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University of Missouri-Kansas City · 22 hours ago

Part time Research Assistant, School of Science & Engineering

Kansas City, MO

Part-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

The University of Missouri-Kansas City is seeking a part-time Research Assistant for the AI-enforced Oral Health Project. This role involves supporting the design and development of an AI-enabled oral health application, implementing data processing modules, and assisting in data analytics to enhance predictive accuracy.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Supporting the design, development, and testing of the AI-enabled oral health application

Implementing and refining AI-driven data processing and recommendation modules for personalized health guidance

Assisting in data preparation, quality control, and analytics to enhance predictive accuracy

Collaborating with the team to document system architecture, model performance, and user interaction insights

Other Duties as Assigned

Qualification

Artificial IntelligenceSoftware EngineeringMachine LearningNeuro-Symbolic AIData AnalyticsCollaborationDocumentation

Required

strong expertise in software engineering

expertise in artificial intelligence

expertise in data-driven application design

Neuro-Symbolic AI skills—combining deep learning with knowledge graph reasoning and domain knowledge representation

hold or be pursuing a Ph.D. or master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline

experience in machine learning frameworks

experience in backend system development

experience in applied AI systems

Preferred

prior work in healthcare informatics

prior work in AI-assisted clinical decision-making

Benefits

Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (403b)

Company

University of Missouri-Kansas City

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UMKC, Kansas City’s only R1 public research university, is part of the University of Missouri System.

Founded in 1929

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.umkc.edu/

H1B Sponsorship

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2021 (11)

2020 (9)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$3.4M

Key Investors

US Department of Commerce, Economic Development AdministationMissouri Department of Economic DevelopmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology

2023-11-09Grant· $2M

2023-04-20Grant· $0.15M

2022-09-20Grant· $0.5M