We are seeking a Junior Research Scientist to join the team to work under the theme of Computational & Interactive Health under the supervision of Dr. Farah Shamout & Dr. Hanan Salam and in close collaboration with Prof. Nizar Habash. The researcher is expected to have strong machine learning & AI skills and exemplary passion and motivation to pursue multidisciplinary research at the intersection of computing and healthcare. The project has three main objectives: (a) developing robust computational methods for decision-making in health based on clinical use cases of interest, (b) building a tailored health-focused Arabic knowledge interactive language model through the development of benchmark datasets, evaluation frameworks, and specialized LLMs and AI agents, and finally (c) designing specialized interactive multimodal multi-lingual natural interfaces.

Qualifications

• A master's degree in less than 5 years of research experience in the relevant field or a bachelors degree with any level of experience.
• Support the research supervisors and team in developing and implementing the research agenda.
• Conduct high-quality and innovative research primarily focused on Computational & Interactive Health.
• Generate new high-impact ideas based on gaps and limitations of the state-of-the-art (SOTA).
• Publish research findings in high-impact journals and conferences.
• Communicate and present research findings at local and international academic gatherings.
• Create, maintain, and document high-quality research code for reproducibility.
• Maintain good practice in managing and accessing sensitive medical datasets.
• Collaborate with other scientists within the NYU Global Network and in Abu Dhabi.