Faculty Data Science & Data Engineering Fellowship in United Kingdom 2021

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Nonprofit organization

Faculty - AI

Area

Central and Eastern Europe

Host Country

United Kingdom

Deadline

22 Oct 2020

Study level

Doctoral Degree

Opportunity type

Fellowships

Specialities

Engineering , Information technology and computer science

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Algeria , Comoros , Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Mauritania , Oman , Qatar , Somalia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Tunisia , Yemen

Eligible Region

All Regions

Faculty - AI is offering a fellowship opportunity for PhD holders. The Faculty fellowship programme helps academics and STEM post-graduates become highly-skilled data scientists and transition successfully into careers and industries that are ready to benefit from artificial intelligence. After two weeks of intensive lectures and workshops at Faculty, wherein fellows will learn how to apply their technical knowledge towards the application of data science, fellows are paired with project companies for a six-week data science project.

Requirements:

You must have the right to work full time in the UK. If this is on a basis of a visa, please provide details of your visa with your application.
In general, successful candidates meet most of the requirements below:

A finished PhD in a STEM subject.
A high level of mathematical competence.
The ability to code or have programming experience.
Some experience with theoretical concepts of statistical learning (e.g. hypothesis testing, Bayesian Inference, Regression and others).
Experience with some coding libraries frequently used in data science.
The ability to communicate effectively with different audiences.
Experience composing and following a project plan/sticking to self-imposed deadlines/proactively solving your own problems.

TimeLines:

Submit your application by 8pm GMT 22 October 2020.
Regardless of the application outcome, you will be notified by the end of October.
Interview candidates via Google Hangouts. Candidates will be notified about the interviews by email.
The interviews will take place between the end of October and the end of November.
There might be a technical test as part of the selection process based on the information provided on the application.
Successful candidates will be notified via email by 11 December 2020.
The course starts on Monday 25 January 2021 and runs through to Friday 19 March 2021.
You will need to be able to work in London for the duration of the course.

Benefits:

You will receive £2,064 for the total period
After the programme, the fellows are welcome to join free online community where fellows discuss data science news, techniques, conferencesand much more.
Faculty provides career support to the graduated fellows

About Faculty - AI:

Since 2014, Faculty (formerly ASI Data Science) has helped more than 280 PhD graduates, post-doctoral researchers and experienced software engineers transition into a career in data science through our fellowship programme. The Faculty fellowship programme helps academics and STEM post-graduates become highly-skilled data scientists and transition successfully into careers and industries that are ready to benefit from artificial intelligence. After two weeks of intensive lectures and workshops at Faculty, wherein fellows will learn how to apply their technical knowledge towards the application of data science, fellows are paired with project companies for a six-week data science project, during which fellows are paid the London Living Wage.

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