<div dir="ltr"><div>*********** Apologies if you receive multiple times this announcement ***********</div><div><br></div><div>There are three funded PhD positions are available in my group at the University of Technology Sydney, with topis of:</div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Genetic programming for big data analytics</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Improving deep and machine learning using second-order information</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Constrained and black-box optimisation using population-based algorithms</li></ul></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">More info about the projects and instructions on how to apply:<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-engineering-and-information-technology/research-faculty-engineering-and-it/research-5" target="_blank">https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-engineering-and-information-technology/research-faculty-engineering-and-it/research-5</a><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Location</b>: University of Technology Sydney – City campus. UTS is #1 young university in Australia in 2019 based on QS and THE ranking. Also, UTS is ranked #29 globally and #1 in Australia for the subject area of Computer Science and Engineering (based on 2019 ARWU rankings)  Project Detail: This project is about incorporating second-order information into machine learning methods in order to boost the initialization and learning processes. From the machine learning methods in this project, it particularly focuses on deep neural networks. Several topics are going to be investigated in this project including hybrid approaches, big data analytics, graph theory, large scale problems. </div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Requirements</b>: A solid background in data and computer sciences as well as strong programming skill. A master degree in data science, computer science, mathematics, AI, engineering, or related field. Publications with major conferences and/or journals.<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr">For informal enquiries, please send an email to<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:gandomi@uts.edu.au" target="_blank">gandomi@uts.edu.au</a></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Best regards,</div><div style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Amir</div><div style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,43,43);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Amir H Gandomi</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,43,43)"><br>
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