Postdoctoral Position: Responsible AI @ University of Notre Dame

[Nuno Moniz]

https://apply.interfolio.com/133504

Description
The Health Equity Data Lab (HEDL) at the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society (LFIDS) seeks highly motivated and enthusiastic candidates to fill several Resident Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow positions. Lauched less than a year ago, the HEDL at the Lucy Family Institute is working to advance interdisciplinary research and translation at the intersection of health equity and data science / AI, identified through a collaborative process. HEDL will develop a comprehensive framework for tackling health and health care equity challenges, specifically at theintersection of medical and social care. The Lab will take a data-driven approach, which will work to identify measurable and actionable health inequities to prioritize resource allocation.

The vision of HEDL is to become the pre-eminent convening center of discussions, problem scoping, and solutions on health equity data and responsible AI for health & wellbeing. Post-doctoral research associates will play a critical role in working with Notre Dame community and the industry to develop novel, groundbreaking research that helps execute this vision.

There are several possible areas of research for interested candidates:
1. Responsible AI. The Postdoctoral Fellow will research the topics of imbalanced learning and explainability and interpretability in time series data. This exciting opportunity will be collaborating with experts in these fields: Prof. Nuno Moniz and Prof. Nitesh Chawla. This Institute-supported project centers around developing the ability to provide real-time audits of automated systems and to identify actionable paths forward to reduce bias and discrimination in the recommendations by these systems.

2. Health Equity-Specific Provocations:
1) Social Determinants of Health
2) Health Equity Data Index
3) Beyond Human Resources - the health and well-being of communitities
4) The Health Workforce of the Future

Under each of these provocations are research projects that are supported by Notre Dame academic community and partnering industries. All current and future projects have the potential to make a large impact in the health equity data field.

The position is funded for a year with a possibility for an extension for another year, depending on performance. Salary will commensurate with skills and experience, and the position is benefit-eligible. To find out more about the Lucy Institute for Data & Society and the Health Equity Data Lab within the institute, please refer to the Institute's annual report, https://online.flippingbook.com/view/839599272/i/