The successful candidate will design and implement a new anomaly detection method in collaboration with Computer Science professor Nathalie Japkowicz and Statistics professor Michael Baron. This work will combine neural network and machine learning techniques with statistical learning methods. The resulting system will automatically recognize anomalies from stream data in real time, classify, and adapt to them.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate will hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science in the area of Machine Learning and Neural Networks. S/he must have an interest and some experience in a variety of machine learning techniques such as one-class learning or outlier detection, approaches to deal with the class imbalance problem, big data analysis tools such as Spark, time-series analysis and data stream learning techniques. S/he must have experience or interest in integrating Statistical methods in the system and be interested in collaborating with a team of statisticians. S/he will have a record of publications in well-recognized conference and/or journal venues.
The principal duties to be carried out include:
• The design of the Lifelong Streaming Anomaly Detection system’s architecture and identification of the challenging aspects of this design leading to the creation of several sub-projects (CS and Stats) to be conducted in parallel or sequentially (in collaboration with Drs. Japkowicz and Baron)
• The implementation (with testing, refinement, etc.) of the most challenging sub-projects. (Supervised by Drs. Japkowicz and Baron)
• The supervision of Senior or Master`s Students implementations (with testing and refinement) of the less challenging projects (co-Supervisions with Drs. Japkowicz and Baron)
• The integration of the various sub-projects within an overall system and testing of that system`s performance (in terms of accuracy, time and space)
• The preparation of conference and journal manuscripts with Drs. Japkowicz, Baron and the students involved in the projects.
• Assistance in the preparation of additional grant proposals to continue the project or develop new ideas emanating from the project.
Location
The successful candidate will be affiliated with de Department of Computer Science at American University in Washington, DC. S/he will be working with Professor Nathalie Japkowicz and participate in the creation of a Defense and Security Research Laboratory (click here to see a description of the Laboratory Dr. Japkowicz previously led at the University of Ottawa).
Length
The appointment is a 12-month term position (renewable for 12 months pending successful completion of the work and funding) and will commence on February 1, 2019. Rank will be dependent on experience and stature in the field.
Submitting an Application
Salary is competitive. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled, subject to on-going budgetary approval. Please submit applications via: Interfolio . Include a letter of application, curriculum vita, three letters of recommendation, and copies of recent published papers or working papers. Please contact Nathalie Japkowicz, at nathalie.japkowicz@american.edu if you have any questions.
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