Connectionists: Machine Learning and NLP Postdoc Positions at the UMass Medical School

[Yu, Hong]

Postdoc Positions: Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing in the Healthcare Domain

The University of Massachusetts Medical School is recruiting outstanding candidates for postdoctoral positions to join a rapidly growing research group: http://bio-nlp.org/, a joint lab in both the Medical School and the Computer Science at Amherst, has several research projects in information retrieval, extraction, summarization and natural language generation, and predictive modeling. Ideal candidates must have a PhD in Computer Science or related areas.

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare is a promising fast-growing research area with a great potential for academic positions. Electronic health records and other resources such as online forums provide exciting research opportunities for machine learning and natural language processing.  We are the pioneer in developing deep learning approaches to detect events in electronic health records. We are interested in recruiting postdocs to join our innovative team of students, postdocs, physicians, statisticians, and health service researchers to develop innovative health analytic solutions.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School is one of the fastest growing medical schools in the country, attracting more than $300 million in research funding annually.  A perennial top finisher in the annual US News & World Report ranking of primary care medical schools, UMMS comprises a medical school, graduate school of nursing, graduate school of biomedical sciences and an active research enterprise, and is a leader in health sciences education, research and public service. A doctoral program in Clinical and Population Health Research is housed in the Department. The clinical partner of the University of Massachusetts Medical School is UMass Memorial Health Care, the main provider of healthcare services in Central Massachusetts.

The University of Massachusetts-Amherst, College of Information and Computer Science ranks 4th in AI among US universities by publications in top-tier venues.

Applications:

Applicants should contact hong.yu at umassmed.edu<mailto:hong.yu at umassmed.edu>; or hong.yu at cs.umass.edu
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMMS recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds.

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