Business Process mining

R&D Fellowship Grant (PhD) – Business Process Mining

Expressions of Interest

Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand is a young and dynamic university that offers a stimulating teaching and research environment, with strong connections to business and industry. AUT has a mission to promote excellent research that inspires curiosity, advances knowledge and benefits communities, with a strong focus on applied and interdisciplinary research.

The Department of Information Technology and Software Engineering at AUT is currently seeking Expressions of interest from candidates interested in undertaking a PhD research in the field of data mining for business process discovery and analytics. The project is to be performed in collaboration with a company in Auckland and is subject to funding approval by Callaghan Innovation, NZ.

The successful candidate will ideally have a background in data/process mining and process-aware information systems or related field. In addition they will need to satisfy the admission criteria for AUT’s PhD program and hold an appropriate visa at the time of application. Candidates should also be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and a high level understanding of data (text) mining, pattern mining, and machine learning techniques. Candidates with experience in experimental and applied research, or development of business intelligence/analytics tools, would be highly regarded.

$25k per annum for 3 years and AUT through a fees scholarship.

Contact Dr Sira Yongchareon – sira.yongchareon@aut.ac.nz

Applications close on 31st March 2018