Postdoctoral opening in artificial intelligence in 2024 winter
A postdoctoral position is available in Harvard Ophthalmology Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab (https://ophai.hms.harvard.edu) under the supervision of Dr. Mengyu Wang (https://ophai.hms.harvard.edu/team/dr-wang/) at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Mengyu Wang is Co-Director of Harvard Ophthalmology AI Lab and an Affiliate Faculty of Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Data Science Initiative at Harvard University, and Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School.
The start date is flexible, with a preference for candidates capable of starting in January or February 2025. The initial appointment will be for one year with the possibility of extension. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Salary for the postdoctoral fellow will be $70,000 in Year 1 and $77,267 in Year 5 based on our institutional policy.
The postdoc will conduct research in two areas. The first area is generative AI and large language models for general applications. The second area is AI’s applications in medicine, including medical imaging, genetics, and AI-powered smart glasses and assistive robots for individuals with visual impairments. The postdoc will have access to abundant resources for education, career development and research both from the Harvard hospital campus and Harvard University campus. More than half of our postdocs secured a faculty position after their time in our lab.
For our data resources, we have about 3 million 2D fundus photos and more than 2 million 3D optical coherence tomography scans. Please check http://ophai.hms.harvard.edu/data for more details. For our GPU resources, we have 30 in-house GPUs in total including 8 80-GB Nvidia H100 GPUs, 8 48-GB Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada GPUs, 10 48-GB Nvidia RTX A6000 GPUs, and 4 Nvidia RTX 6000 GPUs. Please check http://ophai.hms.harvard.edu/computing for more details. Our recent research has been published in ICCV 2023, ICLR 2024, CVPR 2024, ECCV 2024, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, and Medical Image Analysis. Please check https://github.com/Harvard-Ophthalmology-AI-Lab for more details.
The successful applicant will:
- possess or be on track to complete a PhD or MD with background in computer science, mathematics, computational science, statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning, computer vision, large language model, image processing, biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, visual science and ophthalmology or a related field. Fluency in written and spoken English is essential.
- have strong programming skills (Python, R, MATLAB, C++, etc.) and in-depth understanding of statistics and machine learning. Experience with Linux clusters is a plus.
- have a strong and productive publication record.
- have a strong work ethic and time management skills along with the ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team as required.
Your application should include:
- curriculum vitae
statement of past research accomplishments, career goal and how this position will help you achieve your goals - 2 representative publications
- contact information for 3 references
The application should be sent to Mengyu Wang via email (mengyu_wang at affiliate.hms.harvard.edu) with subject “Postdoctoral Application in Harvard Ophthalmology AI Lab”.