will be awarded an annual salary in the
Research Fellow Level B range Aus$83,363 to Aus$98,994 p.a. (includes
employer superannuation of 17%) plus a research support grant of
up to Aus$50,000 per annum (p.a.), for five (5) years. The Fellowships
are tenable only at Monash University and it is expected that most of
the time will be spent at the relevant Monash department/school/centre
- such as the Department of Computer Science in the Clayton School of
Information Technology, Faculty of Information Technology with A./Prof.
David Dowe (in Melbourne, Australia).
It is expected that up to four (4) awards will be made.
Additional information, including application forms and guidelines,
can be obtained from the following Monash University web site:
www.monash.edu.au/research/academics/funding/information/monash/monash-fellowships.html
(and www.monash.edu.au/jobs).
Successful applicants will be awarded an annual salary in the
Research Fellow Level B range Aus$83,363 to Aus$98,994 p.a. (includes
employer superannuation of 17%) plus a research support grant of
up to Aus$50,000 per annum (p.a.), for five (5) years.
(For the value of an Australia$, see, e.g., www.xe.com/ucc .)
Duration: Five-year appointment.
Location: Monash University's Clayton campus, Melbourne, Australia.
Deadline for application: Despite the officially stated deadline
with the university (at the end of July), there will be an earlier
internal deadline within Monash University's Faculty of Information
Technology of approx. 10th July 2009.
Enquiries of an academic/technical nature:
A./Prof. David L. Dowe, david dot dowe at infotech dot monash.edu.au
(www.csse.monash.edu.au/~dld/David.Dowe.publications.html).
[Enquiries of an administrative nature: Mrs Aysun Alpyurek on
+61 3 9905-9790 (or [email protected]).]
Location: Monash University's Clayton campus, Melbourne, Australia.
Ref. No.: A099977.
Go to www.monash.edu.au/jobs for position details and application
information.
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