Postdoc and PhD Position in Machine Listening at NJIT/NYU-MARL

[Mark Cartwright]

Dear all,

We’re thrilled to invite applications for a postdoctoral associate and a PhD student in human-centered machine listening. The positions are funded by a National Science Foundation grant on accessible audio captioning of non-speech sounds, a collaboration between New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Sound Interaction and Computing (SInC) Lab and New York University’s Music and Audio Research Lab (MARL). This project aims to develop datasets and models for multimodal representation learning and large audio language models, designed to meet the needs of content creators and viewers of audio captions for online media. 

Postdoc: We’re looking for someone who is self-motivated and collaborative, with expertise in audio-language modeling and/or audio representation learning. This individual will be expected to take a leadership role in the project, aiding in the supervision of junior researchers working on machine listening, accessibility, and system development and evaluation. The successful candidate will be affiliated with NJIT’s SInC Lab (Newark, NJ) and hosted by NYU’s MARL (Brooklyn, NY), where the associate will be expected to spend most of their time. This is a one-year term appointment with the possibility of renewal for a second year, with a starting salary of US$62,232 plus benefits. Review of applications will start immediately and will continue until the position is filled. We're targeting a Spring 2026 start date, but we can be somewhat flexible with the timing.

PhD student: We’re looking for a self-motivated candidate with a background in audio processing, electrical engineering, or computer science. Experience in accessibility is a plus. Applications should be directed to the Computer Science and Engineering PhD Program at Tandon (now part of the Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science), and should mention Prof. Magdalena Fuentes as the potential advisor. The student will be spending their time at MARL. 

To apply for the postdoc, please visit: https://njit.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/8458?c=njit

To apply for the PhD, please follow the instructions on this website: https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/programs/computer-science-phd

Please contact mark.ca...@njit.edu if you have any questions regarding the postdoc position, and mfue...@nyu.edu for the PhD position. 

Take care,

Mark & Magdalena