Postdoctoral Research Fellow

MDH in Eskilstuna and Västerås is one of Sweden?s biggest university colleges with its 14 000 students and 900 employees. It has a long tradition of cooperating with society and has entered strategic agreements with both the public and the private sector. Most study programmes fall into four main areas: economy, health and welfare, education, and technology. With its research, which often takes the form of co-production on the regional, national and global levels, MDH aims to generate useful solutions for societal development. In 1999, MDH was the world?s first university to be environmentally certified, and in 2006, it was the first higher education institution in Sweden to be certified for its work environment.

Position description

The position is a temporary employment of a maximum of two years.

As a researcher you are expected to take the lead in your assigned projects, as well as coordinate future research applications.

The position includes teaching at second cycle level, both within your core competence as well as on a more general level.

Qualifications

The applicant is required to have a PhD degree in Computer Science with specialization in Artificial Intelligence.

To qualify for the appointment as a postdoctoral research fellow, you should have received a PhD within 2010-2016 and shown research and pedagogical skills within the subject area. Further reference is made to the Higher Education Ordinance section 4 and Appointments Procedure for teachers at Mälardalen University.

Assessment criteria

You should have substantial (preferably more than 10 years of) experience in advanced biomedical signal processing e.g., Electrocardiography (ECG) and Electroencephalography (EEG) etc, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Clinical Decision Support Systems.

Experience in Internet of things (IoT) and remote monitoring for elderly is required.

You should have a good amount of peer-reviewed articles within the stated areas published at leading conferences and highly ranked international journals.

Decisive importance is attached to personal suitability. We value the qualities that an even distribution of age and gender, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, can contribute to the organisation.

Merit

A substantial part of the research conducted at MDH is externally funded. Experience from coordinating applications for, and working in, externally funded projects is of high merit.

The ability to communicate in Swedish, both written and verbally, is of good merit.

Experience of engineering education and practice is beneficial.

Information

Information about the position is given by Fredrik Ekstrand fredrik.ekstrand@mdh.se

The union representatives are Susanne Meijer (OFR),
+46 (0) 21 10 14 89 and Michaël Le Duc, (SACO), +46 (0) 21-10 14 02.

Application

Mark your application with reference number 2016/1803 and send it to e-mail address ansokan@mdh.se Applications sent electronically should be in Word or PDF format and labeled with reference number. Applications may also be sent to:

Mälardalens högskola (Mälardalen University)
Personalsektionen (Division of Human Resources)
Jan Romedahl
Box 883
721 23 Västerås

The applicant is responsible for that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and will reach the University by no later than 2016-07-12.

Welcome to submit your application!