Machine Learning PhD. Opportunity in Clemson University

The CLAIR (Clemson AI Research) Lab at the Department of Computer Science of Clemson University is seeking outstanding candidates to fill 1-2 PhD student positions starting from the Fall 2022 semester. Students will work in the areas of Machine Learning and Data Science, with their applications in Medical Image Computing, NLP, Bioinformatics and Computer Vision. Fully funded RA/TA positions will be provided in the Department of Computer Science at Clemson University. These research assistantships are to work with Dr. Kai Liu towards Ph.D. degrees.   

Desirable applicants should have BS or above degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Automation or other related fields, and strong motivation towards high quality research. All students will work with Dr. Liu on multidisciplinary research projects and publish papers in top journals and conferences (e.g., NIPS/ICML/AAAI/IJCAI, CVPR/ICCV, KDD/SDM ...). Interested candidates please send your CV and transcripts of all degrees to Dr. Liu at kail@clemson.edu

Clemson University is a public research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second largest university in student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enrolled a total of 20,195 undergraduate students and 5,627 graduate students. Clemson's 1,400-acre campus is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

U.S. News & World Report ranks Clemson University tied at 74th for 2021 among all national U.S. universities and top 30 in the category of Top Public Schools. Clemson University is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."


Requirements:

1.        Strong interest in research.

2.        Solid mathematical background.

3.        Strong programming skills in Matlab/Python.

4.        Highly self-motivated.