Open positions are available for our ERC Consolidator Grant that kicked off January 1st, 2015 and runs for the next 5 years. The title is "CAUSALPATH: Next Generation Causal Analysis: Inspired by the Induction of Biological Pathways from Cytometry Data". ERC grants are prestigious European research programs that support scientific excellence and provide research autonomy and flexibility. The grant's goals are: (a) basic research on causal discovery, causal analysis, and causal modeling, (b) application on de novo inducing signal pathways from mass cytometry data, and (c) design of automated tools for causal discovery and signal pathways. CAUSALPATH is coordinated by our group in the Computer Science Department of University of Crete in collaboration with the Computational Medicine Unit in Karolinska Insitutet. Our group is highly multi-disciplinary and multi-national focusing on data analysis and machine learning with an emphasis on biomedical data. 
Description We are looking for bright, ambitious, energetic, hard-working researchers to join our effort and lead fundamental breakthroughs in the field. All applicants should have a strong algorithmic and mathematical background, a strong publication record in the field, and experience with designing and executing research plans; they should be able to work well as parts of a multi-disciplinary team and have excellent communication skills. All applicants should have a Ph.D. in a related field, such as computer science, engineering, statistics, applied mathematics, operations research, or bioinformatics. We are primarily interested in the following fields: Causal Discovery, Causal Modeling, Causal Analysis expert, Dynamic Systems (ODEs, SDEs, etc.). The applicant must have a Ph.D. in one of these research directions and experience with algorithms, methods and analysis based on at least one of the following causal formalism, such as Bayesian Networks, Maximal Ancestral Graphs, Chain Graphs, Semi-Markov Causal Models, Structural Equations Models, Differential Equations, functional analysis of causal relations, modeling, or inducing, or reasoning about properties of Dynamical Systems such expressed with Differential Equations or Markov Chains. Experience with analysis of biological data and analysis of high dimensional data is a plus. While the ERC grant provides funding for up to 5 years, our group is continuously and actively seeking research funding to secure the contracts of all hires. We welcome application from international applicants. Fluency in English is necessary; no knowledge of Greek is required. University of Crete is located near Heraklion, the 4th largest city in Greece on the coast of the island of Crete. The location is ideal for people who enjoy sunny weather and aquatic activities, or are attracted by the history and archeological sites of the island. The Computer Science Department, who will host the research activities, is sited in new buildings and research facilities completed in 2013. The contracts should ideally start on May 2015 or within a few months. Later start dates are possible if agreed up with the Principal Investigator Prof. Tsamardinos. 
The project is financed by the European Union. 
Net monthly amount: 2.600,00€ 
Duration: 2 years 
Nr of positions available : 1 
Research Fields Computer science 
Career Stage Experienced researcher or 4-10 yrs (Post-Doc) 

Research Profiles First Stage Researcher (R1) 
Comment/web site for additional job details More information about our group and the grant at: www.mensxmachina.org www.mensxmachina.org/causalpath 
The applicants sould sent 1. Degree title 2. CV with details of relevant academic/work experience, including publication list. 3. Application form the applicants sould find the application form in https://www.elke.uoc.gr/announcements/news/view.aspx?id=2580 
and must be sent by mail to: 
thomakis@uoc.gr 
mentioning the call number 1097 
Requirements Required Research Experiences 
Main Research Field 
Computer science Required Education Level 
Degree Field 
Computer science Additional Requirements 
Necessary qualifications: 
• Ph.D. in computer science, applied mathematics, mathematics, statistics, engineering, bioinformatics, biostatistics, operations research or related field 
• Proven research record 
• Proven research record in causal modeling, causal discovery, causal analysis, or modeling of dynamic systems (ordinary differential equations, stochastic differential equations, etc.) 
• Two or more (up to three) excellent recommendation letters from established researchers in the field 
• Excellent communication skills in English 
• Strong algorithmic and/or mathematical background 
• Proven programming / computational experience 
• Greek males applying for the positions should have either fulfilled their military obligations or have secured postponement until the end of the contract. 
Additional qualifications: 
• Proven research record in data fusion, Relational Learning, Representation Learning, and learning in Big Data settings or related advanced data analysis techniques 
• Proven record in scientific programming 
• Proven research record in multivariate statistics or related field of high-dimensional data. 
• Experience with analysis of biological data and analysis of high dimensional data. 
• Experience with analysis of cytometry data 
• Experience with research grant proposal writing and execution of funded research grants 
Greek males applying for the positions should have either fulfilled their military obligations or have secured postponement until the end of the contract. Τ
he nominates have the right of objection towards the results of the valuation of the proposals only and exclusively for the questions of a legally proper procedure and for ethical issues, within 5 days from the next day of the raisal of the results into the website of the Special Account for Research Grants of the University of Crete. The objections may be submitted either electronically to the address thomakis@uoc.gr , or through the fax no 2810393130, or alteranively through a written statement submitted to the Secretariat of the Special Account for Research Grants of the UoC. During the above deadline the objecting applicants have the right of process to the personal files and the valuation reports of the rest nominates, according to the requirements imposed by the Greek Code of Administrative Procedure and the rest Greek legislation as regards the protection of personal data. Required Research Experiences 
Years of Research Experience 
4 Required Education Level 
Degree 
PhD or equivalent