Thursday, June 10, 2010

[Germany] PhD Stipend in Machine Learning/Stochastic Systems Modeling at Jacobs University Bremen plus 1 more

[Germany] PhD Stipend in Machine Learning/Stochastic Systems Modeling at Jacobs University Bremen plus 1 more


[Germany] PhD Stipend in Machine Learning/Stochastic Systems Modeling at Jacobs University Bremen

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PhD stipend available in Machine Learning / Stochastic Systems Modeling

In the Machine Learning Group of Herbert Jaeger at Jacobs University Bremen, funding is available for a 3-year PhD stipend, starting in August 2010 or later. The stipend amounts to 1000 Euro / month. The PhD research under this stipend offers great freedom, because it is not tied to a funded project. There are only two constraints: the research should have a strong mathematical / analytical flavor, and it should contribute to the further development of observable operator models (OOMs).

Indicative topics. OOMs are an approach to model arbitrary stochastic processes with linear operators. This leads, on the one hand, to a general mathematical theory of stochastic processes in terms of linear algebra concepts. On the other hand, it leads to novel learning algorithms for stochastic system identification. OOM research in our group has always been heading into both of these two directions – mathematical theory, and practical (but mathematically well-founded) learning algorithms. It is up to the successful candidate to select an area in OOM research of his/her liking, after a decent time of initial training. Here is a choice of exemplary topics, where initial work has been done and which wait for a motivated craftsperson (or genius) to be further pursued:


[UK] PhD in Project `Music, Digitization, Mediation: Towards Interdisciplinary Music Studies` at Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

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PhD Studentship at Faculty of Music/Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford

Two doctoral studentships will soon be available, funded for 3 years each and tenable from October 2010; they are likely to be held in the Faculty of Music or the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford. The studentships may be awarded to applicants of suitable calibre with appropriate research interests.

It is envisaged that the two DPhil studentships will be attached to the research project `Music, Digitization, Mediation: Towards Interdisciplinary Music Studies` directed by Prof. Georgina Born and funded by the European Research Council. The project involves ethnographic studies of the transformation of musical practices by digital media in a number of countries; it also involves collaboration between the team of ethnographers carrying out the studies. One DPhil student will work on digital music practices in the UK; the other DPhil student will work on digital music practices in India. Both will be supervised by Prof. Born.


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