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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI (postdoc position at Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Simon Benjamin [mailto:simon.benjamin@materials.ox.ac.uk] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 25, 2014 3:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> Matthew Turk<br><b>Subject:</b> Oxford recruiting quantum machine learning post<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Matthew,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm writing to you because I've found your Machine Learning team references in several sources online. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm a researcher focused on quantum technology. One of the emerging topics in the field is, can quantum phenomena be harnessed to improve machine learning tasks. We have a new project starting up to look into this, and we're recruiting a postdoc. This postdoc need not have any background in quantum physics; a background in ML or optimisation is just as suitable. So I was hoping that you might be able to circulate this advert around your group and any other ML/optimisation teams you know of.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The deadline is coming up: noon 1st September. I attach a PDF -- is it possible for you to circulate this to CQT as an email attachment?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As you can see from the ad, the main points are<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- 3 Year Postdoc available immediately or as soon as the applicant is free.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- Held in Oxford with strong international links<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- It's a theory post but the applicant doesn't need to be a quantum person, could be someone from maths/computer science background.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- DEADLINE 1st Sept<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- More info at QuOpaL.com<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Simon.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Simon Benjamin,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Professor of Quantum Technologies,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Head of Quantum and Nanotechnology Theory group,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Materials Dept, University of Oxford. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Group site: <a href="http://QuNat.org" target="_blank">QuNat.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>University site: <a href="http://www.OxfordQuantum.org" target="_blank">OxfordQuantum.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>+44 (0)7980 190 931<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>