Re: [InetBib] Scholarship Recommender Systems & Personalization

[21Diamonds <martin.baersack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ulf Brefeld <brefeld@...> writes:

> Subject to a close co-operation with the Zalando GmbH [1], the Knowledge 
Mining & Assessment Group [2] at
> Technical University of Darmstadt is offering a
>
>  Zalando Doctoral Scholarship on Recommender Systems and Personalization
>
> Zalando is known for rapid growth and innovative Marketing driven by a 
young and dynamic team; behind the
> scenes, it is aiming at creating the best online fashion experience. To 
that end Zalando is working on
> cutting edge personalization technologies and recommendations. The 
Knowledge Mining & Assessment
> Group at TU Darmstadt headed by Prof. Dr. Ulf Brefeld focuses on machine 
learning and information
> retrieval. The cooperation with Zalando offers an outstanding access to 
novel problem settings and real
> data at enterprise-level scales. We will collaborate closely with the 
Recommendations Group and the
> Data Intelligence Team at Zalando. Regular visits at the Zalando 
Headquarters in Berlin are encouraged.
> Requirements for application
> Excellently qualified graduates from the disciplines of computer science, 
mathematics, statistics,
> and related studies are invited to apply. Successful candidates are 
expected to possess very good
> programming skills in Python (Hadoop, Java, C/C++ skills are a bonus), to 
work independently,
> demonstrate their personal commitment, team and communication skills as 
well as a readiness to
> cooperate. Experience in recommender systems, machine learning, and 
information retrieval and
> processing methods would be appreciated.
>
> The scholarship is granted for 36 months for completing a doctoral thesis. 
The successful candidate will
> be granted 1,400 Euros per month (tax free). Women and people with 
disabilities are expressly invited to
> submit their application.
>
> The Department of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt [3] regularly ranks 
among the top in Germany. Among its
> distinguishing features are its research initiative “Knowledge Discovery 
on the Web“ [4] focusing
> on powerful language technology procedures, text mining, machine learning 
and scalable
> infrastructures for assessing and aggregating knowledge.
>
> Please submit your application by February 4, 2013. Applications should 
include a letter of motivation,
> CV and details regarding previous scientific work, certifications of 
studies and work, including the
> graduate thesis and possibly electronic publications. Applications as well 
as inquiries should be sent
> to Stefanie Schmahl <schmahl@...<mailto:schmahl@...>>.
>
> [1] http://www.zalando.de/
> [2] http://www.kma.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/<https://www.informatik.tu-
darmstadt.de/>
> [3] http://www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/
> [4] http://www.werc.tu-darmstadt.de/

> Not a bad idea and opportunity by Zalando. We are also funded by Rocket, 
and you can really learn a lot in these startups and it has become a real 
talent pool. We are selling jewellry and watches online, if you are 
interested:

http://www.21diamonds.de/

Have fun :)

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