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<div class="gmail_quote">We announce 3 open postdoc
positions in biomedical data science and machine
learning <br>
at the University of Tartu, Estonia. All 3 have
application deadline June 4, 2018 or until
position is filled.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Postdoc Position in Machine
Learning for Medical and Cellular Imaging @ Tartu,
Estonia</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Postdoc Position in Health
Data Analytics @ Tartu, Estonia</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Postdoc Position in Machine
Learning and Probability Calibration for Health @
Tartu, Estonia<br>
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All openings: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.cs.ut.ee/en/jobs">www.cs.ut.ee/en/jobs</a><br>
There will be also a call for 6 junior group
leaders - 2-3 of which will be in <br>
AI and biomedical data science. <br>
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Prof. Jaak Vilo<br>
Head of Department of Computer Science, University
of Tartu<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Postdoc Position in
Machine Learning for Medical and Cellular
Imaging @ Tartu, Estonia</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Applications of deep
learning are changing the way automated analyses
help</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">annotate clinical and
biological data. We are looking to capitalize on</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">their promise via
established links with hospitals and high
content</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">screening system
manufacturers to develop new models, methods,
and tools</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">for biomedical image
analysis. To this end, we are looking for an
excellent</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">postdoctoral fellow to
work in the area of machine learning applied to</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">image analysis problems
in health and biomedical fields.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">The successful candidate
will conduct original research in the fields of</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">deep learning and
computer vision, with a focus on applications in</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">biological/medical
imaging, bioinformatics, or related fields of
study.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">They will publish, give
talks, help supervise, and teach up to 2 hours
per</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">week in the area of
specialization.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">The Institute of Computer
Science at the University of Tartu is ranked</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">joint first in Central
and Eastern European universities according to
the</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">field-specific Times
Higher Education Ranking 2017.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Application deadline:
June 4, 2018 or until position is filled</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Starting at: Sept 1, 2018</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Fixed-term contract
until: Aug 31, 2020 with options to extend</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Salary: Approximately
30,000€ / year, depending on the candidate's</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">qualification and the
level of experience.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">More details:</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><a
href="https://www.ut.ee/en/welcome/job-offer/research-fellow-ai-medicalcellular-imaging"
target="_blank">https://www.ut.ee/en/welcome/<wbr>job-offer/research-fellow-ai-<wbr>medicalcellular-imaging</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">More information:</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Leopold Parts (<a
href="mailto:leopold.parts@ut.ee"
target="_blank">leopold.parts@ut.ee</a>), Raul
Vicente Zafra (<a
href="mailto:raul.vicente.zafra@ut.ee"
target="_blank">raul.vicente.zafra@ut.ee</a>)</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Postdoc Position in
Health Data Analytics @ Tartu, Estonia<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">University of Tartu hosts
one of the top biobanks in Europe. The major
goal</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">is to implement the
personalised (precision) medicine potential by</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">delivering genetics and
health data analytics based solutions to the
health</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">services. To achieve this
goal one needs to utilise the health data to the</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">highest standards. We are
looking for a postdoc to work on health data
from</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">the national electronic
health records and the biobank, mapping health
data</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">to common data models
(OMOP), develop analytical software and apply
machine</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">learning/AI on the health
data. Of particular interest are the individual</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">level predictions based
on one's health and demographic data, genetics,</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">treatments and outcomes
and future potential disease trajectory</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">developments. The
position focus can be tuned for the particular
interests</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">and strengths of the
applicant.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">The Institute of Computer
Science at the University of Tartu is ranked</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">joint first in Central
and Eastern European universities according to
the</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">field-specific Times
Higher Education Ranking 2017.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">The successful candidate
will conduct research in the field of health
data</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">analytics; prepare and
implement research projects under the
supervision of</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">senior staff; supervise
graduate and doctoral students.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Application deadline:
June 4, 2018 or until position is filled</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Starting at: Sept 1, 2018</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Fixed-term contract
until: Aug 31, 2021 with options to extend</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Salary: Internationally
competitive salary, approximately 30,000€ /
year,</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">depending on the
candidate's qualification and the level of
experience.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">More details:</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><a
href="https://www.ut.ee/en/welcome/job-offer/research-fellow-health-data-analytics"
target="_blank">https://www.ut.ee/en/welcome/<wbr>job-offer/research-fellow-<wbr>health-data-analytics</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">More information:</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Jaak Vilo, <a
href="mailto:jaak.vilo@ut.ee" target="_blank">jaak.vilo@ut.ee</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Postdoc Position in
Machine Learning and Probability Calibration for
Health @ Tartu, Estonia<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Machine learning plays an
increasingly important role in automation and</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">decision support for
health and medicine. Due to high costs and
imbalance</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">between different types
of errors in the health domain it is crucial
that</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">the machine learning
solutions would quantify the uncertainties
correctly</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">and provide
well-calibrated probability estimates.
Probabilistic methods,</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">deep learning and
calibration methods offer different approaches
to this</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">challenge. We are looking
for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher for</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">employment on a two-year
long contract with options to extend the</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">appointment.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">The successful candidate
will conduct research in the field of machine</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">learning with a focus on
uncertainty quantification and calibrated</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">probability estimation;
prepare and implement research projects under
the</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">supervision of senior
staff; supervise graduate and doctoral students.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">The Institute of Computer
Science at the University of Tartu is ranked</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">joint first in Central
and Eastern European universities according to
the</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">field-specific Times
Higher Education Ranking 2017.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"> </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Application deadline:
June 4, 2018 or until position is filled</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Starting at: Sept 1, 2018</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Fixed-term contract
until: Aug 31, 2020 with options to extend</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Salary: Approximately
30,000€ / year, depending on the candidate's</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">qualification and the
level of experience.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">More details:</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><a
href="https://www.ut.ee/en/welcome/job-offer/research-fellow-machine-learning-and-calibration"
target="_blank">https://www.ut.ee/en/welcome/<wbr>job-offer/research-fellow-<wbr>machine-learning-and-<wbr>calibration</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">More information:</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Meelis Kull, <a
href="mailto:meelis.kull@ut.ee"
target="_blank">meelis.kull@ut.ee</a></div>
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