ML/NLP postdoc position at UC Santa Barbara

The Computer Science Department at University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a postdoc position in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. The candidate will work with Dr. William Wang (http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~william/) to design novel ML algorithms for information extraction.
Requirements:
1. Obtained or finishing up a PhD in Computer Science or related field with a focus in AI/ML/NLP/CV;
2. Strong prior publishing records at top conferences and/or journals in AI/ML/NLP/CV;
3. Passionate about advancing AI, and self-motivated;
4. Mathematically mature, and proficiency in statistical methods for ML modeling;
5. Proficiency in programming and familiar with TensorFlow/Torch/Theano/MXNet/Caffe.
UC Santa Barbara is a leading public research university in the U.S., and it was highly ranked in a recent CS conference publication based CS department ranking (http://csrankings.org/). PhD graduates and postdocs have taken research scientists positions at leading industry labs, as well as faculty positions at prestigious schools such as UChicago, Dartmouth, Purdue, Virginia Tech, OSU, Northeastern, and Rochester. UCSB boasts to be one of the most beautiful campuses in the world (https://vimeo.com/106330614) with perfect weather year round.
Dr. William Wang has received several best paper awards and nominations at leading conferences, and he was recently named one of the most prolific first authors in NLP/ML from 2012-2016.
UCSB’s international scholar office will provide support for visa, and we will provide top academic salary and travel budget for postdocs. This position is expected to be filled asap, and the initial contract for this position is 1.5 years. Qualified candidates may email their CVs to william-AT-cs.ucsb.edu.