PostDoc in Longitudinal Retinal Image Analysis

Wednesday 8th February 2023

Organization Medical University of Vienna
Location Vienna, Austria
Title PostDoc in Longitudinal Retinal Image Analysis
URL https://optima.meduniwien.ac.at
Email Address hrvoje.bogunovic@meduniwien.ac.at
Description OPTIMA Lab is seeking an exceptionally motivated postdoc to strengthen our interdisciplinary team working on machine learning for medical image analysis. As part of a multidisciplinary and multinational project funded by Wellcome Trust, you will be leading exciting research, at the interface of machine learning and medicine. The focus is on automated characterization of retinal pathology from 3D optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of human retina, and on learning to predict patient-specific disease progression from a very large-scale curated longitudinal imaging data and electronic health records.

The successful candidate will be immersed into an interdisciplinary environment working closely with a team of computer scientists, software engineers and medical doctors. Advancements will have a real world impact on clinical management of patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness today.

*Your profile*
- Strong background in machine and deep learning, medical image analysis or computer vision
- Relevant publication record in the field
- Ability to organize your work with minimal supervision and to meet deadlines of the project
- Excellent analytical, interpersonal, as well as written and oral communication skills in English are essential

*Our offer*
- You will be immersed into an interdisciplinary environment, working closely with a team of computer scientists, software engineers and medical experts.
- Access to extremely large sets of curated and annotated ophthalmic images.
- The lab is well-equipped with a dedicated high-performance computing cluster containing the latest generation GPUs.
- The lab keeps close collaboration with several high-performance academic research institutions, as well as partnership with imaging device and pharmaceutical companies.

The OPTIMA lab is a world-leading group in ophthalmic image analysis part of the Medical University of Vienna which is an international center of excellence and one of the largest research institutions in Europe located at the heart of historic Vienna. Vienna is regularly declared the world’s most liveable city.

*Application*
- Cover letter, with a summary of your scientific activities and your motivations
- CV
- Contact information of three references

The position is opened immediately until filled, early applications will be given priority. Female candidates are explicitly encouraged to apply!

Please send applications to: hrvoje.bogunovic (at) meduniwien.ac.at