[Opt-Net] Postdoc position in Optimization at University of Edinburgh, UK

[Peter Richtarik]

Applications are invited for a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow 
position in Optimization in the School of Mathematics at the University 
of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The successful candidate will join the 
Edinburgh Research Group in Optimization 
(http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/ERGO/) and will be part of a team working on 
"Accelerated Coordinate Descent Methods for Big Data Problems".

The fellow will work closely with Dr Peter Richtarik; visiting team 
members include Prof Srebro (Chicago) and Prof Nesterov (Louvain-la-Neuve).

Position Start Date: *September 1, 2013* (it might be possible to 
accommodate a later starting date; up to January 1, 2014)

Application Deadline: *May 24, 2013 @ 5pm GMT*


The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic and creative individual with 
a Ph.D. in Operations Research, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, 
Computer Science, or a related field and will have strong track record. 
Individuals with background in gradient methods for large-scale 
optimization and good programming skills are particularly encouraged to 
apply.


More information and online application:

https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=013502**

For informal inquiries please contact Dr Peter Richtarik at 
peter.richtarik at ed.ac.uk

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