Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Department of Mathematics and Computer science
Job description
The aim of the HaCDAIS project is aimed at the development of a unifying framework and corresponding data mining techniques for handling concept drift in AIS. The project is subsidized by the Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO).
Brief Project Summary:
One of the main goals in Adaptive Information Systems (AIS) is to serve the information need of users by adaptively filtering content based on the users" interests, knowledge, background, goals and tasks. User Modeling is an active research area that studies how a machine can learn, model and make use of a representation of the users" state of mind (and other factors). An AIS only has partial information about the users as it can only observe their behavior. The AIS is thus performing user modeling under the presence of (many) hidden contexts.
In this project we deal specifically with the problem of detecting changes in the goals or interests of users, which corresponds to the problem of concept drift (CD) in Data Mining (DM) and Machine Learning (ML). Modern DM/ML techniques that address CD have so far had only modest success in real AIS applications. We believe that this is mainly due to the fact that the state-of-the-art ML approaches do not fully take into account several factors which the UM community is aware of:
- the development of the scope of user-interests
- the hierarchical nature and rich semantics of information content, and existence and evolution of the user social networks.
His project is aimed at development of a unifying framework and corresponding DM techniques for handling CD in AIS, evaluation of the framework and techniques, first through various simulation studies, and through integration of the techniques with existing AIS for the external validation of our work.
RequirementsRequired education/skills:University Graduate
We are looking for a candidate who meets the following requirements:
- Candidates must have a Masters degree in Computer Science or a closely related field (A standard procedure for checking the equivalence of non-Dutch degrees will be followed).
- Candidates are expected to be knowledgeable in the areas of data mining/machine learning and adaptive information systems.
- Good communicative skills in English, both in speaking and in writing.
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research
Organization
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Department of Mathematics and Computer science
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science provides undergraduate and MSc programs in Mathematics and in Computer Science. The department has research collaborations with other departments at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven as well as with a large number of other universities and companies, both at home and abroad. The Department has approximately 350 employees and more than 700 students.
Conditions of employmentEstimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 jaar
Maximum hours per week: 40
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
dr. M. Pechenizkiy
Telephone number: 31(0)402474977
Or ms. P.J. Evers BC
Telephone number: 31(0)402472321
E-mail address: pzwin@tue.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through the following link:Application
You can apply for this job before 31-05-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Eindhoven University of Technology
Postbus 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Nederland
E-mail: pzwin@tue.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber V32.020.
