Research Associates and Postdoc Fellows
Friday 31st March 2023
Organization University of Pennsylvania
Location Philadelphia, PA
Title Research Assocaites and Postdoc Fellows
URL https://www.med.upenn.edu/machine-learning-biomed-data
Email Address yong.fan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Description The Department of Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine seeks candidates for postdoc fellow positions. The main focus of these positions is on the development of biomedical image analysis algorithms with an emphasis on advanced machine learning (deep learning) methods for medical imaging data analysis. Responsibilities include involvement in various imaging studies of Alzheimer’s disease, aging, brain development, and neuropsychiatric disorders and supervision of junior research investigators for developing algorithms of image segmentation and registration, time-series data modeling, and pattern recognition. The research will be conducted at the Research Laboratory for Machine Learning and Biomedical Data Analytics of the Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics (CBICA), a dynamically growing medical image computing center, involving several laboratories and many collaborators from diverse fields. The position will provide opportunities to participate in collaborative research projects with multidisciplinary research teams of Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as to launch an independent research career in the area of computational medical imaging analytics.
Qualifications
Applicants must have a doctoral degree in computer science, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, physics, applied mathematics, or a related field and have demonstrated excellent qualifications in research. Strong computer skills (knowledge of Python and/or Matlab, statistical analysis packages, basic shell scripting, experience in Unix platform) will be preferred.
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