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Carnegie Mellon University · 1 day ago

Postdoctoral Fellow - Robotics Institute

Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Carnegie Mellon University is seeking creative and energetic candidates for a one-year Postdoctoral position in the Robotics Institute. The successful candidate will develop, implement, and test multimodal machine learning algorithms to analyze and recognize multimodal human behavior in real-world settings, while also mentoring students and contributing to research publications.

EducationHigher EducationUniversities

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Write code and develop novel theoretical and practical state of the art artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms that are focused on human behavior modeling related to video classification using deep learning networks for end-users

Work with other team members to develop and maintain software for maximum efficiency and usability

Designs, develops, tests and maintains applications or system programs

Gathers and provides input on functional specifications and requirements

Perform approved research project tasks according to defined protocols and procedures including appropriate collection, recording, storage, and analysis of data, and reporting of results

Follow appropriate research policies and procedures and maintains scientific integrity including accurate data storage

Communicate the daily progress of research projects via meetings with, and written reports to the research director

Responsible for following the mandatory reporting procedures for any incident or event that did affect or potentially could affect the project goals and workflow

Optimize protocols and improve methods currently employed

Coordinates work consistently to achieve maximum productivity

Demonstrates ability to deal with changes in priorities to provide smooth and consistent workflow

Interacts with interdisciplinary professional partners

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Multimodal machine learningHuman behavior analysisMachine learningComputer visionProgramming skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsMentoring experience

Required

PhD in in computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or a closely related field

Strong programming skills

Strong background in machine learning / computer vision/ human behavior modeling, with specialization in one or more of the following areas:, supervised/unsupervised/self-supervised learning, large vision models, multimodal foundation models, transfer learning

Research experience in multimodal human behavior analysis, affective computing, AI for Healthcare, and multimodal machine learning

Very good presentation, communication, and organization skills