Excellent Postgraduate Positions Now Available in CLARITY

PhD Positions in Personalization & Recommender Systems

PhD positions are available in the broad area of personalization and recommender systems, user modeling, human-computer interaction, machine learning, social media, and information retrieval.

Successful candidates will demonstrate a clear passion for research and a willingness to work as part of a dynamic and flexible research group. They will join an internationally recognised research group as part of the new CLARITY Centre for Sensor Web Technologies (www.clarity-centre.org), and will based in University College Dublin (UCD) under the supervision of Prof. Barry Smyth, the Director of CLARITY. All positions are fully funded through a tax-free scholarship of circa €18,000 per annum for up to four years, in addition to paid tuition fees.

Applicants for the PhD positions will normally have achieved at least a 2.1 in an undergraduate Computer Science, Electronic Engineering programme, or related discipline. They will have excellent software engineering skills with knowledge and experience in the development of dynamic web applications (Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, AJAX). Some experience in the areas of personalization and recommender systems, user modeling, human-computer interaction, machine learning, or information retrieval will be considered an advantage. The PhD positions will be fully-funded for up to 4 years and will include exciting opportunities to work directly with CLARITY's industry partners as part of a structured PhD programme within UCD.

Interested applicants should send a detailed CV and a short explanation of their reasons for applying to Prof. Barry Smyth at barry.smyth@ucd.ie .