PhD student in artificial intelligence for medical image analysis

jobRxiv; España; On-site; EUR 16,740 - 23,436; Full time

Job summary

The Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS) / University of Seville invites applications for a fully funded 3-year PhD position focused on AI for medical image analysis and clinical decision support in neuromuscular diseases. The project aims to develop state-of-the-art deep learning methods to extract clinically relevant information from routine diagnostic images.

The candidate will join a multidisciplinary team, work on CNNs, Vision Transformers, and explainable AI, and enroll in the

Qualifications

• European ID holder (EU citizenship or valid work permit).
• MSc degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related discipline.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English.
• Motivation to pursue a PhD; will be enrolled in the PhD programme in Biología Integrada at the University of Seville.
• Spanish speaker.
• Experience in Computer Vision and image analysis.
• Experience with machine/deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch or TensorFlow).
• Knowledge of CNNs and/or Vision Transformers.
• Experience with biomedical or medical imaging data.
• Familiarity with Git, and scientific computing environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI methods for the analysis of medical images and clinical decision support.
• Collaborate with clinicians and researchers across departments.
• Prepare publications and present findings.
• Contribute to data management and software tools for experiments.

Skills

Computer vision

Image analysis

PyTorch

TensorFlow

CNNs & Vision Transformers

Git

Scientific computing

English writing

Education

MSc degree in Computer Science / AI / Data Science / related fields

Enrolled in PhD programme (Biología Integrada, University of Seville)

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Git

Job description

Institute of Biomedicine of Seville / University of Seville

Organisation/Company Institute of Biomedicine of Seville / University of Seville Research Field Computer science Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 31 Jul 2026 - 23:00 (UTC) Country Spain Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week To be defined Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join a newly funded research project focused on the development of Artificial Intelligence methods for the analysis of medical images and clinical decision support in neuromuscular diseases. We offer a fully funded 3-year PhD position at Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla(IBiS); Hospital Universitario Virgen delRocío / CSIC / Universidad de Sevilla.

The project aims to develop state-of-the-art deep learning approaches capable of extracting clinically relevant information from routine diagnostic images, aiding clinicians improve disease detection and characterization.

Related research topics

Neuromuscular diseases, deep learning and computer vision, bioimage analysis, convolutional neural networks, vision transformers, explainable AI and foundation models in bioimaging.

Candidate Profile

Required

• European ID
• MSc degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related disciplines.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English.
• Motivation to pursue a PhD. The selected candidate will be enrolled in the PhD programme in “Biología Integrada” at the University of Seville.
• Spanish speaker
• Experience in Computer Vision and image analysis.
• Experience with machine/deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch or TensorFlow).
• Knowledge of CNNs and/or Vision Transformers.
• Experience with biomedical or medical imaging data.
• Familiarity with Git, and scientific computing environments.

Application

Interested candidates should send:

• CV together with academic records.
• Short statement of research interests.

Start date: Depending on the start date of the projects: “CSyC 2026- Proyectos FEDER (RPS 24664). Proyectos estratégicos en salud digital e inteligencia artificial”. Presumably during 2026.

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Institute of Biomedicine of Seville / University of Seville Country Spain