Opportunities - Sherry Sahebi

I am looking for motivated graduate and undergraduate students who have strong interest in the area of data science for human-centered applications, including recommender systems and learning analytics. For more information on my research, take a look at my research projects.

Post-Doctoral Position

We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow, for an NSF-Funded project, who is interested in developing predictive models to identify and detect procrastination processes in students while studying in an online learning environment. The postdoctoral fellow will work in the Computer Science Department, as part of an interdisciplinary team with an expertise in machine learning and education, at the State University of New York – Albany, Albany, USA. The research has an emphasis on temporal and social modeling of student trace, survey, and interaction data, using sequential and process models. Requirements:

PhD (or near completion of PhD) in machine learning, or computer science with a focus of educational data mining, recommender systems, or social network modeling;
A strong research record, documented by recent publications in the past 3 years;
Good communication skills and fluency in English;
Being highly motivated and creative, enjoying working in a collaborative research environment.

The position is provided for up to 2 years with competitive salary. The starting dates are flexible (available starting August 1st, 2019). Applications will be considered until the position is filled. Please send your detailed CV (including the contact information of two references) and a one-page research statement, discussing how your background fits the requirements and topic to Dr. Sherry Sahebi at ssahebi@albany.edu and Dr. Reza Feyzi Behnagh at rfeyzibehnagh@albany.edu with the subject “Postdoc Application”.

Graduate and Undergraduate Research Positions

Contact me if you are interested in any of the following funded positions.

Potential PhD Students: Admitted students will be enrolled in the doctoral program in the Department of Computer Science at University at Albany - SUNY, and will work with me on developing innovative methods in: Data Mining and Data Analytics, Machine Learning for User-Adaptive Systems, Learning Analytics, Recommender Systems, Social Network Analysis, and other related topics. Please email me if you are interested in this position or apply to the CS PhD program.
Research Assistant: If you are already a UAlbany student, interested in any of the above research topics, send me an email to meet and discuss your interests.

Preferable Background

The selected candidates should demonstrate strong interests and relevant training/skills including:

Completed B.S./M.S. degree(s) in one of these disciplines: Computer Science/Engineering, Information Sciences, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Physics, Industrial Engineering.
Excellent writing and spoken English skills
Experience with computational environments (R, Matlab/Octave); programming skills in scripting languages (Python, Perl, Javascript, etc) and/or in major languages (C, C++, Java); knowledge of Databases (MySQL, etc.)