Research Field : Computer Science Engineering
Researcher Profile : First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions : Master Positions
Country : Spain
Application Deadline : 3 Apr 2025 - 23 : 59 (Europe / Madrid)
Type of Contract : Temporary
Job Status : Full-time
Offer Starting Date : 1 Jul 2025
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
We are seeking a highly motivated Data Engineer with expertise in fairness in AI to join our team at the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine lab within the University of Barcelona. The selected candidate will join the AIMIX Project, an international EU-funded initiative focused on developing an inclusive AI framework that will leverage and combine existing high-quality ultrasound clinical samples that can be obtained from standard ultrasound machines, with new low-cost ultrasound datasets that can be affordably used in resource-limited healthcare centres.
We offer :
The requirements for the position are :
Key responsibilities :
Work with interdisciplinary teams, including medical professionals, AI researchers, and policymakers, to align AI solutions with real-world needs.
The research projects :
You will join our AI for maternal health team, as part of the ongoing project AIMIX, funded by the European Commission. In the AIMIX project we will develop an inclusive AI framework that will leverage and combine existing high-quality ultrasound clinical samples that can be obtained from standard ultrasound machines, with new low-cost ultrasound datasets that can be affordably used in resource-limited healthcare centres. To this end, the project will generate the first scan-rescan, multi-centre and multi-device database for building deep neural networks from both high-end and low-cost ultrasound images.
The Group :
The successful candidate will join the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Lab, which is an integral part of the University of Barcelona’s Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. It is a young and dynamic research lab, highly active in international projects, and composed of over 20 enthusiastic academics, researchers, students and research managers, with expertise in data science, machine / deep learning, biomedical informatics, biomedical ethics, and health-related applications. The research team has an established track record in coordination and participation in national, European, and international projects in biomedical data science and medical AI (e.g. EuCanImage, LongITools, HealthyCloud, RadioVal, DataTools4Heart, Youth-GEMs, HappyMums, AIMIX, AI4HF).
The Institution :
The University of Barcelona (UB), founded in 1450, is one of the oldest universities in Spain. It comprises a student body of 84,370 and 4,548 research staff members. With 73 undergraduate programs, 273 graduate programs, and 48 doctorate programs, UB is the largest university in Barcelona and Catalonia. The UB is ranked the first Spanish university according to several rankings (QS World University Rankings 2018, ARWU / Shanghai Ranking 2018). It is particularly interested in fostering international relations and, for many years, has managed an average of 150 European projects per year. Since January 2010, Universitat de Barcelona is part of the prestigious League of European Universities Research (LERU).
Eligibility criteria :
The selection is made through the evaluation of the curriculum, with an overall score of zero (0) to ten (10) points. The minimum score is five (5) points. The evaluation criteria are the following :
The tribunal, in its constitutive session, assesses the CVs of the candidates presented.
Selection process :
A resolution of adjudication is issued to the person who, having passed the selection procedure, obtains the highest score and publishes the prioritized list of applicants who have passed the selection process, indicating the scores obtained, for subsequent recruitment, if necessary.
Additional comments :
The candidate proposed for hiring must accept the job offer within 5 working days from the date of notification of the selection.
Priority will be given to people with disabilities (Law 89 / 2015 of June 2, reserve of quota 2% in favour of people with disabilities in companies of 50 or more people).
Be aware that the starting date set in this offer is an estimate date. The official starting date will depend on the bureaucratic time that will take the preparation of the labour contract and presentation of the necessary documents to be hired by the selected candidate.
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