[rede.APPIA] MSc holder and BSc-holder positions on Machine Learning at FCUP / University of Porto in collaboration with Bosch

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MSc holder and BSc-holder positions on Machine Learning at FCUP / University of Porto in collaboration with Bosch
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**Deadline: 06/11/2019

The Department of Computer Science / U. Porto is looking for highly motivatedresearchers to join the team of researchers working on the SafeCities project, a joint venture between U. Porto and the company Bosch. The topic is Machine Learning for Sensor Data for false alarm reduction. The aims of the project are to develop Machine Learning models and algorithms, statistical data analysis and variable selection, in the context of large scale and heterogeneous data. The selected candidate main tasks will be to develop research in these areas.

The selected candidate will join the Machine Learning team of FCUP / INESC TEC and will have the opportunity to work in an exciting and young environment in close interaction with research engineers, PhD students and post-doctoral researchers who are working on varied aspects that concern Machine Learning, Information Extraction and Computer Science. The candidate will also have close interaction with our project partners at Bosch in an industry setting.

The *ideal* candidate will have a MSc/BSc in Machine Learning or equivalent and the following skills:

* Strong motivation to work with ML algorithms, demos and tools;
* Theoretical background and hands-on experience on Machine Learning / Data Mining / Data Science;
* Experience with ML toolkits and packages such as TensorFlow;
* Good communication skills and ability to cooperate within a team;
* Good knowledge of programming languages such as, Python, R and Java;
* Knowledge of development and versioning tools (e.g. GIT);
* Experience with HPC / GPU and cloud computing.

This position is supported by the Project “Safe Cities”, ref. POCI-01-0247-FEDER-041435, financed by Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER), through COMPETE 2020 and Portugal 2020.

The successful candidate will be offered a grant with the net monthly value of 989.7€ (MSc) or  which can be extended until the end of the project (3 yrs). There is a possibility of continuing research after the end of the project subject to the candidate performance and funding availability. 

PhD and MSc positions for this project are also available.

To submit send en email to (amjorge@fc.up.pt; recrutamento@fc.up.pt; dutra@fc.up.pt)  with the