PhD Studentship in Big Data, Newcastle University 02/11/2015

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* 3-year PhD Studentship in Big Data
* Location: School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, UK
* Deadline for application: 30th of November
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* Description

The School of Computing Science at Newcastle University invites applications for a PhD studentship under the supervision of Dr Jaume Bacardit in the context of big data.

Bacardit and his colleagues have spent several years developing data mining methods able to process vast amounts of information by using a combination of advanced machine learning algorithms and hardware advances such as GPGPUs, and with a strong emphasis on knowledge extraction and visualisation.

These methods have been successfully applied to a variety of real-world problems in bioinformatics and biomedical data mining. This line of research has won several prizes, international competitions and best paper awards, and has been published in major conferences and journals (http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/jaume.bacardit/publications.html).

The goal of this studentship is to extend this successful line of research to fully embrace the power of big data technologies (e.g. Hadoop, Mahout, Spark) and provide a big leap forward in the analytics capabilities of our methods.

* Eligibility Criteria

Applicants should have at least an upper second-class honours degree (ideally a first class degree), or a combination of qualifications and/or experience equivalent to that level.  Ideally, students should have a BSc or MSc degree in computer science.

Applicants should be strong programmers, and experience in machine learning/data mining/big data/information visualisation will be greatly valued.

* Value of award

100% tuition fees (UK/EU rate) plus £14,057 annual stipend for three years.

Successful international candidates will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees.

* How to apply

Applicants should complete the University’s postgraduate application form.  However, only mandatory fields need to be completed.  Please include the following information:

    select ‘PhD in Computer Science’ (8050F) as the programme of study
    insert the studentship code CS051 in the studentship/partnership reference field
    attach a covering letter and CV.  The covering letter must state the title of the studentship, quote reference code CS051 and state how your interests and experience relate to the project
    attach degree transcripts and certificates and, if English is not your first language, a copy of your English language qualifications.

* Contact

For informal enquiries, please send an email to jaume.bacardit@newcastle.ac.uk