Computational Scientist-Machine Learning

Updated: over 1 year ago
Location: Chicago, ILLINOIS
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: The position may have been removed or expired!

Department
 

SING Research Computing Center


About the Department
 

The University of Chicago Research Computing Center (RCC), a unit in the Office of Research, provides high-end research computing resources to researchers at the University of Chicago. It is dedicated to enabling research by providing access to centrally managed High Performance Computing (HPC), storage, and visualization resources. These resources include hardware, software, high-level scientific and technical user support, and the education and training required to help researchers make full use of modern HPC technology and local and national supercomputing resources. The Office of Research oversees the conduct of sponsored research, research program development, and contract management functions.


Job Summary
 

The Computational Scientist-Machine Learning will develop advanced Machine Learning methods across several domains: e.g., medicine, biology, social sciences, astrophysics, chemistry, economics. This position serves as a domain expert whose primary responsibility is supporting faculty research endeavors.
The job develops software to support the data acquisition, ingestion, and integration for research projects. Assists in the development of user interfaces and scalable back-end services to automate and accelerate the scientific output of multi-institutional research projects.

Responsibilities

  • Serves as a central knowledge resource for faculty and researchers.
  • Designs and develops machine-learning based methods for different use cases: tabular data, images, video, speech, unstructured text.
  • Confidently solves regression, classification, clustering, forecasting, and anomaly detection problems using established machine learning techniques.
  • Research and/or work experience in machine learning, NLP, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, signal processing, data mining, artificial intelligence, information retrieval or computer vision.
  • Communicates highly technical information to numerous audiences, including faculty, students, researchers, and staff. Teaches others and learns new techniques.
  • Helps faculty with grant proposals by contributing sections describing the interplay between research objectives and new or expanded data resources.
  • Develops, installs, and tests scientific software in support of research goals.
  • Develops documentation best practices and tools that can be used by others.
  • Develops and presents technical training materials and web-based documentation. Ensures timely systems support and updates. Assists in conducting information security assessments and risk analysis of computing environment.
  • Evaluates past and present technologies to help develop new tools. Ensures all the new tools have been through quality control reviews.
  • Performs other related work as needed.


Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

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Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

  • Ph.D. in computer science, computer engineering, data science, or similar.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

  • Knowledge in Java or C++, Perl, PHP or Python.
  • Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, MATLAB, pandas) and database languages (e.g., SQL). Comfortable using Github for version control of code.
  • Experience with deep learning frameworks Keras and/or PyTorch.
  • Experience applying latest AI/ML techniques in computer vision data processing and image classification analysis.
  • Hands-on experience in large-scale imaging data processing and analysis and on distributed computing systems.

Preferred Competencies

  • Excellent interpersonal, communication (verbal and written) skills, and a strong team player.
  • Work well with faculty and researchers.
  • Understand and translate researchers' scientific goals into computational requirements.
  • Identify and gain expertise in appropriate new technologies and/or software tools.
  • Summarize research and analysis for audiences with varying levels of expertise.
  • Function as part of an interactive team while demonstrating self-initiative to achieve project's goals and Research Computing Center's mission.
  • Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; proven ability to work effectively within a team.
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within cross-functional teams.

Application Documents

  • Resume/CV (required)
  • Cover Letter (preferred)


When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.



Job Family
 

Research


Role Impact
 

Individual Contributor


FLSA Status
 

Exempt


Pay Frequency
 

Monthly


Scheduled Weekly Hours
 

37.5


Benefits Eligible
 

Yes


Requires Compliance with University Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement
 

Yes


Drug Test Required
 

No


Health Screen Required
 

No


Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No


Posting Statement
 

Employees must comply with the University’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements. More information about the requirements can be found on the University of Chicago Vaccination GoForward .
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

 

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