5 PhD Positions at DAI Lab, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

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The Competence Center "Information Retrieval & Machine Learning" (CC IRML) of the Distrubuted Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Technische Universität Berlin is actively recruiting highly-qualified PhD students interested in pursuing research in one or more of the following areas:

PhD Position in "Recommender Systems"
- Context-aware recommender systems
- Semantic recommender systems
- User Modeling
- Information Retrieval
http://www.dai-labor.de/en/about_us/job ... r_systems/

PhD Position in "Semantic Search and Classification"
- Information Retrieval
- Machine Learning (for Semantic Search)
- Classification (for Semantic Search)
- Agent Technologies
http://www.dai-labor.de/en/about_us/job ... ification/

PhD Position in "Expert Search and Opinion Mining"
- Information Retrieval
- Natural Language Processing
- Machine Learning and Classification (expert search)
http://www.dai-labor.de/en/about_us/job ... on_mining/

PhD Position in "Smart Information Extraction"
- Information Retrieval
- Natural Language Processing
- Indexing
- File Management, security and privacy
http://www.dai-labor.de/en/about_us/job ... xtraction/

PhD Position in "Information Representation and Visualization"
- Information Visualization
- Information Retrieval
- User Modeling
http://www.dai-labor.de/en/about_us/job ... alization/

The Competence Center "Information Retrieval & Machine Learning" (CC IRML) is working on the semantic collection, intelligent processing and extensive analysis of data and information. We offer very competitive salaries at all levels and a unique research environment with plenty of opportunities to work together with some of the leading researchers and industrial partners in the field.

Applicants for the PhD position should have a Master of Science degree (or comparable) in Computer Science or a related discipline. Good programming skills are an advantage. The position is initially fully-funded for 1 year (with planned extension).

Please apply by e-mail, sending application materials as PDF to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Habil. Sahin Albayrak (sahin.albayrak(at)dai-labor.de) using the subject line: "Application - $(JobTitle)2010".

Please note:
- Application Deadline: October 15, 2010 (late applications could be considered till the positions are filled)
- Start Date: as soon as possible (till filled)
- Please see http://www.dai-labor.de/irml/ for more information about the research group
- Please see http://www.tu-berlin.de for more information about the university
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Ernesto William De Luca
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Dr.-Ing. Ernesto William De Luca
Director of the Competence Center Information Retrieval & Machine Learning
Technische Universität Berlin - DAI-Laboratory Sekr. TEL 14
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7
10587 Berlin / Germany
Phone: +49 30 314 74074
Fax: +49 30 314 74003
E-mail: ernesto.deluca@dai-labor.de
http://www.dai-labor.de/~deluca
http://www.dai-labor.de/irml
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