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University of Michigan · 1 day ago

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Ann Arbor, MI

Full-time

Hybrid

New Grad, Entry Level

$70K/yr - $75K/yr

The University of Michigan School of Information seeks to hire a full time postdoctoral research fellow who will work closely with Dr. Robin Brewer and will be funded by an NSF CAREER award. The selected candidate will translate research outcomes into design requirements for a scalable system that helps older adults mitigate information uncertainty using artificial intelligence (AI), and will also evaluate the system with older adults if time permits.

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Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Translate a body of design suggestions to design requirements and a workflow for a scalable system for conversational information seeking (by text chat and voice)

Meet regularly with developers and the project PI to ensure progress is being made on system development

Thoroughly test the final system

If time, evaluate the system with older adults in a field study

Qualification

PhD in relevant fieldSystem development experienceQualitative research skillsMixed methods researchProject management skillsCommunication with developersConducting interviewsFocus groups experience

Required

A PhD in Information, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field; conferred by the start date

Preferred

Experience translating research outcomes into design recommendations for a scalable system

Experience communicating with developers

Strong project management skills

Ability to conduct evaluative research using a mixed methods approach

Experience conducting interviews or focus groups with older adults or other marginalized populations

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Company

University of Michigan

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