**Application for a PhD studentship** Decision Analysis Group Artificial Intelligence Department School of Computer Science Technical University of Madrid (SPAIN)
*We are looking for a graduate to carry out a doctoral dissertation at the Decision Analysis Group (Artificial Intelligence Department, School of Computer Science, Technical University of Madrid), who applies for a PhD studentship, within the Postgraduate National Program for University Teachers Training. *The Decision Analysis Group is made up of 10 teachers showing interest in theoretical and practical aspects of Decision Analysis, Bayesian statistical inference and Simulation (see http://www.dia.fi.upm.es/grupos.htm). Specifically, the topic for this thesis focuses on solving some statistical problems via a kind of evolutionary computation that uses Bayesian networks. Therefore, it is located within the interface Statistics - Decision Analysis - Artificial Intelligence. *The PhD program in "Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence" at the Artificial Intelligence of the Computer Science School (Technical Univ of Madrid) has won several times the mention of quality doctorate by the Ministry (see http://www.dia.fi.upm.es/doctorado/infodoctorado.htm). *These studentships are granted by the Education Ministry on September to promote the doctorate training and to direct the professional activity towards teaching and research. The studentship is full time, for a period of (at most) 4 years, salary is 1000 euro per month, free of registration fee for doctorate, there are economic aids for short stays in Spain or abroad, etc. *Applicants must have a MSc degree or equivalent in the area of statistics. A MSc degree in Computer Science with knowledge of probabilistic reasoning in AI is also allowable. Also, they must be of EU nationality or resident in Spain at the application time. *Other general requirements: those demanded by these studentships (see the announcement at http://www.univ.mecd.es, in Spanish, clicking on "Convocatorias" and then on "Becas FPU"). It is not necessary to be Spanish-speaking (English is enough). *Applications: Please send your CV (including your student record) with a covering letter of intentions before September 5, 2003 to Concha Bielza ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or by snail mail to: Concha Bielza School of Computer Science Madrid Technical Univ. Campus de Montegancedo Boadilla del Monte E-28660 Madrid (SPAIN)
