Dear list members,

Several new fully funded PhD positions available in the Data Science & Systems Complexity programme at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Groningen. The projects entitled `The value of data' and `Home robotics' will be supervised by Bart Verheij and myself, together with Ernst Wit and Ming Cao, respectively.

If you are interested in artificial intelligence, logic, probability theory, argumentation, data analysis or robotics, don't hesitate to apply! If you have questions, do get in touch with:

l***********e@rug.nl b*******j@rug.nl

Information about the two projects: The value of data: http://www.rug.nl/research/fse/themes/dssc/cofund/ training/#project-4-the-value-of-data Home robotics: http://www.rug.nl/research/fse/themes/dssc/cofund/ training/#project-13-home-robotics

There is also a project co-supervised by Marieke van Vugt: http://www.rug.nl/research/fse/themes/dssc/cofund/training/#project-7- understanding-the-complex-system-of-the-brain

…and a project co-supervised by Marco Wiering and Lambert Schomaker: http://www.rug.nl/research/fse/themes/dssc/cofund/training/#project-2- dimensionality-reduction-for-huge-classification-problems

Information about application: http://www.rug.nl/research/fse/themes/dssc/cofund/application/

Please note the following: - In your motivation letter, you should apply for a specific project or projects. - There are restrictions: you should not have resided or carried out your main activity in The Netherlands for more than 12 months in the three years before July 15, 2017 (the deadline for application).

Best wishes,

Ben Wolf team leader Team Borg, University of Groningen