Vacancy for a postdoctoral researcher in the field of predictive and prescriptiv

The Research Centre for Information Systems Engineering (LIRIS) at the Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in the domain of process analytics. The position is offered in the context of a broader research proposal on predictive process monitoring with a focus on (among others) process model forecasting and process- and event log-wide feature engineering for predictive and prescriptive purposes. Candidates ideally have recently obtained their PhD in the wider area of process mining and machine learning with a focus on building predictive and/or prescriptive models using state-of-the-art models including deep learning models such as LSTMs, GNNs, GANs, and reinforcement learning algorithms.

This position offers candidates an opportunity to further develop their research skills within the context of the project but does also allow the candidate to keep on developing their own research lines given there is a fit with the overarching topic.

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Responsibilities

• Perform class-leading research in predictive and/or prescriptive process monitoring.
• Teach possibly 1 course of up to 6 ECTS.
• Assist in the guidance of 2-3 PhD candidates on a similar topic.
• Lead or support grant writing for additional (postdoc) funding proposals.
• Supervise 4-6 MSc dissertations per academic year in the field of Information Systems Engineering and Information Management.

Profile

• You have or will have obtained (close to the starting date) a PhD in Information Systems Engineering/Informatics/Computer Science/Machine Learning/Statistics or a related discipline with a focus on process analytics, preferably with a focus on building predictive and/or prescriptive models.
• You have a mature publication track record with exposure in top journals within the field of process analytics and in conference proceedings of leading outlets including CAiSE, BPM, ICPM, and more.
• You might have some experience in project proposal writing.
• You have experience in guiding MSc students.
• You are fluent in English (written/spoken) and have strong communication and presentation skills.

Offer

We offer a fulltime employment as a postdoctoral researcher on a one-year contract which can be extended (per year for no longer than 2 years in total) after a positive evaluation. You will work under the supervision of Prof. Johannes De Smedt and Prof. Jochen De Weerdt.

You will be located at the Research Centre for Information Systems Engineering (LIRIS) of KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). You will find a dynamic and pleasant working environment in this research group that is actively involved in scientific research at the highest international level in different domains such as business intelligence, data mining, process mining, conceptual modelling, model-driven engineering, and smart learning environments. Research projects in these domains are focusing both on fundamental research as on applied research.

Interested?

For more information please contact Prof. dr. Johannes De Smedt, mail: johannes.desmedt@kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. Jochen De Weerdt, mail: jochen.deweerdt@kuleuven.be.

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