A position for a PhD grant (36 months) are available in the Bonsai group from University of Lille and Inria (France).

The Bonsai research group focuses on efficient algorithms and data structures for high-throughput sequencing data. This position is funded by a national collaborative project on Nanopore related sequencing technologies, that gathers groups in computational biology and wet labs (ANR ASTER).

The main objective is to define a general purpose local alignment algorithm that is able to handle long error-prone reads, using advanced techniques such as dimensionality reduction, seed-and-extend methods, alignment-free methods. The position requires a high level of expertise in discrete algorithms and good programming skills (C++).

For more information on the position and the application process, please contact Laurent Noe and Helene Touzet (<firstname>.<familyname>@univ-lille1.fr)