Sunday, October 7, 2007

Postdoctoral Position in Computer-Aided Diagnosis, University of Chicago, USA

A Postdoctoral Scholar position is available for a highly motivated individual who wants to develop or advance his/her academic career in the field of medical imaging sciences/engineering.Our laboratory in the Department of Radiology in the Biological Sciences Division at The University of Chicago focuses on research on computer-aided diagnosis of lesions in medical images and the development of techniques of pattern recognition, image analysis, and machine learning for computer-aided diagnosis.Our department is one of the leaders in computer-aided diagnosis research, which is at the forefront of research areas in medical imaging.

Applicants should have a Ph.D. in computer science/engineering, biomedical engineering, or a similar discipline.The successful candidate should have substantial experience in 2D and 3D pattern recognition, computer vision, image analysis, and/or machine learning.The successful candidate should also have excellent programming skills in the computer languages (C/C++, Perl, and Matlab), as well as strong problem-solving and excellent collaboration skills.

For more information, see our laboratoryfs home page.

Application
Interested candidates are encouraged to send their CV and a brief statement of research interests to:

Email: suzuki @ uchicago.edu

Kenji Suzuki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics, and Cancer Research Center, Department of Radiology, Division of the Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago.