PhD Student positions available
We have two openings for Ph.D. student positions available on the interface between Linked Data, ontologies, and machine learning.
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We have two openings for Ph.D. student positions at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. The Ph.D. candidates
will work on biological and biomedical applications of Semantic Web technologies, in particular in the development of machine learning methods that utilize Linked Data and ontologies.
The Ph.D. students will join a productive research team at one of the fastest-growing research universities, located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, by the Red Sea. More information about the research group and ongoing projects can be found here.
Applicants should hold an MSc degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics or statistics, have excellent programming skills, experience in machine learning, and be willing to work collaboratively on exciting AI projects with biomedical applications.
Ph.D. students are entitled to a very competitive stipend, free, fully-furnished housing on the KAUST campus, free medical and life insurance, and free education at KAUST schools for the student's children.
Please send an email to Robert Hoehndorf (robert.hoehndorf@kaust.edu.sa) if you are interested in applying.
Start date: August 2017
Location: Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Applications deadline: 14 April 2017 (via https://www.kaust.edu.sa/en/study/applying-to-kaust)
