[Job-offers-cs] Postdoctoral position in modeling Hepatitis C at IBM Research Almaden

[Pekka Orponen]

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Subject: 	[SIAM-DY] Postdoctoral position in modeling Hepatitis C at IBM 
Research Almaden
Date: 	Tue, 7 May 2019 17:13:25 +0000
From: 	Simone Bianco <sbianco at us.ibm.com>
To: 	Pekka Orponen <pekka.orponen at aalto.fi>
CC: 	The Dynamical Systems SIAG mailing list <siam-dy at siam.org>



The Cellular Engineering group 
<https://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_group.php?id=7568> at 
the IBM Almaden Research Center is looking for Postdoc candidates to 
participate in the project “Smart Care and Systems of Engagement of 
Public Health”, which aims to apply techniques of Data Science, Social 
computing, Multi-agent Simulation, and Decision Theory to create novel 
methods for Social Simulation in Public Health to classify, understand, 
and predict social issues that affect disease outbreaks aiming to 
helping coordinate effective campaigns. The project will be developed 
under the current engagement "Eliminate Hep C" which is joint effort by 
The Louisiana Office of Public Health and IBM to co-create an end to end 
solution aimed at improving population health in Louisiana - starting 
with the elimination of Hepatitis C (check our video at: 
https://vimeo.com/327830372/7146aa91cb). The research and development 
will be executed on an industry environment, making use of realistic 
datasets and focusing on business impact and production of intellectual 
property (such as patents). The candidate will work closely with a 
multidisciplinary team of researchers and developers, as well as public 
health officials and interested stakeholders.

Desired skills:
* Be able to collaborate with other professionals to determine 
functional requirements and available datasets for a viable cut-edge 
research solution in a defined scope.
* Contribute to define research scope and high-level research problems, 
and alternatives for viable solutions based on the integration of Data 
Science, Social computing, Multi-agent Simulation, and Decision Theory.
* Curate dataset of relevant research data from exiting project and 
other sources.
* Define and implement a proof of concept solution integrating the 
proposed models of Computational Intelligence, Data Science, Social 
computing, Multi-agent Simulation, and other technologies required to 
compose the solution.
* Critical thinking and proven ability to solve complex problems.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and 
oral, with a demonstrated ability to convey information to and build 
rapport with all levels of staff within a diverse work environment;
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team and communicate well 
with a range of personnel from both industrial and research environments.

Required Experience
Ph.D. in Mathematics, Physics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, 
Information Systems and related areas.
Publication track record on development of Multi-agent Simulation, 
Social computing, Data Science, and/or Decision Theory.
Experience with coding (JS, C#, Java, Python, etc.), enough to create 
practical prototypes to demonstrate the proposed solution.
Experience with computational platforms and computing simulation systems 
integrated to Public Health (a plus).
Interested parties should contact directly Simone Bianco at 
sbianco at us.ibm.com .

--
Simone Bianco, PhD
Research Staff Member and IBM Rock Star Employee
One of 2018 IBM 5-in-5 <https://www.research.ibm.com/5-in-5/ai-microscope/>
TED Speaker 
<https://www.ted.com/talks/simone_bianco_and_tom_zimmerman_the_wonderful_world_of_life_in_a_drop_of_water>
SIAM Visiting Lecturer 
<https://www.siam.org/Students-Education/Programs-Initiatives/SIAM-Visiting-Lecturer-Program>
IBM Almaden Research Center
650 Harry Rd, San Jose, CA 95120-6099
Ph: 408-927-1811
Web: http://researcher.ibm.com/researcher/view.php?person=us-sbianco 
<http://researcher.ibm.com/researcher/view.php?person=us-sbianco>
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http://www.digitaltrends.com/health-fitness/center-for-cellular-construction/ 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2016/09/26/ibm-the-nsf-and-uc-san-francisco-combine-to-power-up-the-exciting-world-of-cellular-engineering/#5bb4e939694d
http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-rock-star-employees-2015-4#using-math-to-cure-infectious-disease-simone-bianco-11