Applications are invited for an immediately available Visveswaraya PhD Scholar position at the Amrita School of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science and Engg., Bengaluru with Dr. Prashanth Athri. The prestigious scholarship comes with attractive benefits (Check the DeitY web-site for details). This position would train the candidate in various data science/analystics tracks, as well as gain some perspective on the explosive bioinformatics/ precision medicine domain.
Requirements: Prospective candidates will have strong OO programming skills & a Masters degree.
Project title - Semantic web based bio- medical/informatics data integration: Many prominent questions that are relevant in a clinical, biomedical or a even a research context, can only be answered by serially querying multiple databases. In this project we seek to integrate the clinical, genomic, bio-medical/informatic databases via semantic technologies, various machine learning and data analytic algorithms.
How to Apply: Interested candidates should e-mail a CV (with GPAs), as well as results of any of the national standardized tests you may have taken.
Research @ Amrita: Amrita University provides state-of-art compute facilities with access to leading edge GPU & CPU clusters, a conducive environment for collaborative, cross-disciplinary research and fosters industrial collaborations in various areas.
Contact: prashanth.athri@gmail.com
Is it for Master's holder, or B.Tech. students will also be considered?
I have funding for PhD JRF positions, will consider motivated BTechs. The Visveswaraya fellowship, I believe is for Masters' holders.