The Faculty of Applied Economic Sciencesis seeking  to fill the following full-time (100%) vacancy in the Department of Engineering Management

Doctoral Grant by the University Research Fund (BOF)
in the area of Data Mining

Job description

·      You prepare a doctoral thesis in the field of Data mining for tax fraud detection;

·      You contribute to teaching and research inthe Department of Engineering Management.

Profile and requirements

·      You hold a master degree  in computer science, informatics, economics, business administration, mathematics, physics, artificial intelligence or related areas;

·      You can submit outstanding academic results;

·      Also students in the final year of their degree can apply;

·      Foreign candidates are encouraged to apply;

·      Your academic qualities comply with the requirements stipulated in theuniversity’s policy; 

·      You are quality-oriented, conscientious, creative and cooperative;

·      You have an affinity with data analysis and a basic knowledge of the principles of programming. Knowledge of network analysis and Matlab/Python/noSQL is a plus point.

We offer

·      A doctoral scholarship for a period of two years, with the possibility of renewal for a further two-year period after positive evaluation;

·      The start date of scholarship will be January 1st 2015;

·      A monthly grant amount ranging from € 2.167,88 - € 2.486,53;

·      A dynamic and stimulating work environment.

Interested?

·      Applications may only be submitted online, until the closing date November 2nd 2014;

·      A pre-selection will be made from amongst the submitted applications. The remainder of the selection procedure is specific to the position and will be determined by the selection panel;

·      The interviews will take place from November 3rd and November 21st 2014;

·      More information about the application form can be obtained from Robin Wynants (TEL 03 265 31 41);

·      For questions about the profile and the description of duties, please contact prof. David Martens (www.uantwerpen.be/david-martens)   

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