Research Fellow (Dubai)

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract up to 3 years

Background

To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project. 

Specifically, we are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join our team in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) with a focus on large language models, deep learning, and multi-modal machine learning. The researcher will work on the project KAMAL Health: Knowledge-Augmented Multi-Modal Arabic LLMs for Healthcare (PI: Dr Ruchit Agrawal). This is a full-time position for a duration of three years based at University of Birmingham Dubai and provides an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge research and contribute to advancements in medical AI technologies.

Role Summary

• Work within specified research grants and projects and contribute to writing bids 
• Operate within area of specialism and develop AI models for healthcare
• Generate high quality, state-of-the-art research on clinical LLMs
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results 
• Contribute to generating funding 
• Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of Artificial Intelligence

Main Duties

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

• Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor if required
• Conduct high-impact research in large language models, deep learning, and multi-modal machine learning (integrating text, audio, and visual data)
• Contribute to writing bids for research funding
• Analyse and interpret data
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc
• Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD/MSc students where appropriate to the discipline

Person Specification

• A master’s and bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or a related field and a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence or a related field
• High level analytical capability
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly
• Fluency in relevant models (such as LLMs), techniques or methods (such as multi-modal ML and speech processing) and ability to contribute to developing new ones
• Proficiency in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, etc
• Strong ability to work independently and as part of a team in a collaborative research environment
• Proven track record of publishing research in top-tier conferences and journals
• Proficiency in Arabic is strongly encouraged but not required
• Experience with multi-modal medical LLMs and working with Electronic Health Records
• Familiarity with the latest trends in large language models, clinical machine learning and transfer learning

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Ruchit Agrawal, email: r.r.agrawal@bham.ac.uk (Dubai Campus), and Aad van Moorsel, email: a.vanmoorsel@bham.ac.uk (Edgbaston Campus)

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