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Your Responsibilities
As a member of the HDDS platform, you will be responsible for:
- Supporting scientific projects with their complex data analysis tasks.
- Helping and advising researchers integrate our software into their workflows and projects.
- Recruiting new users through systematic outreach efforts.
- Integrating with the HDDS, the Microscopy Innovation Platform, and the URPP AdaBD in general.
- Participating in writing scientific papers.
- Creating documentation materials, example datasets, and tutorials for the software provided by the HDDS platform.
- Proposing and implementing useful software extensions utilizing third-party tools and innovative custom methods.
- Attending conferences to present the HDDS software and approach.
Your Profile
The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in natural sciences, preferably in neuroscience or related fields, along with a thorough theoretical and practical understanding of data science methods in the context of anatomical, functional, and behavioral data. Specifically, we are looking for individuals who have:
- A master’s degree or PhD in neuroscience, biomedicine, computer science, physics, or related fields.
- An excellent understanding of data analysis methods for anatomical and functional imaging within a neuroscience context, especially regarding multi-modal, high-dimensional, and large datasets.
- A curiosity-driven and experiment-oriented mindset.
- A willingness to become an expert user of the HDDS software.
- An academic track record with published papers in respected journals or conference proceedings.
- Excellent programming skills, predominantly in MATLAB, with solid knowledge of Python or Java.
- The ability to understand, work with, and potentially extend complex software architectures.
- Strong time-management skills to support both short (several months) and long (several years) project collaborations.
- Effective communication skills.
Application Process
Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.
Contact: Sepp Kollmorgen
Head of the HDDS platform
Email: sepp.kollmorgen@adabd.uzh.ch