| Applications are invited for the position of Research Fellow/Assistant
on an EPSRC funded project entitled "Efficient Biological Grammar
Acquisition". The post will be for 4 - 6 months. The project is
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. This project addresses
the need for efficient methods of acquiring such grammars using
Inductive Logic Programming (ILP).
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,
grammars or building a web interface would be an advantage. A good
communicator and programmer, you will bring an enthusiastic and
organised approach to this challenging position.
Informal enquiries to: Dr Chris Bryant Tel: +44 (0)1224 262747
Starting Salary: 20,044 - 30,002 GBP
Closing Date: 21 April 2006
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| Further particulars and an application form are available from: Human
Resources Department, The Robert Gordon University, Schoolhill,
Aberdeen, AB10 1FR. Tel: +44 (0)1224 262085 E-mail: [email protected]
You can apply on-line at: http://www.rgu.ac.uk/jobs/
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