Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher, or Technical Staff I (W20124)(Approximate Bayesian Inference Team)

[Laboratory]
Approximate Bayesian Inference Team
Generic Technology Research Group
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
(Laboratory head: Mohammad Emtiyaz Khan)

[Research field]
The Center for Advanced Intelligence Project has been launched with subsidy from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan for “Advanced Integrated Intelligence Platform Project (AIP) -Artificial Intelligence/ Big Data/ Internet of Things/ Cybersecurity-".
The Center conducts fundamental theoretical research and develops an innovative technology, with aiming to advance science and contribute to society or humanity.
This Center is a project with a maximum of 10 years from FY 2016.

For more information, please refer to the Job posting URL
Approximate Bayesian Inference Team | RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project

[Job title and job description]
Job title, available positions:
Opening for Postdoctoral Researcher, or Technical Staff I, one position

Postdoctoral Researcher
Carries out research and other work in accordance with team research themes under the direction of supervisors. Basically defined as those with a doctoral degree of 5 years or less.

Technical staff I
Provides technical supports independently to implement the lab missions.

Job description:
The candidate will focus on the development of new Bayesian Machine-Learning methods. The candidate will work on problems at the intersection of deep learning, Bayesian inference, optimization, and reinforcement learning.

The candidate is expected to carry out research and publish their findings in top machine-learning conferences. Postdoctoral candidates will additionally help in the management of the group, and supervision of internship students and technical staffs. The position is meant to further the careers of early-career researchers who wish to pursue a career in academia.

[Work location]
Branch and address:
RIKEN Tokyo Campus (1-4-1,Nihonbashi,Chuo,Tokyo)

[Start of employment]
As early as possible

[Keyword]
Machine learning, Deep learning, Bayesian machine learning, Statistics, Optimization, Reinforcement Learning