Research Assistant/Associate in Hearable Sensing (Fixed Term) at University of Cambridge

Location: West Cambridge

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 1 year with a possible further extension of six months.

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the general area of machine learning for audio to join the team European Research Council funded project entitled “EAR: Audio-based Mobile Health Diagnostics”.

The general aims of the project are to advance the use of audio for automatic diagnostics of clinical conditions. More widely, the project aims to devise robust in-the-wild audio analytics targeting clinical applications and develop new on-device machine learning paradigms.

For this specific post, we are seeking candidates with background in mobile and wearable sensing and possibly with experience with health applications and with hearable devices. The position is available for 1 year in first instance but with the possibility of a further six months extension.

Requirements

Successful candidates will hold (or be close to completing) a PhD and ideally have a strong publication record in mobile and wearable sensing and possibly health and hearable sensing. The candidate should also have good programming skills. Good communication, presentation and management skills are also desirable given the size of the project team.

Appointment at the research associate level depends on having a PhD or equivalent skills and experience through non-academic routes. Where a PhD has yet to be awarded appointment will initially be made as a research assistant and amended to research associate when the PhD is awarded.

Applicants should contact Prof Cecilia Mascolo for further information www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~cm542

Starting date: Flexible but possibly October 2023.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41389.

Please ensure you upload a covering letter, a curriculum vitae, a brief research statement and contact information of 2 references. If you upload any additional documents, which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Please quote reference NR37110 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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