27.281, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

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Subject: 27.281, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:41:20
From: Alexander Turchin [aturchin at bwh.harvard.edu]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA

 
University or Organization: Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School 
Job Location: Massachusetts, USA 
Web Address: http://www.brighamandwomens.org
Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Natural Language Processing / Machine Learning
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

Location: Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Research focus: the Fellow will work in a multi-disciplinary team of
artificial intelligence scientists, informaticians, biostatisticians, and
clinicians on projects involving development of high-dimensional predictive
models in medicine. The models will be based on data from a large integrated
healthcare system and will utilize a combination of artificial intelligence
and natural language processing of multiple narrative document streams.

Supervisor: Alexander Turchin, MD, MS, FACMI

Required skills: experience with natural language processing; ability to
design and conduct effective research studies; strong analytical, scientific
writing, presentation and communication skills; strong programming and system
development skills. Experience with artificial intelligence technologies,
predictive modeling, Big Data and medical terminologies / ontologies is a
strong plus.

Education: PhD in computer science, biomedical informatics, linguistics, or
related discipline, MD or an equivalent degree.

Length of appointment: This position is for one year with second and third
year reappointment dependent on satisfactory performance and availability of
funding.

Available: Immediately.

Compensation: according to NIH (NRSA) stipend levels.

To apply send cover letter and CV to Dr. Alexander Turchin at the application
email address below.



Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2016 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: aturchin at bwh.harvard.edu 
Contact Information:
	Associate Professor of Medicine Alexander Turchin 
	Email: aturchin at bwh.harvard.edu 


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