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<div><div>The Department of Computer Science and Media Technology at Linnaeus
University is pre-advertising two positions, one for a Ph.D. student
and one for a Postdoc. The work aims to develop science in Visual
Analytics, on the intersection of Information Visualization and
Artificial Intelligence fields. The candidate will work with one or more
of the following areas: active learning, explainable AI (XAI),
unsupervised learning (i.e. dimensionality reduction, clustering),
multidimensional/network visualization, human-in-the-loop AI, time
series analysis and spatio-temporal data mining. Possible application
domains are (but not limited to) healthcare, bioinformatics, maritime
data, forestry, and others.</div>
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<div><u>Requirements</u>: The candidate must have completed a Master's
degree (for the Ph.D. position) or a Ph.D. (for the PostDoc position) in
Computer Science (or another related and relevant area). <span>To be
eligible for any of these positions, you need to have concluded your
degree before the starting date. </span>
For the PostDoc position, the candidate should have obtained
the Ph.D. no more than 3 years ago (exceptions are possible for, e.g., parental
leave, illness, etc.). <span></span>
<span>Good written and spoken English skills
are mandatory for both positions.</span></div>
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<u>Desirable</u>: It is desirable for the candidate to have experience
in at least one of the fields of Information Visualization or Artificial
Intelligence.</div>
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<u>Salary</u>: monthly salary of 28000 SEK (Swedish krona –
approximately 2600 dollars) for the Ph.D. position and for PostDoc
around 38000 SEK (approximately 3600 dollars), all before taxes. For the
Ph.D. position, the salary can be readjusted after two and a half
years, and the duration of the Ph.D. program is a minimum of 4 years
(renewable for one extra year). For the PostDoc position, the salary can
be readjusted yearly, and the duration is of 2 years (renewable for one
extra year). Ph.D. and PostDoc positions are considered formal jobs in
Sweden, with all the usual employee rights such as Holidays, paid sick
leave of absence, access to unions, etc. <br>
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<div><u>Supervision</u>: The chosen candidates will be supervised/advised by a team composed of Amilcar Soares (<a href="https://lnu.se/en/staff/amilcar.soaresjunior" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="m_-572358426268031648m_-1606012490405689281gmail-LPlnk710587" target="_blank">https://lnu.se/en/staff/amilcar.soaresjunior</a>), Rafael M. Martins (<a href="https://lnu.se/en/staff/rafael.martins" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="m_-572358426268031648m_-1606012490405689281gmail-LPlnk598957" target="_blank">https://lnu.se/en/staff/rafael.martins</a>), and Claudio Linhares (<a href="https://lnu.se/personal/claudio.linhares" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="m_-572358426268031648m_-1606012490405689281gmail-LPlnk375923" target="_blank">https://lnu.se/personal/claudio.linhares</a>).</div>
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<div><u>Location</u>: The chosen candidate will have to be located in
person at the Linnaeus University (LNU) campus in Växjö, Sweden. See
more information about the university at <a href="https://lnu.se/en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lnu.se/en</a>.</div>
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<u>Deadline</u>: This is a pre-advertisement, so the position is still not open. The expected start is for the Summer of 2024 or negotiable. <br>
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If you are interested in one of these positions, please send a CV and a short text explaining how you fit in the position, to <a href="mailto:claudio.linhares@lnu.se" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">claudio.linhares@lnu.se</a>. Feel free to contact us for more details and questions.<br>
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<div>We would appreciate it if you could distribute this information among your team or people who might be interested.</div>
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Best Regards,</div>
<div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">---</div><div dir="ltr">Claudio D. G. Linhares, Ph.D.,<br>Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Media Technology<br>Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden<br><a href="https://lnu.se/personal/claudio.linhares/" target="_blank">https://lnu.se/personal/claudio.linhares/</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>