Postdoc in real-time musculotendon parameter estimation in rehab training

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There are a wide number of pathologies that affect a person’s ability to move in daily life and participate fully in society. Functional restoration can largely rely on rehabilitation. The goal of this project is to create a digital twins (DT) framework of the human neuromusculoskeletal system which can function in real-time high-fidelity prediction of non-measurable individualized neuro-biomechanics quantities and serve as biofeedback during rehabilitation in an actual clinical environment. The first proof-of-concept application will focus on gait and balance training for fall prevention in the elderly. The proposed DT framework will incorporate data-based and physics-based modelling approaches, e.g., physics-informed machine learning algorithms. Your areas of responsibility will be to develop the prediction algorithms and realize the real-time visualization for rehabilitation training purposes. You will also work together with PhD students to develop a new neuromusculoskeletal model calibration pipeline using innovative biomass-based printed skin electrodes and medical imaging.

The research group is located at the KTH MoveAbility Lab , Department of Engineering Mechanics. You will work directly with Assistant Professor Ruoli Wang and Professor Lanie Gutierrez-Farewik. The project is also included a close collaboration with Dept. of Fibre and Polymer Technology and the printed electronics group, Dept. of electrical energy engineering, KTH.

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Works in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

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Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline (With some exceptions for special reasons such as periods of sick or parental leave, kindly indicate if such reason exists in your resume), in a technical/engineering topic of relevance for the project, for example, biomechanics with a strong focus on musculoskeletal simulation and machine learning, computer science/AI with focus on human movement, engineering physics, or other technical background of relevance for this research area.
• Research expertise must be apparent through published articles in high-impact peer-reviewed journals. Applicants must be strongly motivated for this research area.
• Applicants must thus have a good level of collaborative and communicative abilities, as well as a good ability to communicate and write scientific reports in English.

Preferred qualifications

• Previous experience with experimental human movement research
• Previous experience with software development
• Besides collaborative abilities, further qualifications include awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality. Great emphasis will be placed on personal competence

Great emphasis will be placed on personal competency.

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• CV and publication list
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• PhD thesis and relevant published articles in pdf form

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The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

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