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<span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class="">Dear
colleagues,<br class="">
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</span><span class="">feel free to distribute this vacancy within your network. <br class="">
</span><span class="">Thank you.</span>
<div class=""><span class="">Kind regards,<br class="">
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</span><span class="">Kris Laukens<br class="">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" class="">The Faculty of Sciences of the University of Antwerp is seeking to fill the following
<b class="">full-time </b>vacancy in the <b class="">Department of Mathematics and Computer Science</b>.
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<b class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE" class="">Scientific software developer in the field of pharma data analytics.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;
mso-fareast-language:NL-BE;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">This project will be conducted at the interface of 1)
</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Verdana" class="">the</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:
minor-latin" class=""> biodata mining team (under supervision of prof. Kris Laukens), a
rapidly growing, multi-disciplinary unit within the ADReM data lab</span><span lang="NL" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;
mso-fareast-language:NL-BE;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">/ biomina of the department of Mathematics and Computer Science (University of Antwerp, Belgium); 2) (under
supervision of prof. Dirk Valkenborg) the <i class="">Center for Statistics</i> (University of Hasselt, Belgium); and 3) a major pharmaceutical industry partner.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">You will develop novel implementations for cutting-edge data mining and machine
learning approaches, tailored towards the field of small molecule mass-spectrometry. This chemical field plays a central role in many top-notch pharmaceutical and biotechnological applications. Its enormous data complexity requires novel, robust data processing,
management and visualisation techniques. As a scientific programmer, you will fulfill a central role in translating the newest data science approaches to industry-grade applications. While being familiar with the type of data and applications is not a prerequisite,
you</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:
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problems, and you will learn to understand the challenges of their applicability in a real laboratory setting. You will implement your methods in a user-friendly software environment and application-programming interface.
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;
mso-fareast-language:NL-BE;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="">You collaborate with academic researchers in different disciplines (from computational sciences to life
sciences) within the consortium (biomina- the biomedical informatics network Antwerpen, UAntwerpen, UHasselt) and with the industrial partners of the project.
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and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" class="">data mining for bioinformatics, mass spectrometry or related techniques is an advantage but not a prerequisite;
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<span lang="EN-US" class="">(depending on your degree) for a period of two years</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" class="">Interested?</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" class="">Candidates are invited to send a motivation letter, a detailed CV and contact info of
at least two references (including email addresses and phone numbers) to Prof. Kris Laukens (<a href="mailto:kris.laukens@uantwerpen.be" class="">kris.laukens@uantwerpen.be</a>) and Prof. Dirk Valkenborg (<a href="mailto:dirk.valkenborg@uhasselt.be" class="">dirk.valkenborg@uhasselt.be</a>).
Don’t hesitate to contact us in advance for more information. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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Kris Laukens, PhD<br class="">
Associate professor bioinformatics - biodata mining<br class="">
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Advanced Database Research and Modelling (ADReM)<br class="">
Biomedical Informatics Network Antwerpen (biomina)<br class="">
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science<br class="">
University of Antwerp<br class="">
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B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium <br class="">
T +32 (0)3 265 33 10<br class="">
E <a href="mailto:kris.laukens@uantwerpen.be" class="">kris.laukens@uantwerpen.be</a><br class="">
W <a href="http://www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/kris-laukens/" class="">www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/kris-laukens/</a></div>
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