text_combined: david bellot ivxgfrvzbtyfreefr dear uaiers opening research development position group machine learning company one biggest financial institution world located london new area canary wharf team devoted quantitative analytics statistical methods order improve investment process services customers intensively use statistical learning methods position research development position aim developping new methods algorithms especially understanding multivariate time series related funds assets financial products forecasting classification 2 important topics team team aims also developping tools based research candidate good programming skills languages limited c matlab r etc important skills machine learning graphical models kernel methods classical statistical methods like regression variable selection boosting etc full time position member staff company ideally located london uk candidates msc phd level strongly encouraged apply submit resume david bellot ivxgfrvzbtygmailcom ivxgfrvzbtyfreefr hesitate contact information best regards david bellot fri 08 aug 2008 072832 0000 uai job announcement machine learning group major financial company