The Department of Computer Science is the leading unit for computer science research and education in Finland. The focus areas of research and teaching at the department are (1) algorithms and machine learning, (2) networking and services, and (3) software systems. Three Finnish Academy-funded centres of excellence operate at the department, and it works in close collaboration with the Helsinki Institute of Information Technology. The department is one of ten national centres of excellence in university education. The department employs some 170 persons, and its total budget is 11 Million Euros. The department has an outstanding research infrastructure, including a 1960-core computing cluster.
Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki is inviting applications for a
DOCTORAL STUDENT
position. The field of the study is bioinformatics. Supervision will be carried out by Professor Veli Mäkinen in the new Genome-scale algorithmics group that will be part of Finnish Centre of Excellence in Cancer Genetics Research starting 2012. The research group (currently under name succinct data structures) conducts research e.g. in space-efficient index structures for genomes, high-throughput sequencing data analysis, and fragment assembly, see http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/group/suds/.
Successful applicant should have Master’s Degree or equivalent qualification containing studies in algorithmic bioinformatics, and interest in pursuing research in scalability challenges related to high-throughput sequencing. The work is both theoretical algorithm development and practical engineering. The specific topic of PhD studies in Computer Science will be tailored based on the interests of the applicant. Some teaching and administration duties related to the bioinformatics Master’s programme may be assumed.
The salary will be based on rules of the salary system applied in Finnish universities, and can currently range between 1 867,48 and 3 451,58 euros. The contract offered will be initially for 24 months with extension pending on the availability of funding at that time.
The applicants are requested to enclose with their application a CV, a transcript of studies, and a cover letter describing the applicant’s interest to the subject. Applications should addressed to Professor Veli Mäkinen atrekry.genome[at]cs.helsinki.fi. The closing date for applications is Friday, 16 September 2011 at 15.45 local Helsinki time.
Further information may be obtained from Professor Veli Mäkinen, +358 9 191 51281, veli.makinen[at]cs.helsinki.fi.