美国University of Arkansas招收CS全奖博士生（机器学习与因果推断）

There is currently an opening for Ph.D. students in the CausalAI Lab at the University of Arkansas, starting from Fall 2021. The student will be supported as graduate research assistants (RA). The RA support includes monthly stipend and out-of-state tuition waiver. The student is expected to work on cutting-edge research in causality-based fair machine learning. Applicants are expected to have a B.S. in Computer Science or closely related fields. Applicants are encouraged to send their supporting materials (e.g. resume or unofficial transcripts) to me (lz006@uark.edu) before submitting their formal applications.


Requirements for Ph.D. admission:
•        147 Qualitative (Verbal) and 157 Quantitative (Math) for GRE.
•        earned at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) grade point average on the last 60 hours of bachelor’s degree course work (approximately last two years of a four-year degree program).
•        provided official evidence of all academic course work and confirmation of an appropriate bachelor’s or master’s degree.
•        presented a minimum TOEFL score of 550 (paper- based)/79 (internet-based) or a 6.5 on the IELTS.
•        preferred CS courses taken including data structures, algorithms, programming proficiency in C++ and Java operating systems (which requires digital design and computer org), formal languages, and database.

The University of Arkansas has invested over $450 million on newly expanded and modernized facilities since 2011. The campus enrollment is 27,000 in 2015, increased by more than 6,000 students since 2008. The university was classified as a “research university with very high levels of research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation in 2011. The U.S. News & World Report identified the University of Arkansas as one of the country’s nine up-and-coming public universities and the Chronicle of Higher Education listed the university as one of the best in the country in which to work.

Northwest Arkansas is a vibrant economic region having a population of over 400,000 and is home to the corporate headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, all Fortune 500 companies. Fayetteville, the home of the University of Arkansas, is consistently rated as one of the nation’s top communities for its beauty, livability and safety, and as one of the best places in the U.S. for business and careers.