Graduate
study and postdoc opportunity in Computational Biology
Dr.
Jinbo Xu's group at the
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTI-Chicago) has openings for 2-3
PhD students and 1-2 postdocs. The students and postdocs will work on the
interface of machine learning and molecular biology and be funded for 5 years
if they can maintain good performance. Xu group is
developing statistical methods, probabilistic graphical models and optimization
techniques to solve problems relevant to biomolecular
sequence/structure modeling and biological network analysis. The ideal
candidate would have relevant background and interests in some (not necessarily
all) of the areas: combinatorial optimization, machine learning, statistics and
molecular biology. Members in Xu group will have
opportunities to interact with collaborators including Drs. Tobin Sosnick and Karl Freed at the University of Chicago and Dr.
Michael Wilde at the Argonne National Laboratory and many other faculty members
at TTI-Chicago.
To
apply, or for additional information, please contact Dr. Jinbo
Xu at j3xu@ttic.edu.
Please also submit your
graduate study application through the online system at
http://ttic.uchicago.edu/stuapp/.
Highly-qualified and motivated students are encouraged to contact me at any time
since our admission dates are very flexible.
In addition, Xu group also has one opening for summer intern.