Postdoc Opening:
There is an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow with experience in machine
learning, pattern recognition and computational modeling who is
interested in functional imaging analysis relating to Traumatic Brain
Injury (TBI). The focus of our research is to identify clinically
relevant biomarkers as diagnostic and prognostic indicators of TBI by
integrating multimodal neuroimaging and neurobehavioral measures. The
proposed work will make use of previously collected neuroimaging and
self-report symptom measures housed in a database at the National
Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), in Washington, D.C. This
database contains structural and functional magnetic resonance (MR)
images from over 500 TBI patients and fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron
emission tomography (PET) images for over 320 of these patients, with
additional control subjects. MEG data are also available, along with
advanced computational resources.
Responsibilities:
1. The main focus of this position is on developing and implementing
pattern recognition and machine learning tools for the analysis of MRI
and fMRI data sets.
2. Identify and develop multimodal visualization tools and statistical
models to classify and discriminate morphological features in imaging
data sets.
3. Develop and implement optimization routines to increase efficiency of
pattern detection and visualization tools.
4. Other duties include optimizing protocols, monitoring quality
control, and participating in the grant and research report authorship.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Experience in machine learning techniques, image processing,
computational neuroscience, artificial intelligence, pattern
recognition, nonlinear dynamics, analyzing large neural data sets,
neural systems modeling or related areas. Expertise in MRI, fMRI, and
quantitative (morphological) MRI. Experience with statistical analysis
using a common analysis package (AFNI, FSL or SPM) preferred.
Proficiency in a scientific programming language required (e.g. IDL,
Matlab, python, C++). Incumbent should also have strong technical
writing and verbal communication skills, posses a collaborative
personality, strong attention to detail and be highly motivated. U.S.
citizenship and/or ability to pass a rigorous background check required.
Minimum Education/Training Requirements:
Applicants should have a PhD in Computer Science, Electrical
Engineering, Statistics, Machine Learning, Computational Physics,
Applied Mathematics, Computational Neuroscience, or similar.
Duration:
The duration of this position is for up to 3 years.
For informal inquiries, please contact Dr. Nathan: nathan_de(a)yahoo.com
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