The ICTEAM Research Institute (www.uclouvain.be/en-icteam.html) of the University of Louvain has an open post-doc position for a joint project with the de Duve Institute (www.deduveinstitute.be). This inter-disciplinary project gathers machine learning and cancer research experts. The position is open for a one-year renewable term. This research project aims at identifying and characterizing biomarkers for predicting the response to treatment of acute or chronic myeloid leukemia. Biomarker identification will rely on multivariate selection techniques from gene expression data (microarrays, RNAseq) and functional annotations. Such annotations should promote a robust marker identification and should ease the further validation in a theranostic setting. Marker selection could be further influenced by complementary data including microRNAs, SNPs, ...

From a machine learning viewpoint, key aspects of this project include: feature selection, sparsity, high-dimensional and heterogeneous data, and, possibly, multi-task learning, bayesian learning, metric learning, graphical models, network inference, ...

The candidate should have a PhD degree in computer science, applied mathematics or statistics with a strong focus on machine learning (and/or related topics including optimization, signal processing, statistical modeling, ...). Fluency in R is recommended. Familiarity with biostatistics or machine learning applications to biomedical research would be an added advantage. The successful candidate will be highly motivated and have a track record of publications in leading international venues. S/he should have good communication skills in English and an open, proactive personality to work in a collaborative project with medical experts. The application should include a cover letter (please mention your specific source for this announcement), a detailed resume and 2 reference letters to be addressed as PDF files to Pierre.Dupont@uclouvain.be ICTEAM is located in Louvain-la-Neuve, a pleasant pedestrian city, 25km south of Brussels, the European Capital. The University of Louvain is regularly ranked among the top universities in Europe. The de Duve Institute, located in Brussels, is among the world leading centers for cancer research. Further information requests and applications should be addressed to Prof. Pierre Dupont Machine Learning Group ICTEAM Institute http://www.info.ucl.ac.be/~pdupont/ Pierre.Dupont@uclouvain.be