PhD openings in NSF Center for Big Learning at UF

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NSF I/UCRC Center for Big Learning (CBL) at University of Florida (UF) is looking for excellent and naturally motivated PhD applicants to fill multiple positions with RA.
- Priority areas: deep learning, intelligent platforms, precision medicine, self-driving, recommender system, and smart robot.
- Applicants with Master's degrees are preferred.
- Experience with deep learning or large-scale software systems/clouds/big data platforms is a plus.
- Excellent programming skill is a plus.
- We are open to any exceptional candidates.
- More details can be found at http://www.andyli.ece.ufl.edu/index.php/opportunities/.

If you are interested, please send your detailed CV with highlights (awards, publications, projects, software), transcripts and GPA (unofficial ones are fine), ranking in your class/department, TOEFL and GRE scores, publications, and others (if applicable) in multiple PDF files in one email to Prof. Xiaolin Andy Li, http://www.andyli.ece.ufl.edu/index.php/contact/. To facilitate better communication, please set your email subject as "2017PhD-X-Y-Z" (X: your name; Y: your final degree (BS or MS); Z: final university), e.g., 2017PhD-DaZhang-MS-ZJU.

About NSF CBL (the first NSF Center on deep learning)
http://nsfcbl.org/index.php/about/

NSF I/UCRC Center for Big Learning (CBL) is under the auspices of the Industry & University Cooperative Research Center Program of National Science Foundation. With the vision of creating intelligence and leveraging collective wisdom from academia, industry, and governments, the CBL consortium focuses on large-scale deep learning, intelligent platforms, and DL-enabled big data applications in a broad spectrum of disciplines. CBL consists of four academic sites across the country and a large number (50+) of industry partners: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU, East), University of Florida (UF, South), University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC, Central), and University of Oregon (UO, West). Faculty members (60+) at these four sites have comprehensive expertise, covering key research themes and application disciplines. The consortium is sponsored by NSF and industry members over the world.

About UF

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