The Machine Learning Lab at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, is seeking to fill two positions for doctoral researchers Our Machine Learning Lab conducts mathematically grounded research on novel approaches in Machine Learning with a focus on probabilistic generative approaches including deep generative models. Examples are deep variational autoencoders, deep mixture models, and Bayesian networks. Our research projects are conducted in collaboration with leading international labs, and we publish in leading international journals and present on leading conferences. Our interests are in understanding methods and in developing novel approaches to solve difficult problems in Machine Learning. We are interested in problems with strong data corruptions, strong noise and in problems with few data or few labels. Furthermore, we are in general interested in the development of novel approaches that significantly improve learning efficiency (with applications to Big Data). At the same time, we model neural information processing using Machine Learning models in order to understand the nature of biological intelligence. The two positions will both allow for basic research, and they will both allow for applications to data for tasks such as data enhancement (denoising, inpainting, deblurring), unsupervised and semi-supervised learning, super-resolution, outlier detection etc. Part of one position has a focus on addressing such tasks for medical data. Ideal candidates have a strong background in a theoretical subject and/or a high interest in further advancing Machine Learning methods such as variational optimization. Example degrees that qualify for the positions are degrees in Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, in the Data Sciences or degrees of related disciplines. Strong programming skills are a big plus. Candidates have to hold a MSc degree or have to be sufficiently close to obtaining one. Interested researchers are invited to apply for both positions simultaneously (please indicate in the cover letter). This is an informal description of the positions. The only officially relevant descriptions can be found here (please follow the instructions therein): https://uol.de/stellen/?stelle=67425 https://uol.de/stellen/?stelle=67430 Both positions are funded for 2.5 / 3 years with an intention for extensions. Oldenburg is a nice and affordable place to live, and is located within 40mins travel time of the North Sea coast. It is part of the Bremen/Oldenburg metropolitan region of Germany with close cultural and academic links to Dutch cities like Groningen across the German/Dutch border. The application deadline for the positions is July 19, 2020. -- Prof. Dr. Jörg Lücke Leiter Abteilung Machine Learning Department für Medizinische Physik und Akustik Fakultät für Medizin und Gesundheitswissenschaften Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg D-26111 Oldenburg www.uol.de/ml