Postdoc: Interpretable ML for Well-Being & Behavior

University of St.Gallen; Lavamünd; Hybrid; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary (F8)

Access to unique datasets

Conference & research funding

International collaborations

Mentoring for fellowships (SNSF, MSCA,

Relocation support with hybrid work

Zusammenfassung

The University of St.Gallen invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the ACTWELL project. You will work in the Computational Behavioral Science Lab and lead analyses linking smartphone data, contexts, and well-being.

Responsibilities include coordinating activities, developing interpretable ML models, and publishing in psychology and computational social science. Hybrid work options may be available.

Qualifikationen

• PhD in psychology, computational social science, data science, cognitive science, statistics, computer science, or a related field, completed by the start date or with the defence scheduled this year.

Aufgaben

• Coordinate research activities in the ACTWELL project together with Prof. Stachl.
• Lead one or more ACTWELL work packages, in particular the sequence and dynamics analyses.
• Process and model high-dimensional, intensive longitudinal smartphone log data.
• Develop and validate interpretable machine learning models linking behavior and context to well-being outcomes.
• Publish as lead and co-author in psychology, computational social science, and interdisciplinary outlets; present at international conferences.
• Maintain reproducible analysis pipelines and preregistrations, and prepare code and materials for open release in line with the project's SNSF Data Management Plan.
• Contribute to privacy-preserving data handling and the lab's research ethics practice.
• Co-supervise doctoral and master's students; contribute to lab meetings and methods workshops

Kenntnisse

Applied ML

R

Python

English

Ausbildung

PhD in psychology / data science / related field

Tools

R

Python

Jobbeschreibung

The University of St.Gallen invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the ACTWELL project. You will work in the Computational Behavioral Science Lab and lead analyses linking smartphone data, contexts, and well-being.

Responsibilities include coordinating activities, developing interpretable ML models, and publishing in psychology and computational social science. Hybrid work options may be available.