12-Month Applied AI/ML Research Lead

University of Toronto; Toronto; On-site; CAD 54,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Toronto in Toronto, ON, invites applications for a Research Associate - CARTE (12 Month Term). The role focuses on applied AI/ML research within CARTE projects, with supervision by the Director of CARTE and collaboration across academic and industry partners.

The position emphasizes mentorship and publishing outcomes. The successful candidate will develop training materials, guide graduate students, and contribute to project deliverables while advancing research in machine

Qualifications

• Ph.D. degree in computer science, engineering, statistics, or related fields with emphasis on machine learning and artificial intelligence or acceptable combination of equivalent education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute research vision with PI to achieve research goals.
• Conduct applied AI/ML research arising from CARTE’s industry-partnered projects and programs, prepare manuscripts for publication, prepare technical reports for partners, and contribute to research funding proposals led by CARTE faculty affiliates
• Provide technical leadership for the applied research projects undertaken with CARTE’s partner cohorts, acting as the main technical point of contact for each cohort from academic and technical onboarding through project completion, and coordinating the graduate student mentors who support individual project teams
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance and mentorship to graduate students and interns working on CARTE projects
• The research associate is expected to publish both at conferences and in journals
• Develop and maintain training materials for programming related to CARTE

Skills

Machine learning

Python

AI/ML research

Communication

Mentorship

Project leadership

Equity, diversity & inclusion

Education

Ph.D. in CS/Engineering/Statistics (ML/AI focus)

Tools

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Job description

University of Toronto in Toronto, ON, invites applications for a Research Associate - CARTE (12 Month Term). The role focuses on applied AI/ML research within CARTE projects, with supervision by the Director of CARTE and collaboration across academic and industry partners.

The position emphasizes mentorship and publishing outcomes. The successful candidate will develop training materials, guide graduate students, and contribute to project deliverables while advancing research in machine