Fellowships to graduate students (M.Sc. and
Ph.D.) to conduct their research in the laboratory under the
supervision of the researchers of the lab. Students must first be
accepted to a graduate program in University of Crete.
Description
Background:
The Bioinformatics Laboratory (BIL) is a recent laboratory of the
Institute of Computer Science at the Foundation for Research and
Technology, Hellas (ICS-FORTH) founded in 2011. BIL is also affiliated
with the Computer Science Department of the University of Crete (CSD,
UoC): the Head of the lab, Prof. Tsamardinos is also an Assistant
Professor at CSD, UoC; additionally, the laboratory offers several
fellowships to UoC graduate students.
BIL members have pioneered state-of-the-art methods for variable
selection, for learning causal models, and most recently for Integrative
Causal Analysis, a new approach to learning from multiple and
heterogeneous datasets. Overall, FORTH is ranked first among Greek
research institutions in number of citations and 12th among European
research institutions in EU FP7 funded-project participations.
Ph.D. and M.Sc. Student Fellowships:
The laboratory offers several fellowships to excellent students from the
University of Crete (particularly, the Computer Science Department)
supervised by BIL researchers. For M.Sc. students the stipend can be as
high as 750 EUR / month, while for Ph.D. students it can reach up to
1000 EUR / month (subject to academic performance and participation in
funded research grants). To be eligible for such a fellowship you should
first apply and be accepted to a graduate program in the University of
Crete (see www.csd.uoc.gr for procedures). Contact Prof. Tsamardinos for
more details.
Applications are welcome from students with a computer science
background, but also applied mathemetics, engineering, and other related
backgrounds are welcome.
Preferences:
BIL’s contracts are renewed annually. However, we emphasize that BIL is
searching to hire and invest on individuals that have a long-term
interest in working in the laboratory and build a long-term career in
research in general.
Location:
FORTH is located near Heraklion, the 4th largest city in Greece on the
island of Crete. The location is ideal for people who enjoy sunny
weather and aquatic activities, or are attracted by the history and
archeological sites of the island. FORTH is a multi-national,
multi-cultural environment with dozens of foreign students, post-docs,
and researchers from around the world. The European Network and
Information Security Agency (ENISA) is co-located at the FORTH’s
Heraklion campus with employees from all over Europe.
Additional Job Details
For more information contact:
Ioannis Tsamardinos
Head of Bioinformatics Laboratory
Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas
email: [email protected]
Tel: +30 2810 391617
URL: www.mensxmachina.org and http://www.ics.forth.gr/bil/index_main.php?l=e&c=472
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