Connectionists: PhD position in Explainable Machine / Deep Learning in Clinical Neuroimaging at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

[Kerstin Ritter]

Dear all,

we will offer a PhD position at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience for "Explainable Machine / Deep Learning in Clinical Neuroimaging", starting in October 2019 (initially for 2 years, German pay scale TVL E13, 65% working time). Please see announcement below:
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Explainable Machine / Deep Learning in Clinical Neuroimaging

PhD position (starting date: 1st October 2019, initially for 2 years; 65 %)

At Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, we are looking for a motivated and highly talented PhD student for various research questions within the interdisciplinary field of explainable machine / deep learning and clinical neuroimaging. In particular, we employ transparent convolutional neural networks for finding new representations from neuroimaging data in order to predict disease conversion and future clinical disability in neurological as well as psychiatric diseases. A major focus in the PhD project will be on predicting disease progression in multiple sclerosis.

Requirements for the PhD student:
- Very good degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, psychology, computational neuroscience or related subject.
- Good programming skills in python
- Strong experience in machine/deep learning and/or (medical) image analysis
- Excellent writing and communication skills (in English)

Please send your application (motivation+CV+references) in one pdf-file (in English or German) till 31th of July to:

J.Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Kerstin Ritter
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Berlin Center of Advanced Neuroimaging
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Sauerbruchweg 4, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin
Phone.: + 49 30 450 539354; E-Mail: kerstin.ritter at bccn-berlin.de
Webpage: https://psychiatrie-psychotherapie.charite.de/en/research/neuroimaging_and_neurotechnology/machine_learning/
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Thank you and best wishes,
Kerstin (Ritter)