123 jobs found in united arab emirates

Description The Center for Smart Engineering Materials (CSEM), New York University Abu Dhabi, seeks to recruit a postdoctoral associate to work on the development of high-sensitivity integrated photonics sensors in the Silicon Photonics (SiPh) platform. The successful applicant will drive an exciting project on the development of smart optical sensors for environmental monitoring in the oil & gas industry. Our photonics research lab has set modern tools for the design, testing, and optimization of photonic circuits. It is open for collaboration with researchers with a background in basic research to investigate new optical circuits and materials with specific optical, electrical, and mechanical properties. The specialty of this research project is advanced optoelectronics materials for sensing applications. The candidate will work in a multidisciplinary environment consisting of PhD-level scientists, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Applicants...

New York University: NYU - Global: Abu Dhabi: AD_Engineering: AD_Mechanical Engineering Location Abu Dhabi, UAE Open Date Jan 12, 2023 Description The New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) is seeking to recruit a highly motivated Post-Doctoral Associate effective September 2023. He will work under the supervision of Dr. Raed Hashaikeh, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. The project aims to develop advanced, functional membranes for desalination, at bench-level and on a pilot-scale. The postdoctoral fellow will join a team of researchers and graduate students from various sub-fields, and will have access to state-of-the-art research facilities in the WRC. Responsibilities : Work alongside peers with unique and creative backgrounds in physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science engineering and mechanical engineering. Conduct research on the development of novel functional materials to assist membrane-based desalination such as reverse...

New York University: NYU - Global: Abu Dhabi: AD_Research Centers Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Open Date Jan 16, 2023 Deadline Mar 31, 2023 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time Description New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)  invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate to support the ongoing development of a regional ocean model for the Arabian Peninsula including both physical and biogeochemical components. The candidate will work under the supervision of Prof. Paparella and in close collaboration with researchers and faculty of the newly established Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences (ACCESS), an interdisciplinary research center focused on regional climate and environmental change.  The position will begin in summer 2023 and will extend for two years, with continued renewal possible depending on performance and budgets. Candidates must have a PhD in ocean sciences or a related field completed by December 2022....

New York University: NYU - Global: Abu Dhabi: AD_Engineering: AD_Electrical and Computer Engineering Location Abu Dhabi, UAE Open Date Jan 16, 2023 Description The Modern Microprocessors Architecture laboratory in the Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, seeks to recruit a Research Associate / Research Engineer / Research Assistant to work on cybersecurity research. The candidate will work in one of the following 3 topics: 1) Acceleration of Fully Homomorphic Encryption, 2) Industrial Control Systems security, and 3) Machine Learning security. The candidate will work in a multidisciplinary environment consisting of PhD-level scientists, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Applicants must have a B.Sc. or an M.Sc. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.  Excellent research skills relevant to the project are required.   For consideration, applicants need to submit a cover letter explicitly...

New York University: NYU - Global: Abu Dhabi: AD_Science: AD_Biology Location Abu Dhabi, UAE Open Date Jan 16, 2023 Description The Evolutionary Genomics laboratory in the Division of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, seeks to recruit a research associate to work on the mechanisms underlying adaptation to extreme environment in vertebrates. The successful applicant will drive a fascinating project on the genomic of adaptation in native and invasive populations of the frog Xenopus laevis. The research project will combine field, comparative genomics and population genetics. The candidate will work in a multidisciplinary environment consisting of PhD-level scientists, graduate students and undergraduate students. Applicants must have a PhD in biology, preferably with expertise in evolutionary biology or genetics.  Excellent experimental and in silico skills relevant to the project (in particular genomics and bioinformatics) are required....

Description The  eBRAIN  laboratory in the Division of Engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Associate position, to work in the area of research and development (R&D) of Edge-AI and advanced embedded machine learning (ML) technologies, and their real-world applications from different fields like autonomous systems, healthcare, robotics, etc., with a focus on high performance, energy efficiency, robustness and online learning. The focus of the  eBRAIN  lab is on building energy-efficient and robust brain-inspired, autonomous, and cognitive systems through cross-layer analysis and design methods, engaging hardware, software, and system level techniques synergistically. Prof. Shafique’s lab has many-years of R&D experience in cross-layer design and optimization for building energy-efficient and robust AI/ML and vision systems, including efficient learning and inference of complex AI/ML...

Description The  eBRAIN  laboratory in the Division of Engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Associate position, to work in the area of research and development (R&D) of Security of advanced machine learning (ML) systems, covering both adversarial and backdoor attacks and defenses, and their real-world applications from different fields like autonomous systems, robotics, and smart homes/cities. The focus of the  eBRAIN  lab is on building energy-efficient and robust brain-inspired, autonomous, and cognitive systems through cross-layer analysis and design methods, engaging hardware, software, and system level techniques synergistically. Prof. Shafique’s lab has many-years of R&D experience in cross-layer design and optimization for building energy-efficient and robust AI/ML and vision systems, including efficient learning and inference of complex AI/ML algorithms, specialized neural...

Description The Center for Behavioral Institutional Design (C-BID) at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) invites applications for the position of a Research Assistant in the areas of behavioral or experimental economics. Successful candidates will join the research group of Professor Nikos. Job Description: The position holder must be interested in applying insights from behavioral and experimental economics to the design of real-world policies and in using controlled experiments to test the policies before they are implemented. The responsibilities of the position holder may include assisting in surveying the relevant literature; analyzing survey and experimental data; organizing and running lab, field or online experiments; and drafting reports summarizing the research findings. The ideal candidate will be able to perform well independently as well as in a team, and under time pressure. Required Qualifications : An undergraduate or MSc...

Description The social psychology faculty at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) are inviting applications for three, two-year Post-Doctoral Associate positions in the area of social and political psychology to start September 2023 (starting date negotiable).The postdoctoral associate will work on quantitative research projects focusing on areas related to gender (e.g., gender roles, masculinity / femininity, gender identity), sexuality, and/or the antecedents and consequences of inequality, prejudice, or discrimination, broadly defined. The postdoctoral associate will work under the supervision of either Jaime Napier or P.J. Henry. A number of skills are considered plusses but by no means are all required. Experience working with archival data sets and/or large survey data sets (e.g., ANES, GSS, WVS), and with interdisciplinary research (e.g., sociology, gender studies, political science, human development) is a plus. Strong quantitative skills...

Description The Magzoub Laboratory ( https://www.magzoub-lab.com  ) at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) invites applications from individuals to be appointed as a Postdoctoral Associate. The research project, under the supervision of Professor Mazin Magzoub, will focus on elucidating structure, function and mechanism associated with pathogenic protein self-assembly (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s diseases and type II diabetes). Successful applicants will be highly motivated with an interest in working in the areas of Biophysics, Molecular Medicine, Chemical Biology, and must hold a Ph.D. degree in a related field. The ideal candidate will have research experience in protein misfolding diseases, amyloid research and/or protein biophysics, with a strong background in optical spectroscopy and microscopy. Experience in  in vivo  models (e.g. c elegans, mice) of protein misfolding diseases is highly desirable. The terms of employment include...

Description The Film and New Media Program at NYU Abu Dhabi is currently inviting applications for a full-time non-tenure track open-rank Arts Professor multi-year appointment in Film, New/Digital Media, and Digital and Interactive Media Studies. We are looking for a scholar who works in the field of film and media history with a focus on documentary, experimental, interactive, and narrative modes, popular genres, digital technologies and platforms, genres and movements within and across diverse film cultures. Scholarship theorizing and historicizing film and media practices emerging from multiple regions through multiple disciplinary perspectives would add to our program’s strategy of anchoring our students in comparative histories, theories, and practices of film and media. Applicants with training in disciplines such as film/media studies, cultural studies, visual anthropology, philosophy, history, and legal studies with an interest in popular...

Description The Film and New Media Program at NYU Abu Dhabi is currently inviting applications for a full-time, multi-year lecturer position in Film and New Media. We are looking for a film/ new media practitioner who has considerable experience in cinematography, sound, and post-production. We are seeking applicants who have knowledge of varied equipment and software to enable and guide students who might be beginners or advanced in their training in film and new media. Our program lays an emphasis on historicizing and contextualizing practice alongside teaching technique and craft. Diverse film and new media practices are encouraged amongst our students thus we are looking for applicants who have worked in different contexts and explored the medium outside standard conventions as well.  The position requires the applicant to teach introductory level courses in sound, cinematography, post-production, and a required course that teaches safety and production...

Description The Division of Engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) invites applications for a faculty position in Mechanical Engineering in the broad areas of Mechatronics and Robotics. Space Robotics is of major interest. The available opening is at the ranks of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. Candidates with a strong record of interdisciplinary research in emerging areas are preferred, especially scholars who efficiently combine analytical, computational, and experimental approaches to address fundamental and applied topics. The Division emphasizes high-level academic research resulting in high-impact publications with tangible societal impacts, such as investigations that results in patents, prototypes, and private or public sector adoption. NYUAD values diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity; such principles are fundamental to the university commitment to excellence. Our faculty are the engines that sustain our inclusive environment;...

Description New York University Abu Dhabi, Engineering Division, and the Mechanical Engineering program are accepting applications for a non-tenure track faculty position at the Associate Professor level, with the title of Clinical Associate Professor, to begin in September 2023. The appointed faculty member will be part of the Mechanical Engineering program. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing the Senior Capstone program for all the Engineering Division disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, computer, civil & urban, and bio engineering. The clinical professor will teach both undergraduate and graduate classes, primarily in the areas of Thermal-Fluid Sciences and Thermal Systems. The faculty member will be expected to teach the equivalent of 4 classes per academic year, with commensurate course relief for responsibilities associated with coordination of capstones. A commitment to creative, engaging content and...

Description The Division of Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi is searching for rising scholars to conduct important research and teach the next generation of global leaders. You are invited to apply for a tenure-track position in the Control systems and intelligent decision-making within the Electrical Engineering (EE) program. Emphasis will be given in: 1) Autonomous systems, 2) Machine and Reinforcement Learning, 3) Cyber system control, and 4) Predictive and Network Control. The available opening is at the Assistant Professor rank. The EE-program has invested in robotics and there are exceptional facilities in aerial/ground and submersible agents, haptics, Brain Machine Interface, vision, and autonomous systems including its 1000m3 motion capture arena. The newly formed Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) will play a pivotal role in the applications oriented side of this position. Faculty in NYUAD’s EE have close...

Description The Division of Engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) invites applications for an open-rank tenured/tenure-track faculty position in the broad area of transportation engineering.   We are particularly interested in candidates with a strong research record in travel demand modeling and/or transportation economics with application to emerging transport technologies (e.g., electric vehicles, autonomous driving, modular vehicles, drones). The successful candidate will be a member of the NYUAD Civil and Urban Engineering program, and will be able to collaborate with other faculty in transportation and related fields in the NYU Global Network, the NYUAD Center for Interacting Urban Networks (CITIES), and the NYU Center for Urban Science & Progress (CUSP), among others. NYUAD has state-of-the-art research facilities in a modern 15-acre campus on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE.  The core research infrastructure is especially...

Description The Interactive Media program at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) invites applications for Adjunct Faculty positions. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and will be kept on file and reviewed according to emerging needs. The successful candidate must be able to obtain a letter of no objection from their home institution. The Interactive Media program is a Bachelor of Arts major at NYUAD that combines art, interaction design, communications, computer science, and engineering. The program is housed in the University’s Arts and Humanities Division and has a broad reach across the University. The mission of the program is to foster the creative use of emerging technologies for communication and expression as well as to leverage the creative process as a means to engage in both theoretical and critical discourse. NYUAD values diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity; such principles are fundamental to the university's...

Description NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) seeks an entrepreneurial and skilled leader to serve as the Vice Provost for Research Translation and Entrepreneurship. The Vice-Provost for Research Translation and Entrepreneurship (VP-RTE) will provide positive and collaborative leadership in research innovation, translation, industry and community engagement, and enterprise development. They will work closely with the deans and other members of the Provost Office to identify, foster, and promote ideas with potential for translation and positive societal and commercial impact. The VP-RTE will also need to collaborate with similar offices at NYU NY and will require coordination with NYU NY to develop policies and guidelines. A key element will include a strong collaboration with startAD, overseeing the development of startAD, a global accelerator steering seed- stage technology start-us in the UAE and with a strong relationship to NYUAD. The VP-RTE will lead the formulation of...

Description NYUAD Experimental High Energy Physics group is searching for a Post-Doctoral Associate  to join the planned group's efforts to be involved in the ATLAS experiment as part of the UAE-ATLAS cluster, composed of three UAE institutions. Candidates must demonstrate experience in experimental high energy physics. The group will be contributing to the Physics Modeling (MC software, MC validation and Pileup modeling), the MET  High-Level Trigger validation, optimization and performance studies, and to the heterogeneous computing where the focus will be to work on to the current efforts on accelerator developments towards the HL-LHC. Expertise in trigger development, performance and optimization and/or the ATLAS computing model is preferred. The selected candidate will work in the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The appointment will be for two years, with the possibility for renewal, subject to mutual agreement. The successful candidate...

Description We are seeking a Post-Doctoral Associate to work on a multidisciplinary project funded by the ASPIRE Virtual Research Institute in Precision Medicine at NYU Abu Dhabi and will be supervised by Prof. Farah Shamout in collaboration with the other project Principal Investigators. The researcher is expected to have (i) a strong background in machine learning, and (ii) motivation to pursue multidisciplinary research at the intersection of machine learning and healthcare. The researcher will be primarily based at NYU Abu Dhabi. The researcher will report directly to PI Shamout and work in close collaboration with other researchers at the VRI in Precision Medicine. Key Responsibilities Research Conduct high-quality and innovative research primarily focused on problems related to deep learning; Generate new high-impact ideas based on gaps and limitations of the state-of-the-art (SOTA); Design and implement experiments to compare proposed...