The ACM Lab in the Department of Psychiatry, Computer Science, and Neuroscience Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks a talented, highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a background in machine learning and/or biomedical image processing. The ACM Lab is developing software to support AI-driven techniques to rapidly diagnose, track, and treat neurodisorders.
Responsibilities for this position include a combination of:
● Developing deep-learning approaches for insight and analysis about mouse behavior from video
● Machine Learning: use your expertise in statistics and machine learning to analyze high dimensional medical imaging data
● Make it easy to get high quality, automated, results without expert intervention. Build scalable products and reusable libraries in Python, Scala, and/or C++, taking advantage of Spark, Hadoop, and other tool stacks as appropriate.
● Developing computational and algorithmic approaches to understand the neurobiological mechanism of neurodisorders
● Interact cross-functionally: work with people across the team to find creative solutions and deliver them
● Skilled at data visualization and presentation The candidate will be called upon to present work at national and international research conferences.
Required Qualifications:
● Ph.D. in Computer Science, Information Science, Biomedical Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical discipline.
● Experience with Computer Vision and Deep Learning architectures (CNNs, RNNs, etc).
● Strong foundation in machine learning and data science.
● Programming skills with proficiency in Python, Java, and/or R.
Desired Qualifications:
● Experience with neuroimaging/neuroscience studies.
● Experience with machine learning frameworks such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and/or Keras.
● Experience with biomedical image processing
● Ability to present/visualize outputs to multidisciplinary audience.
Required Application Materials:
● Cover Letter
● Statement of Interest
● Curriculum Vitae
● Contact information from 3 references
Contact:
Guorong Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
919.966.2216
grwu@med.unc.edu
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