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   From: bgabrys@bournemouth.ac.uk   
      
   EPSRC/BT funded Industrial CASE Studentship   
      
   Computational Intelligence Research Group (CIRG)   
      
   School of Design, Engineering and Computing,   
   Bournemouth University, United Kingdom   
      
   Applications are invited for a 3 year PhD research studentship to work   
   on a project entitled "High Performance Fusion Systems" which is   
   jointly funded by EPSRC and British Telecommunications plc (BT) under   
   the EPSRC CASE scheme.   
      
   The proposed research project will investigate and develop various   
   approaches for highly efficient multiple classifier (prediction)   
   systems composed of actively generated, well performing and   
   decorrelated classifiers (predictors). The emphasis will be put on the   
   automatic avoidance of data overfitting accompanied by complexity and   
   reliability control appropriate for potential industrial applications.   
      
   Combination, aggregation and fusion of information are major problems   
   for all kinds of knowledge-based systems, from image processing to   
   decision making, from pattern recognition to automatic learning.   
   Various statistical, machine learning and hybrid intelligent   
   techniques will be used for processing and modelling of imperfect data   
   and information.   
      
   The student will be joining a Computational Intelligence Research   
   Group and will be primarily based in the School of Design, Engineering   
   & Computing in Bournemouth but will also spend up to 3 months in each   
   year of the project duration at the BT Exact in Ipswich.   
      
   The studentship carries a remuneration starting at a minimum of #12000   
   pa tax-free (suitably increased in subsequent years) and payment of   
   tuition fees at home/EU rate. The successful applicant will need to   
   have a permanent residency status in the UK.   
      
   Applicants should have a strong mathematical background and hold a   
   first or upper second class honours degree or equivalent in computer   
   science, mathematics, physics, engineering, statistics or a similar   
   discipline. Additionally the candidate should have strong programming   
   experience using any or combination of C, C++, Matlab or Java.   
   Knowledge of ORACLE will be an advantage.   
      
   For further details please contact Dr. Bogdan Gabrys, e-mail:   
   bgabrys@bournemouth.ac.uk.   
      
   Interested candidates should send a letter of application and a   
   detailed CV with the names and addresses of two referees to: Dr.   
   Bogdan Gabrys, Computational Intelligence Research Group, School of   
   DEC, Bournemouth University, Poole House, Talbot Campus, Poole, BH12   
   5BB, UK. The applications can be also sent by e-mail.   
      
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