Research Fellow Position Available at AI@RSCS@ANU

[Marcus Hutter]

Position: Research Fellow
Intelligent Agents Group
Research School of Computer Science
Australian National University

We are seeking an outstanding Research Fellow with excellent
mathematical background and research expertise in

* Machine Learning or
* (Algorithmic) Information Theory or
* (Bayesian) Statistics or
* Artificial Intelligence or
* related area.

Possible backgrounds are a PhD, or near completion of a PhD, in
mathematics, physics, computer science, engineering, or related.

Position Description: The position holder will be member of the
Intelligent Agents team lead by Professor Marcus Hutter, and primarily
work on ARC DP project Unifying Foundations for Intelligent Agents.
The project will drive forward the development of rigorous foundations
for Intelligent Agents. The agent framework, the expected utility
principle, sequential decision theory, and the information-theoretic
foundations of inductive reasoning and machine learning have already
brought significant order into the previously heterogeneous scattered
field of artificial intelligence (AI). Building on this, in the last
decade the CI has developed the theory of Universal AI. This project
will investigate this information-theoretic approach towards a unifying
foundation for intelligent agents, which recently even spawned
impressive applications. The theory will provide a gold standard and
valuable guidance for researchers working on smart software.

* Location: Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
* The new employee will interact with Marcus Hutter and other people in
the RSCS at the ANU.
* The position is available immediately - fixed term - for 3 years -
potential prolongation.
* Salary Range for Research Fellow: Level B: A$90'000 - A$100'000 per
year plus 17% superannuation.
* Enquiries: Prof. Marcus Hutter, E: marcus...@anu.edu.au, T: +61 2
6125 1605, F: + 61 6125 8651.
* Closing Date: 1 October 2015
* Further information for applicants:
http://www.hutter1.net/rsise/postdoc15.htm

In case you attend ICML, you can find me at the EWRL workshop
https://ewrl.wordpress.com/ewrl12-2015/
In case you attend ADT|AGI|CCR|UAI|ALT, please email me to arrange a
meeting with one of my group members.

Thanks for your interest,

______________________
Marcus Hutter, Professor
Associate Director RSCS
RSISE, Room B259, Building 115
Australian National University
Corner of North and Daley Road
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Phone: +61(0)2 612 51605 (time zone GMT+10:00)
Fax: +61(0)2 612 58651
Email: marcus...@anu.edu.au
http://www.hutter1.net/

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ABOUT RSISE. The Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering
(RSISE) was established in 1996 as part of the Institute of Advanced
Studies (IAS) at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra,
Australia. RSISE focuses its work on research, research training and
interaction with national and international communities. RSISE has now
been rearranged into the Research School of Computer Science (RSCS).

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