Guest lecturer

CAISR is carrying out several application-oriented research projects together with various companies in the data mining/machine learning area.

This position is funded through a collaboration project with Region Östergötland. The overall objective of this position is to develop a deep neural network for the particular case of classifying (detecting) patients who suffer from Lewy-Bodies dementia using MRI scans. The work will be done in collaboration with the hospital in Linköping and relevant medical doctors there.



Work assignments

The guest researcher will carry out scientific research on developing novel deep neural network based on MRI images from dementia patients from a european database that is made available through a collaboration with the AIDA arena (research arena in Linköping related to medical diagnostics). The researcher is expected to apply the algorithms and write a scientific publication based on the findings, together with researchers in Halmstad University and medical staff in Linköping.

The position is full-time and for 4 months with a possilbility of 8 month's extension if new funding is received. 


Qualifications

- Master degree or equivalent in computer science, machine learning, robotics, mathematics, physics or a related engineering discipline.
 - Excellent programming skills, analytical problem solving and organizational abilities are required.
- A strong background in Image processing and machine learning is desirable.
- Prior practical experience in deep learning and work experience in relation to classifying dementia patients is a plus.



Salary

Salary is to be determined by negotiation.


Application

Applications should be done via Halmstad University's recruitment system Varbi (see link on this page). The application shall consist of:

1) a personal letter stating why you believe that your goals and experiences are well-matched with the goals of this position.

2) CV



Work Environment

Halmstad University is a young university which has around 11,000 students and offers around 50 programmes and over 130 courses within several subject fields. The university is located in Halmstad which is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of the Nissan river, in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast.

The position is at CAISR (Center for Applied Intelligent Systems Research), which is a long-term research program on intelligent systems at the School of Information Technology at Halmstad University. The focus of the centre is on aware intelligent systems, computer systems that are human aware, situation aware and to some extent “self-aware". This means systems that can communicate with humans, systems that can be aware of human intentions, systems that can fuse information and be aware of the situation and not just individual sensor readings, and systems that can be self-monitoring.


General Information:

We value the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to our organisation. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds, gender, functionality and life experience.