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-**January ​2012**+**January ​2013**
  
 The Viper group of the Department of Computer Science of the University of Geneva is seeking ​ The Viper group of the Department of Computer Science of the University of Geneva is seeking ​
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 == Topic == == Topic ==
-The doctoral position is receivinbg funding from the [[http://​www.snf.ch|Swiss National Science Fundation]] (SNFS) for 3 years. This is a collaborative project with the [[http://​www.idiap.ch|Idiap Institute]] (Martigny, CH). +The doctoral position is receivinbg funding from the [[http://​www.snf.ch|Swiss National Science Fundation]] (SNFS) for 3 years. This is a collaborative project with the [[http://​www.idiap.ch|Idiap Institute]] (Martigny, CH) related to the [[http://​www.idiap.ch/​project/​codices|Codices Project]].
  
-The main focus of the PhD position is on Machine Learning strategies applied to large-scale (Multimedia) Information Retrieval. Several PhD works are ongoing in the group on the topic and the successful candidate will also closely collaborate with them.+The main focus of the PhD position is on Machine Learning strategies applied to large-scale (Multimedia) Information Retrieval ​and Visualisation. Several PhD works are ongoing in the group on the topic and the successful candidate will also closely collaborate with them.
  
 There will be many opportunities to get involved into teaching on related topics and/or basic computer science courses, given in the department. There will be many opportunities to get involved into teaching on related topics and/or basic computer science courses, given in the department.
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 == Requirements == == Requirements ==
   * Completed MSc in Applied Maths or Computer Science.   * Completed MSc in Applied Maths or Computer Science.
-  * Experience with machine learning and/or information retrieval ​with a good publication record in a related topic;+  * Experience with machine learning and/or information retrieval;
   * good knowledge of data indexing and machine learning strategies and optimization algorithms;   * good knowledge of data indexing and machine learning strategies and optimization algorithms;
   * Strong interest in parallel computation and algorithm complexity;   * Strong interest in parallel computation and algorithm complexity;
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 == Application == == Application ==
-Please send your complete application,​ including a curriculum vitae, a cover letter and two references at stephane.marchand-maillet[at]unige.ch. Due to the expected large number of applications,​ candidates will be contacted only if selected for an interview.+Please send your complete application,​ including a curriculum vitae, a cover letter and two references at stephane.marchand-maillet[at]unige.ch ​with an email subject starting with [PHD]. Due to the expected large number of applications,​ candidates will be contacted only if selected for an interview.
  
 == Start date == == Start date ==
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Keywords: machine learning, information geometry, data mining, Big Data, affective information retrieval (recherche d'information), information visualisation, content-based image and video retrieval (CBIR, CBR, CBVR, CBMR, CBMIR), information mining, classification, multimedia and multimodal information management, semantic web, knowledge base (RDF, OWL, XML, metadata, auto-annotation, description), multimodal information fusion