Postdoctoral Fellow – Mathematical Institute for Data Science

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Postdoctoral Fellow – Mathematical Institute for Data Science

The Johns Hopkins University’s Mathematical Institute for Data Science (MINDS) invites applicants for multiple positions as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Review of applications will begin on 1/1/2022. Candidates must have completed their Ph.D. prior to their appointment start date and show definite promise in research and teaching. The appointment is for one year, renewable for up to three years, with a typical duration of at least two years. Opportunities for collaboration include an NSF-Simons Collaboration on the Mathematical Foundations of Deep Learning (THEORINET), the NSF-TRIPODS Institute on the Foundations of Graph and Deep Learning, the DARPA GARD and DARPA RED programs, and ONR MURI on Control and Learning Enabled Verifiable Robust AI (CLEVR-AI), and an ARO MURI on Semantic Information for Multimodal Data.

The Mathematical Institute for Data Science has 35 faculty affiliated with primary appointments in the Departments of Applied Math & Statistics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. MINDS faculty are supported by multiple grants, including an NSF-Simons Collaboration on the Mathematical Foundations of Deep Learning (THEORINET) and the NSF-TRIPODS Institute on the Foundations of Graph and Deep Learning. More information about the Mathematical Institute for Data Science can be found at https://www.minds.jhu.edu/ .

The Whiting School of Engineering comprises over 200 full-time tenure-track, research, and teaching-track faculty in nine academic programs with a total annual research budget of over $100 million. Research partnerships with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Applied Physics Laboratory, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences make the Whiting School of Engineering a unique research and educational environment. Student enrollment exceeds 1800 at the undergraduate level with over 1000 full-time MS and PhD students. The Engineering for Professionals program enrolls over 2000 part-time continuing education students and is the largest program of its kind in the country.

The Johns Hopkins University is committed to active recruitment of a diverse body of researchers. The University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. Consistent with the University’s goals of achieving excellence in all areas, we will assess the comprehensive qualifications of each applicant.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be expected to collaborate with Prof. Vidal on problems that include:

1. Foundations of deep learning: learning and control, convergence and implicit bias in overparametrized models, non-convex optimization.

2. Adversarial and lifelong learning: principled defenses for images and videos, reverse engineering of attacks, min-max optimization, lifelong unsupervised learning.

3. Computer vision: scene interpretation, action recognition,

4. Biomedical data science: video-based diagnosis of autism and Tourette syndrome, cell detection and reconstruction. A strong background in machine learning, optimization, statistics, dynamical systems, computer vision, or biomedical data science is required.

Application Instructions

Applicants are asked to submit (a) a cover letter, (b) a vita, and (c) a research statement (1-3 pages) to http://apply.interfolio.com/98000 . In addition, the applicants should use Interfolio to request at least three letters of recommendations to be submitted directly by the recommenders.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity for its faculty, staff, and students. To that end, the university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristic. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved.

Pre-Employment Information

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit accessibility.jhu.edu .

Johns Hopkins has mandated COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, as applicable. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/ .

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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