Research Scientist 3 (Temporary)
Req #: | 172728 |
Department: | Ophthalmology |
Appointing Department Web Address: | https://ophthalmology.washington.edu/ |
Job Location: | Other Location |
Posting Date: | 12/18/2019 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is Competitive. Salary is Commensurate Upon Qualifications and Experience. |
Shift: | First Shift |
Notes: | 12/18/2019: This is a RE-POSTING. Candidates who recently applied do not need to re-apply and are still in consideration. |
The University of Washington’s Department of Ophthalmology has an outstanding opportunity open for a Temporary Research Scientist 3.
Under the technical guidance of an experienced scientist, the Research Scientist 3 will apply data mining techniques, perform statistical analysis, develop visualization techniques, and build automated tools that can assist with diagnosis, prognosis, and understanding of the pathophysiology of various ophthalmic diseases using machine learning.
Candidate is expected to continue in the development of technical expertise and knowledge related to data science, programming, machine learning, review the recent literature, and implement new techniques under supervision.
Responsibilities
Purpose of the Research Project: Advanced data manipulation for machine learning for Big Data in Ophthalmology
This is a mid-level of research position. The research scientist is expected to demonstrate initiatives and abilities to troubleshoot independently under limited supervision.
• Data mining using state-of-the-art methods
• Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques
• Extending the electronic medical record or imaging data with third party sources of information when needed
• Enhancing data collection and extraction procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis
• Data munging tasks to reshape data for statistical analyses, data visualization, and machine learning
• Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner
• Performing statistical analyses with traditional and machine learning methods
• Collaborate with other team members to accomplish organizational goals and to learn new approaches and tasks while working under limited supervision
• Review literature and recent advances in machine learning, data science, computer vision, and related research in ophthalmology
• Data backup and basic computer hardware maintenance.
• Writing research manuscripts, reports, reviews and summaries
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Biostatistics or related field AND three to five years of work experience in a related field
• Excellent scripting and programming skills including: Java, SQL, Python, Torch, Lua, Linux
• Experience working in headless server environments.
• Desire to learn novel computational techniques and understanding of scaling processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs including Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• Flexibility to learn new technologies, APIs, and SDKs by reading documentation.
• Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests, etc.
• Experience with common data science toolkits, such as R, Weka, NumPy, MatLab, etc . Excellence in at least one of these is highly desirable
• Excellent applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
• Great oral and written communication skills
• Must have strong determination and a logical and independent mind to complete each project
• Must have very strong organizational abilities and experience in team focused work environment with excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to multitask and participate in different projects
• Ability to solve well defined problems using accepted methods and techniques
• Must comply with NIH, Federal, state and University regulations on the safe and ethical use of animals and humans in research
• Perform related duties as required.
Application Process:
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