Postdoctoral fellowship (2 years) within Medical Interactive Intelligent Systems

The Department of Computing science seeks a postdoctoral fellow to the project “Smart Personalized Medication Assistant”. The fellowship is full-time for two years of full-time studies, starting 1st June 2022 or by agreement.

Department of Computing science

The Department of Computing science is characterized by world-leading research in several scientific fields and a multitude of educations ranked highly in international comparison. The department has been growing rapidly in recent years where focus on an inclusive and bottom-up driven environment are key elements in our sustainable growth.

Our department consists of a diverse group from different nationalities, background and fields. See more information at: www.umu.se/en/department-of-computing-science/

The department’s work on Artificial Intelligence has a strong international position, in particular on the topics of collaborative and responsible AI. In these areas, the focus is on human-AI interaction and on the ethical and societal impact of AI.  Researchers collaborate with several national and international research groups and have active links with industry and policy organizations.

Visit www.umu.se/en/research/groups/interactive-and-intelligent-systems/  and www.umu.se/en/research/groups/responsible-artificial-intelligence/  for more information.

Project description

With funding from the Kempe Foundation, the project “Smart Personalized Medication Assistant” aims to stretch a multidisciplinary collaboration within the departments of Computing Science, Nursing and Integrative Medical Biology.

The overall purpose of the project is to design and develop a smart mixed reality support system for professional medication management. The project aims to contribute to enhance safe and resource-effective handling of medication for patients and health professionals. The project will introduce new tools of mixed reality for using in clinical settings. Moreover, the assessment of this emerging technology from an Artificial Intelligent trustworthy view will be explored during the project.

The postdoc is encouraged to bring his or her expertise and will get the opportunity to contribute to the development of new intelligent interactive systems by using technologies such as Microsoft Hololens 2.

The postdoc will have the opportunity to work in close collaboration with professionals in the healthcare domain, e.g. nurses, pharmacists and clinical settings.

The scholarship project is financed by the Kempe foundation. The scholarship is for two years with a starting date as agreed. The scholarship amounts to 350 000 SEK per year (around 34 000 euros). The scholarship is not subject to tax.

Are you the person for this project? We welcome applications until 15 April 2022.

Qualifications

A person who has been awarded a doctorate or a foreign qualification deemed to be the equivalent of a doctorate qualifies as a postdoctoral fellow. Priority should be given to candidates who have completed their doctoral degree no more than three years before the closing date of the application. A candidate who has completed their degree prior to this may be considered if special circumstances exist. Special circumstances include absence due to illness, parental leave or clinical practice, appointments of trust in trade unions or similar circumstances.

A PhD (or equivalent) degree in Computer Science domain or similar

Good ability to co-operate and also work independently and take initiative are required.

Strong skills in written and spoken English are required.

Good programming skills for the development of mixed reality systems.

Good ability to co-operate within an interdisciplinary context, including collaboration with partners from clinical environments.

Other Desirable qualifications:

A strong track-record of academic peer-reviewed publications.

Knowledge on Artificial Intelligent theories and methods.

Good skills in written and spoken Swedish.

Application

A full application should include:

Personal letter,

Curriculum vitae CV with publication list,

Certified copy of doctoral degree certificate or documentation that clarifies when the degree of doctor will likely be obtained,

Certified copies of other diplomas, list of completed academic courses and grades,

Copy of doctoral thesis and relevant articles,

Contact information for at least two reference persons,

Other documents that the applicant wishes to claim.

Submit your application as a PDF marked with the reference number FS 2.1.6-472-22, both in the file name and in the subject field of the email, to medel@diarie.umu.se. The application can be written in English (preferably) or Swedish. Application deadline is 15 April 2022.

Further information

For more information, please contact Juan Carlos Nieves, juan.carlos.nieves@umu.se

We look forward to receiving your application!