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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University
of California, San Francisco (<a href="http://cind.ucsf.edu/">http://cind.ucsf.edu/</a>) is looking for a highly
qualified candidate in the field of Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition,
Machine Learning, and Image Analysis interested and possibly with some
experience on Biomedical Data Analysis.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Primary tasks will be to
analyze the spatiotemporal spread of pathology on the brain networks.</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> The
fellowship will take place in a rich institutional environment with many
opportunities for further career development and collaboration. The Center for
Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases supports aging and neurodegenerative
diseases research by providing an interdisciplinary team of faculty mentors,
educational opportunities related to neuroscience as well as medical imaging
informatics, and a wealth of neuroimaging, clinical, cognitive, and biospecimen
data for developing novel research projects.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The Fellows will analyze multimodality brain magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) and amyloid and tau positron emission tomography (PET) data from
three different studies: 1) the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
(ADNI), a multi-site longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer's Disease, 2)
two DOD funded grants studying effects of traumatic brain injury and
post-traumatic stress disorder on Alzheimer’s disease in Vietnam Veterans with
and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) using ADNI, and 3) a longitudinal
study to identify imaging biomarkers, which are predictors of, and altered by,
psychotherapy treatment response for late life depression.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">For this reason, previous multidisciplinary experience is an added
value which will be properly considered.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Job requirements: <span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">    
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Completed Ph.D. in Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering,
Applied Mathematics, or a related field, with neuroimaging data analysis as the
primary topic of the dissertation. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Knowledgeable
within one or more of the following subjects: probabilistic graphical models,
topic models and Bayesian non-parametric, relational learning, deep learning,
RBMs, neural networks and auto-encoders, sparse and dictionary learning, kernel
methods and manifold learning, graph-based learning and spectral analysis.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Understanding
of fundamental brain MRI data analysis problems, including registration, tissue
segmentation, noise removal, etc. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Experience
using major MRI data analysis software such as FSL, SPM, FreeSurfer, BrainVisa,
etc. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Experience
using major imaging statistics techniques on R or Matlab.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">6.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Proven
ability to clearly communicate novel research findings through oral presentation
and written publication. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">7.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Evidence
of top quality research on the above specified areas in the form of published
papers in top conferences/journals and/or. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Preferred characteristics: <span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Experience
with diffusion-weighted MRI data analysis, including preprocessing, tensor
estimation, tractography/connectome<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Experience
with task-free functional MRI data analysis, including preprocessing and intrinsic
functional connectivity (seed-based or component-based)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Experience
with PET brain scans<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">    
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Experience processing large-scale data sets: data management,
scripting, etc.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The scientist is expected to publish his/her research results in
leading international journals and conferences. She/he is also expected to
contribute to the set-up of new project proposals, participate in funding
activities, supervising PhD candidates and collaborate with scientists from
different disciplines.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Salary will be commensurate to qualification and experience and in
line with international standard.<span></span></span></p>

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Those with interest should send a CV to: <br>
<br>
Duygu Tosun<br>
Assistant Professor <br>
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging <br>
University of California, San Francisco <br><b>
<a href="mailto:duygu.tosun@ucsf.edu">duygu.tosun@ucsf.edu</a> </b><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://www.radiology.ucsf.edu/cind">http://www.radiology.ucsf.edu/cind</a><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><span></span></span></span></p>

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