Available Opportunities

Postdocs and PhDs, UNSW, Sydney, 2022

The postdocs and PhD(s) will work closely with Prof Salim and the stakeholders and industry partners, including Cisco, Transport for NSW, Innovation Central Sydney, and others to deliver new and breakthrough research outputs, and translate the research output towards impactful outcomes. The R&D ecosystem through Prof Salim’s Cisco chair role brings in new opportunities for novel research in human behaviour representation learning at multiple scale, given the access to high quality, high volume of multimodal spatio-temporal and mobility datasets from Australian cities, and excellent opportunities to engage with industry and communities to translate the research into real-world contexts of use. Apply for the postdoc in Machine Learning on PageUp. Available PhD Topics:

  • Representation learning of spatio-temporal and/or mobility data
  • Data-efficient learning with multimodal sensor data
  • Language models, graph models, hybrid models for time-series/spatio-temporal/mobility data
  • Edge AI / machine learning on the edge
  • Mobility data science
  • Graph embedding for spatio-temporal / POI / urban recommender systems
  • Human-centric behaviour learning with AI+IoT/wearables for applications in the future of transport/mobility and the associated areas

Postdoc

Postdoctoral Research Associate/Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Machine Learning at School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Apply here.

PhD Scholarships

Tuition fee scholarship and stipend at 2022 rate.

Next deadline closes on 13th May in UNSW system. This means you should’ve submitted your docs to me ASAP (see how to apply below), at least 2-3 weeks before the UNSW submission deadline. Upon submission of competitive application, you will need to pass an interview and the research proposal needs to be prepared in consultation with me. Then only you can proceed with the submission to UNSW system prior to the Key dates.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

  • have excellent research capability and strong motivation to do PhD;
  • have strong coding skills;
  • have first-class honours or equivalent or a Masters by research degree in a relevant discipline of Computer Science from a top-ranked university;
  • have a prior experience in research writing, as evidenced by a well-written research output (eg. paper or thesis);
  • be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, or an international student meeting the minimum English language requirements;
  • provide evidence of good oral and written communication skills;
  • demonstrate the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary research team;
  • meet UNSW’s entry requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy

How to apply

To apply, please submit the following documents to flora.salim@unsw.edu.au.

  • a cover letter (research statement), addressing the criteria and topics in the call.
  • a CV that includes any publications/awards and the contact details of 2 referees.
  • a copy of electronic academic transcripts.
  • a short brief or abstract of research proposal, to be developed further after successful interview.

To learn the process further, read How to Apply