加拿大西安太略大学(Western University) 计算机系2023年全奖硕士博士生 [复制链接]

Departmentof Computer Science，WesternUniversity

MSc/PhD positions in artificialintelligence/machine learning

Lab website: https://phulab.org/positions

Description:

The Hu lab in the Department of Computer Science at Western University, Canada has multiple fully funded MSc/PhDpositions in artificial intelligence for health data science/bioinformatics. Western University ranks within thetop 10 research-intensive universities in Canada and top 200 in the world(The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023). Dr.Hu is a Canada Research Chair in Computational Approaches to Health Research andhas excellent experience in mentoring trainees at different levels. Many of histrainees have received international and national awards, accepted into topgraduate schools (like Oxford, Cambridge, UCLA, CMU, Toronto, UBC, McGill), employedin high-tech companies (like Google, Microsoft, Amazon), and landedtenure-track professor position with nomination for Canada Research Chair.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate is expected to join aninterdisciplinary team to develop innovative deep learning algorithms toanalyze multimodal data in one or two of the four areas: medical imaginganalysis, genomic data integration, single cell RNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics,and drug design and discovery.

Qualifications:
1). A minimum BSc degree in computer science. For candidateswith only BSc degree but want to apply for PhD program, they can be transferredinto PhD program in the end of first year and all the courses taken in thefirst year will be counted as a part of the PhD program.

2). Solidmath and machine learning theoretical backgrounds and proficient in using different deep learning architectures inPyTorch.

3). have solid programming skills (R, Python and/orC, etc.), and acquaintance with Linux.

4). GPA>80%.

5). Strong written andcommunication skills.

6). meet one of the following English test requirement:
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL):250, computer based; internet based test (iBT) 90, with no individual scorelower than 22; International English Language Testing Service (IELTS): 6.5 outof 9;

Application:
Individuals interested in this position shouldsubmit a cover letter clearly indicating their research interest, a curriculumvitae, and transcripts. All application materials must be submitted as PDFs ina single email to Dr. Pingzhao Hu (phu49@uwo.ca). Theapplication deadline is Feb.15, 2023. We appreciate all who express interestsin this position, only those candidates short-listed for interview will becontacted.