Joint Postdoc Position at Rice University and University of Houston [PDF]

The Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice University and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston invite applications for a joint postdoctoral research associate position.

The initial term of appointment is one year with a possible 2nd/3rd year extension. The term of appointment will begin on or after August 1, 2010. University of Houston will be the primary host during the first year. The salary will be competitive.

Research fields

The focus of the research is on compressed sensing, machine learning, optimization, as well as their applications especially in signal processing and wireless communications.

For more information on related research, see:

• wireless.egr.uh.edu
• www.caam.rice.edu/~optimization/L1/
• dsp.rice.edu/cs

Qualification

Candidates should have finished a PhD in applied/computational mathematics, electrical engineering, statistics, operations research, or a related field by August 2010 or the time of appointment and no earlier than December 2006.

City of Houston

Rice University and University of Houston are located 4 miles apart in Houston. For more information on Houston, which was recently ranked #1 city in the US to live, work, and play, see: www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-city-houston.html

Contact

Applicants should send a letter of application, current vita, and descriptions of research plans to both wyin AT rice.edu and zhan2 AT mail.uh.edu. At least three letters of reference will be required.

Rice University and the University of Houston are Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity institutions.