text_combined: douglas aberdeen litudsfpwrwcanueduau research positions reinforcement learning australia national ict australia nicta canberra lab open postdoc researcher senior researcher positions area reinforcement learning rl positions created expand current rl group within nictas statistical machine learning program httpsmlnictacomau headed dr alex smola current rl group consists dr douglas aberdeen dr olivier buffet plus research engineer students rl group currently interest use rl methods decisiontheoretic planning thus strong relationship nictas colocated planning group headed sylvie thiebaux jussi rintanen rest statistical machine learning group interests kernel methods optimisation graphical models bioinformatics document analysis nicta australias premier ict information communication technology research institute approximately 300 researchers across country conducting diverse range technology research statistical machine learning group based canberra conducts research cooperation australian national university anu anu consistently ranked top 10 universities asiapacific region top 50 world pure research positions however small amount teaching anu encouraged duties position also include supervision research students participation program activities nicta provides generous resources travel supporting visitors activities commercialisation research postdocresearcher positions typically 3 year fixed term senior researcher positions typically ongoing applicants indicate preference positions salary commensurate background applicant approximately range 65000 110000 australian dollars per year tax formal applications made online httpnictacomaujobshtml however please email questions expressionsofinterest dougaberdeenanueduau closing date applications december 15 positions taken april 2007 earlier dr douglas aberdeen senior researcher statistical machine learning national ict australia limited locked bag 8001 canberra act 2601 tel 61 2 6125 8647 fax 61 2 6125 8645 email litudsfpwrwcanueduau web httpsmlnictacomaudaa imagination driving australias ict future receive latest nicta information register http nictacomauregistrationcfm thu 07 aug 2008 200301 1000 uai research positions reinforcement learning australia