Role overview
This staff scientist position is connected to the research group and is funded by the European project COMFORT (Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Urologic Cancers with Artificial Intelligence-Driven Decision Support Tool). COMFORT (www.comfort-ai.eu) is developing a cutting-edge decision support system using artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven approaches to assist medical professionals in delivering improved care for people affected by prostate cancer (PCa) or kidney cancer (KC).
This position will focus on modeling AI trustworthiness and explainability in medical data and models (mainly imaging data), with particular emphasis on fairness and privacy. Duties and responsibilities may change over time.
The successful candidate will be part of the Deep Data Mining group and Responsible Artificial Intelligence group at the Department of Computing Science. More info about the research groups: https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-computing-science/research/research-groups/.
What we're looking for
- Comprehensive knowledge and practical skills in the field of data science, especially. multimodal data analysis.
- Experience on image processing (especially on MRI data) via machine learning.
- Programming skills (e.g., Python) are required.
- Ability to communicate effectively in both spoken and written English.
Merits
- Research experience on natural language processing, causal inference.
- Research experience on medical domain.
- Knowledge of AI trustworthiness-related topics (e.g., fairness or explainable).
The position is fixed-term until 2027-03-31. The starting date is 2026-05-01 or as agreed.
Welcome with your application!
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Anställningsform: särskild visstidsanställning | Anställningens omfattning: heltid | Antal lediga befattningar: 1 | Sysselsättningsgrad: 100% | Ort: Umeå | Län: Västerbottens län | Land: Sweden | Referensnummer: AN 2026/402 | Kontakt: Lili Jiang [email protected], Lili Jiang [email protected], Virginia Dignum [email protected], Virginia Dignum [email protected], | Facklig företrädare: Saco-S [email protected], Saco-S [email protected], SEKO 090-7865296, SEKO 090-7865296, ST 090-7865431, ST 090-7865431, | Publicerat: 2026-03-20 | Sista ansökningsdag: 2026-04-10