Postdoc position on Data Mining at Texas A&M University

Job description: This is a full-time position for one year with the possibility of extension. The successful candidate will be working on data mining, machine learning and their applications on social computing, and health informatics. The candidate will work closely with the PI Dr. Xia "Ben" Hu. The expected starting date is May 1, 2017, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Closing date for applications: Evaluation will start immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Requirements:
1) PhD, or near to completion of a PhD in a related subject area.
2) Excellent programming skills.
3) Proven publication record in top-tier conferences (e.g. IJCAI, AAAI, NIPS, ICML, KDD, ACL, WWW, SIGIR, WSDM).
4) Ability in effective and persuasive communication.
Background about the university:
Texas A&M is conveniently located in a triangle formed by Dallas, Houston and Austin. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering has top-ranked Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs. The department has faculty with a number of national distinctions, including ACM, IEEE, AAAS and SIAM Fellows, and ACM Distinguished Scientists and Engineers. More information about the department is available at www.cse.tamu.edu .
The application should contain:
1) Cover letter with motivation and preferred starting date
2) CV including a list of publications
3) Copies of two relevant publications
4) Contact information of two references
The application should be sent as a single PDF to Dr. Xia "Ben" Hu (hu-AT-cse.tamu.edu).