| Applications are invited for the position of Research Fellow/Assistant on an EPSRC funded project entitled "Efficient Biological Grammar Acquisition". The project will be based in the Computing Technologies Centre (a recent 1.5 million pounds, purpose-designed SRIF-funded research centre) in the School of Computing at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. The industrial collaborator on the project will be GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.
Linguistic methods have provided some interesting results in the recognition of complex biological signals. However the hand development of grammars is difficult and, because it requires human expertise, expensive. Thus, given the enormous volume of data arising from genome projects, there is a need to automate the acquisition of grammars from sets of biological sequences. As the researcher on this project, you will develop an efficient method of acquiring such grammars using Inductive Logic Programming (ILP). Your method will use efficient techniques for discovering non-terminals which are potentially pertinent to the subsequent induction of a biological grammar and a parser which increases the speed at which biological grammars may be acquired by an ILP system.
You should have a good honours degree in Computing or a cognate discipline and some experience of bioinformatics research; or you may have a background in the life sciences and have an advanced MSc in Computing or a cognate discipline. Preferably you will have a PhD in Machine Learning or Bioinformatics or equivalent experience, as demonstrated by a good publication record. Experience of ILP, Prolog or Parsers would be an advantage. A good communicator and programmer, you will bring an enthusiastic and organised approach to this challenging position.
Starting Salary: 18,265 - 27,339 GBP
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| Further particulars and an application form are available from: Human Resources Department, The Robert Gordon University, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, AB10 1FR. www.rgujobs.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1224 262085 E-mail: [email protected] (Quote ref T229) Informal enquiries to: Dr Chris Bryant Tel: +44 (0)1224 262475 E-mail: [email protected]
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