<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">The Petanux in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg and Fraunhofer SCAI, is offering a full time PhD position focused on stratifying clinical disease trajectories and predicting individual rates of progression in Parkinson's Disease (PD). This research aims to develop innovative and explainable AI/ML models by analyzing data from cohorts such as PPMI, LuxPARK, and ICEBERG. The project will explore both linear and non-linear mixed modeling approaches, including neural networks with mixed effects, to better capture the long-term behavior of disease progression. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">The PhD position is fully funded under the AIS project of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) program, in collaboration with renowned Universities and SMEs across Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">The successful candidate will be enrolled at the University of Luxembourg, with the program commencing in October 2025 and spanning 36 months. For detailed information and application procedure, please visit: https://www.aipd-dn.eu/en/vacancies/AIPD-DC2-UL.html<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.8pt;
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<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>I don't anticipate a response outside of your business hours, even if I may be sending this message outside of those times. <br><br>----------------------------------------<br>Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mahdi Bohlouli<br>CEO and Founder, Petanux GmbH<br>Postal Address: Petanux GmbH, Godesberger Allee 73, D-53175 Bonn, Germany<br><br>Tel: +49 (0) 228 360 40 1 (Mo.-Fr. 08:00-12:00)<br>E-mail: contact@petanux.com (office)<br>WEB: http://www.petanux.com<br>LinkedIn (Personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbohlouli/<br>LinkedIn (Petanux): https://www.linkedin.com/company/petanux<br><br>Registered in the Commercial Register of the AG Bonn HRB 23027<br>Founder and CEO: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mahdi Bohlouli<br>USt.-IdNr.: DE312613807<br></div></div>
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