79 faculty science computer science jobs found in Cambridge, MA

Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow for Statistical Methods in Population Health Disparities School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department/Area Biostatistics Position Description The Department of Biostatistics at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship focused on the development of statistical methods for population health disparities. The postdoctoral fellow will work with Dr. Briana Stephenson and collaborate with a multidisciplinary research team to develop innovative statistical and machine learning methods to address and identify bias and inequities in population health. Areas of interest include: identifying bias in healthcare access and delivery, statistical methods for high-dimensional exposures in minority populations, model-based clustering techniques for understudied populations, and survey sampling methodology for diverse population cohorts....

Title Postdoctoral Fellow in Biostatistics School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department/Area   Position Description This is a postdoctoral position developing statistical methods for finding patterns in complex biomedical data, working with Jeff Miller in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  Models and methods of interest include hierarchical regression models, latent factorization models, nonparametric Bayesian models, models for sequential data, mixture models, machine learning algorithms, and robustness to model misspecification.  This postdoctoral position will involve working with Dr. Miller and collaborators to develop statistical methods and software tools for analyzing high-dimensional biomedical data from cancer genomics and clinical applications. Basic Qualifications Doctoral degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Computer...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard in RL with Applications in Digital Interventions! School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Statistics Position Description Join us as a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Susan Murphy’s Statistical Reinforcement Learning Group. Our research concerns sequential decision making in digital health, including experimental design and reinforcement learning algorithms. We combine statistical methods with online reinforcement learning algorithms to provide inferential tools. The successful applicant will be expected to develop an innovative research program in sequential decision making. Our lab is involved in a number of digital health studies in obesity, cardiac health, physical activity, mental illness and substance abuse across the world. The appointment will be for up to three years with annual renewal based on satisfactory performance and continued availability of funding. ...

Title Postdoctoral Fellowships in Computer Science School Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department/Area Computer Science Position Description The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Department of Statistics at Harvard University seeks applicants for four postdoctoral fellow programs in Computer Science. Michael O. Rabin Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretical Computer Science The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University (SEAS) seeks applicants for the Michael O. Rabin* Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretical Computer Science. The normal duration of the Rabin Fellowship is two years. Rabin Fellows will receive a generous salary as well as an allocation for research and travel expenses. We are looking for junior scientists in theoretical computer science, broadly construed. Rabin Fellows will be provided...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow with the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab - Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University School Harvard Business School Department/Area   Position Description The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows for academic year 2023-2024 to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit  https://d3.harvard.edu . The postdoctoral fellows will work under the direct supervision of faculty Principal Investigators and the Senior Associate Director, Lab Operations. They will work closely with the lab manager and research associate(s) at each lab. D^3 is looking for candidates with diverse backgrounds and/or new perspectives. There are no teaching requirements for...

Title Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Intersection of Systems and Theory School Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department/Area Computer Science Position Description The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and seeks applicants for a postdoctoral fellow in Computer Science, specifically at the intersection of Systems and Theory. Systems + Theory Postdoctoral Position The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University (SEAS) seeks applicants for a postdoctoral position in systems and theory. The postdoc is intended for one year but there will be funding to potentially extend it to a second year. The postdoc will receive a generous salary as well as an allocation for research and travel expenses.   We are looking for junior scientists who are especially interested in working at the intersection of systems and...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow for Statistical Methods in EHR-Based Studies School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department/Area   Position Description This is a postdoctoral position with the scientific goals being the development, implementation, and evaluation of statistical methods for causal inference based on electronic health records (EHR) data. The postdoctoral fellow will work with Drs. Haneuse, Mukherjee, and Wang in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, as well as their collaborators at Kaiser Permanente. The focus of the work will be on semi-parametric methods for handling missing data in EHR-based settings but may extend beyond, and will involve hands-on analysis of long-term outcomes following bariatric surgery. Basic Qualifications Doctoral degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field. Strong theoretical and...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. RESEARCH SCIENTIST ,  Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) , to work with Dr. Neil Thompson as part of the FutureTech research project.  Will collaborate as part of an interdisciplinary group of computer scientists, engineers, and economists working on projects that uncover and quantify the foundations of progress in computing: what are the most important trends, how do they underpin economic productivity and growth, and how can we harness them to sustain and promote shared prosperity.  By drawing on computer science, economics, and management, the group aims to identify and understand trends in computing that create opportunities for (or pose risks to) our ability to sustain economic growth. The goal is to understand and identify levers of influence that enable leaders in computing, scientific funding bodies, and policymakers...

Title Research Associate School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department/Area Biostatistics Position Description OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY The successful candidate will work with Drs. Curtis Huttenhower and Wendy Garrett on overall scientific coordination for the Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center (http://hcmph.sph.harvard.edu). This individual will be responsible for high-level scientific planning, reporting, outreach, and mentoring for the project, working with both computational and experimental scientists in multiple labs that are part of the Center. There will be ample opportunities to plan new projects; prepare presentations, proposals, and manuscripts with the Center and affiliated PIs, students, and postdoctoral fellows; funding reporting; and coordinate with the broader HCMPH community. PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (*Essential Functions) Deep technical...

Title Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS) School Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department/Area Computer Science Position Description The Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS) solicits applications for postdoctoral fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. CRCS provides postdoctoral fellows with an annual salary plus travel and research funding to allow them to engage in independent research. We seek computer science researchers who are enthusiastic about collaborating with colleagues from other disciplines and who have a demonstrated interest in connecting their research agenda with societal issues. Fellows spend up to two years at CRCS. Areas of specific research interest for the 2023-2024 academic year include wildlife conservation/sustainability and public health. Research in this arena may involve, among myriad other...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow with the Customer Intelligence Lab - Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University School Harvard Business School Department/Area   Position Description The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows for academic year 2023-2024 to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit  https://d3.harvard.edu .   The postdoctoral fellows will work under the direct supervision of faculty Principal Investigators and the Senior Associate Director, Lab Operations. They will work closely with the lab manager and research associate(s) at each lab. D^3 is looking for candidates with diverse backgrounds and/or new perspectives. There are no teaching requirements...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow in Geometric Machine Learning School Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department/Area Applied Mathematics Position Description A postdoctoral position is available in Melanie Weber’s group at Harvard University. The group works at the intersection of Geometry and Machine Learning, with a focus on recognizing and exploiting geometric structure in data and models. Research areas include Representation Learning, Machine learning and Optimization on Graphs and Manifolds, as well as applications of geometric methods in the sciences. For more information and recent publications, see  http://melanie-weber.com/ . For questions, please email  mweber@seas.harvard.edu . This is a one-year position, with possible extension. The start date is flexible, but ideally around August 2023. Review of applications will begin in January 2023, but applications will be...

Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department/Area Epidemiology Position Description The postdoctoral fellow will work on clinical and nutritional epidemiologic projects related to colorectal cancer.  Example projects include studies of diet and the gut microbiome in relation to colorectal cancer incidence and surviorship using the data from the Nurses’ Health Studies and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study; development of risk assessment tools for precision colonoscopy screening and surveillance using the established, electronic health record (EHR)-based cohort in the Mass General Brigham;  integration of multi-omics data to better understand the etiology and improve prediction for colorectal cancer in the UK Biobank. Basic Qualifications Successful candidates are expected to have the following:...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Historical Psychology in Latin Texts School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Human Evolutionary Biology Position Description We seek a postdoctoral fellow with research experience in computational approaches to language and literature to work on a cross-institutional project on the study of historical psychology in Latin texts. This is a one-year full-time position beginning in Spring 2023 and potentially renewable for one additional year. Besides regular meetings with the project PI, Joe Henrich (Harvard University; Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab), and co-PI, Jonathan Schulz (George Mason University), the position will entail close collaboration with the Quantitative Criticism Lab, co-directed by Joseph Dexter (Harvard University) and Pramit Chaudhuri (University of Texas at Austin). The aim of the project is to develop computational methods for the study of...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Historical Psychology in Latin Texts School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Human Evolutionary Biology Position Description We seek a postdoctoral fellow with research experience in computational approaches to language and literature to work on a cross-institutional project on the study of historical psychology in Latin texts. This is a one-year full-time position beginning in Spring 2023 and potentially renewable for one additional year. Besides regular meetings with the project PI, Joe Henrich (Harvard University; Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab), and co-PI, Jonathan Schulz (George Mason University), the position will entail close collaboration with the Quantitative Criticism Lab, co-directed by Joseph Dexter (Harvard University) and Pramit Chaudhuri (University of Texas at Austin). The aim of the project is to develop computational methods for the study of diachronic...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow at Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications Position Description The Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications at Harvard University welcomes applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position in the mathematical sciences for the academic year 2023-2024 or the academic years 2023-2025. The Center is seeking in particular individuals with a strong mathematical science background who are interested in applying mathematics to fields such as physics, biology, finance, statistical data analysis, economics, computer science, AI, machine learning, and other disciplines. Basic Qualifications Ph.D. in relevant field Additional Qualifications   Special Instructions The application should include a cover letter/letter of application, a CV, a research...

Position Description     The Onnela Lab in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking candidates with a Ph.D. in biostatistics, applied mathematics, computer science, or a related quantitative field for a two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position. This position involves developing statistical methods, data analytic tools, and mathematical models for analyzing smartphone data–collected with our high-throughput digital phenotyping platform–in biomedical research cohorts with the goal of establishing more precise and dynamic disease phenotypes. Specifically, this postdoc position will focus on developing statistical methods for the recognition and quantification of human activity data using primarily accelerometer data from smartphones and wearables. Basic Qualifications     Doctoral degree in statistics, biostatistics, computer science, applied mathematics, or a related quantitative field....

Position Description     This is a postdoctoral position developing statistical methods for finding patterns in complex biomedical data, working with Jeff Miller in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  Models and methods of interest include hierarchical regression models, latent factorization models, nonparametric Bayesian models, models for sequential data, mixture models, machine learning algorithms, and robustness to model misspecification.  This postdoctoral position will involve working with Dr. Miller and collaborators to develop statistical methods and software tools for analyzing high-dimensional biomedical data from cancer genomics and clinical applications. Basic Qualifications     Doctoral degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Applied Math, or a related field.  Advanced expertise in Bayesian statistics and machine learning is essential.  Strong programming skills...

Position Description     The Onnela Lab in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking candidates with a Ph.D. in biostatistics, applied mathematics, statistical physics, computer science, or a related quantitative field for two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions. These positions involve developing statistical methods, data analytic tools, and mathematical models for analyzing two different types of systems. In the first area, statistical network science, we develop methods that are at the intersection of statistical learning and network science with applications in social and biological networks. In the second area, smartphone-based digital phenotyping, we develop tools and methods for analyzing data collected by our smartphone platform. Our ongoing applied studies in this area involve diverse patient populations from neurology to psychiatry and oncology. The candidates can focus on one of these areas only or may...

Title Postdoctoral Research Position in Data Science School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department/Area Biostatistics Position Description The Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position for data science and/or statistical methods development to address questions of climate change and air pollution regulatory policy. Expertise in causal inference and machine learning is desirable but not necessary. The Postdoctoral Fellow will work with a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in statistical methods, epidemiology, climate science, and biomedical science as part of the NSAPH group,  https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nsaph/  . The position will be under the supervision of Dr. Francesca Dominici, Professor of Biostatistics and co-Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative. Duties and Responsibilities The...