PHD POSITION IN IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES FOR REASONING WITH RISK AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
This PhD position is jointly funded by the Irish Research Council for Science and Engineering Technology (IRCSET) and IBM, and is part of a larger project involving several researchers at IBM and University College Cork, Ireland, working in different aspects of risk management. There is a substantial literature on probabilistic approaches for risk analysis. However, it can be very hard to obtain reliable and precise values of the probability of some events, especially if we do not have good historical data about such events, or if changed circumstances reduce the relevance of previous data or experience. The cost or value of an event can be even harder to reliably estimate. Furthermore, an expert can sometimes be more comfortable with giving more qualitative probabilistic or cost information. A number of theories of reasoning with uncertainty have been developed - in particular, in the Artificial Intelligence community - which are related to notions of imprecise probability. The aim of this project is to develop models of risk analysis based on imprecise probabilities and other uncertainty and cost formalisms, in particular, based on graphical models. The candidate should have a good honours degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, Business Studies or a related subject, strong mathematical ability and competent programming skills. Please apply to Dr. Nic Wilson (n.wil...@4c.ucc.ie, Cork Constraint Computation Centre, Dept of Computer Science, University College Cork, Ireland) with a current CV. _______________________________________________ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
