Job Type:
Laboratory/Research
Employment Category:
Full Time (40 hours/week)
Location:
Janelia Farm Research
Ashburn, Virginia
Job Summary:
Janelia Farm Research Campus is a state of the art pure research facility near Washington, DC devoted to method development and scientific advancement in in the imaging, biological, and computational sciences. All activity at the campus is fully internally funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The Jain lab at the HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus has open positions for researchers with experience and interests in machine learning, computer vision, or quantitative analysis of brain wiring diagrams.The lab is at the forefront of developing high-throughput methods to map the brain at synaptic resolution, using a combination of large-scale electron microscopy and machine learning based automated image analysis.
Principal Responsibilities:
Example projects being pursued in the lab include:
- Developing large-scale deep networks for biological image analysis using Janelia’s 4000-core CPU/GPU cluster
- Developing novel structured prediction methods for reasoning about image data
- Developing tools for crowdsourcing image analysis
- Developing novel analytical techniques for understanding network structure in wiring diagrams
Preferred Qualifications:
- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Neuroscience or related discipline.
- Ability to work and support interdisciplinary work in small lab groups.
- Comfortable with risk.
- Ability to think independently.
- Ability to develop novel approaches.
Additional Information:
Please include a cover letter and three references with your resume. Please include the job title in the subject line.Further information about the lab is available at: http://www.janelia.org/lab/jain-labPlease contact Dr. Viren Jain with questions or inquiries: jainv@janelia.hhmi.org
To Apply:
To apply for this position, please email your resume to:
Viren Jain
Fellow
19700 Helix Drive
Ashburn, Virginia 20147
Email: jainv@janelia.hhmi.org
Application Deadline:
Open Until Filled
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