IIT & UCL PhD studentships in Machine Learning

[Massimiliano Pontil]

I have openings for 2 PhD positions to start in October 2016 or January 2017.
The duration of the PhD will be three years. Students will be based at
the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa (https://www.iit.it/),
but collaborations and
extended visits (up to one year) in the Department of Computer Science
(http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/home/) at University College London (UCL)
will be encouraged.
Students will officially be registered with UCL and be awarded a UCL degree.
Studentships will cover UCL tuition fees (EU rates) and a stipend of
approximately 22.000 euros per year. A supplement of 600 euros per
month will be included during the time spent a UCL.

Students will be co-supervised by Massimiliano Pontil at IIT and a
full time academic at CS-UCL (e.g., David Barber, Mark Herbster, John
Shawe-Taylor).

Topics of primary interest include but are not restricted to: deep
learning and representation learning; kernel methods; multitask and
transfer learning; numerical optimization; online learning;
reinforcement learning; sparsity regularization; statistical learning
theory.

Candidates must hold a master degree in either computer science,
mathematics, statistics, or physics.
Outstanding applications in other areas will also be considered.
Candidates are expected to have already familiarity with machine
learning methods and have either strong programming or mathematical
skills.

For inquiry on these positions please send your CV to
m.po...@cs.ucl.ac.uk in the first instance, writing "PhD IIT-UCL" in
the subject.

To receive full consideration applicants must also formally apply to
the department of Computer Science at UCL, preferably by May 2:
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/degrees/phd_programme/applying/#c7002

Regards,

Massimiliano Pontil

Italian Institute of Technology
and
University College London