Stillingstittel:
PhD Research Fellowships in Data Science (Statistics)

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.PhD Research Fellowships in Data Science (Statistics)

Two (2) positions as PhD Research Fellow available at the Department of Mathematics.

Every PhD student is employed at UiO for four years, with 25 % of the time dedicated to innovation related activities. Starting date for all positions is no later than 01.10.2016. No one can be appointed for more than one fixed-term period at UiO.

The University of Oslo (UiO) is building up a research community in Data Science. To this end, we are looking to hire brilliant PhD students to be part of this new initiative, producing top research at the crossroad between statistics, machine learning, logic and computer science, with a specific focus on innovative uses of big data.

Data Science (at) UiO is fueled by internationally recognized data producing scientists at our university and anchored in the Departments of Mathematics and Informatics. Two centers of excellence in research based innovation have recently been funded (each with about 3 million Euro annually and with more than 100 researchers):

• Big Insight, a consortium of academic, industrial and public partners, develops statistical and machine learning methodologies and computational tools to extract knowledge from complex and big data sources, with focus on two central themes, namely novel personalized solutions and sharper predictions of transient behaviors.
• Sirius, Centre for Scalable Data Access, is a consortium of academic and industrial partners, and develop new scalable methodology for information systems for accessing data in an efficient and robust computational environment.

Innovation will be central in all PhD projects. Candidates will develop new ideas and methodology motivated by challenges from our industrial partners. Support will be given by Inven2, the next-generation UiO innovation company, to build bridges between excellent research and the next generation of technology-based industry.

Job/ project description:

The purpose of the fellowships is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree. The successful PhD candidates will develop new statistical, machine learning and mathematical methodology in the area of the projects listed below. The PhD programme at UiO is characterized by a strong research profile: the PhD thesis usually includes several papers which are published in leading scientific journals. Additionally, the candidates are required to take a small number of advanced courses as part of the training component of their degree.

The new PhD students, together with other PhD students, postdocs, researchers and staff in data science, are expected to contribute to building a unique scientific community at UiO, joining and organizing internal and open activities (including industrial days, reading groups, industrial internships, drop-in Data Science advising service for other researchers, junior student supervision, etc.).

The two research projects are briefly described below:

1. Recommendation systems for highly incomplete data: Users' rating and ranking of items, and their clicking tracks on webpages, reveal their preferences. Such data arise in very many areas in the digital world, including business, entertainment, politics. We will develop new approaches and scalable algorithms to preference learning based on such data, exploiting knowledge on users and relation between items.
2. Smart grid communication and operation: Electrical power is now increasingly generated by smaller power sources connected in a network, such as small hydroelectric pla
   
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   Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Department of Bios
   
   Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO
   
   Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers
   
   Land: Norge
   
   Region: Oslo
   
   Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge
   
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   Lønn periode: Pr. år
   
   
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