{"id":20459,"date":"2021-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsite.finki.ukim.mk\/projects\/oglas-za-angazhiranje-na-nauchni-sorabotnici-istrazhuvachi-na-proekt-od-oblasta-na-kompjuterska\/"},"modified":"2021-02-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T23:00:00","slug":"oglas-za-angazhiranje-na-nauchni-sorabotnici-istrazhuvachi-na-proekt-od-oblasta-na-kompjuterska","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/finki.ukim.mk\/en\/projects\/oglas-za-angazhiranje-na-nauchni-sorabotnici-istrazhuvachi-na-proekt-od-oblasta-na-kompjuterska\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Research Associates for a Project in the Computational Neuropathology of Psychiatric Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><i><span><a href=\"http:\/\/manu.edu.mk\/knit\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Research Centre for Computer Science and Information Technologies <span>(RCCSIT)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><span> <i>at the <\/i>Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA) seeks to engage <b><i>research associates for a project<\/i><\/b>for a period of three years, within a research programme in the field of <b>computational neuropathology of psychiatric disorders<\/b>in cooperation with the <i><a href=\"https:\/\/nyspi.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New York State Psychiatric Institute<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiapsychiatry.org\/molecular-imaging-and-neuropathology\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia University in New York<\/a><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We seek motivated candidates with proven computing skills to work in: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span>Position 1<\/span><\/b><span> \u2013 <b>a)<\/b> protocols for quantifying cellular structures in microscopic images of the human brain by applying a broad range of morphometric techniques; and <b>b)<\/b> innovative solutions for optimising and accelerating depth focusing in laser microscopy through machine learning. Previous experience in programming <i>deep neural networks <\/i>on <\/span><span>GPU<\/span><span>processors will be considered an advantage;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span>Position 2 <\/span><\/b><span>\u2013 statistical models of different types of biological data\u2014molecular expression of RNA and proteins, DNA methylation, and cellular-structure parameters\u2014to identify potential biomarkers of psychiatric disorders. Previous experience with <i>graphical models <\/i>and machine learning will be considered an advantage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Candidates are expected to hold a degree in computer science, electrical engineering, physics, mathematics or a related technical discipline, and to have acquired programming and computational skills relevant to the research problems described above through undergraduate and\/or postgraduate study or professional engagement.<\/span><span>The collaborative nature of the project requires an advanced command of English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Please submit your <\/span><span>CV<\/span><span>together with a motivation letter in English of no more than one page to <b>Academician Professor Ljupcho Kocarev<\/b>, the project leader, at <\/span><b><span><a href=\"mailto:lkocarev@manu.edu.mk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lkocarev@manu.edu.mk<\/a><\/span><\/b><span>no later than Friday, 5 February 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0418\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0447\u043a\u0438\u043e\u0442 \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0440 \u0437\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0443\u0458\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0443\u043a\u0438 \u0438 \u0438\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0442\u0435\u0445\u043d\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0438 (\u0418\u0426\u041a\u041d\u0418\u0422) \u043f\u0440\u0438 \u041c\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0430\u043a\u0430\u0434\u0435\u043c\u0438\u0458\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0443\u043a\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0438 \u0443\u043c\u0435\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0435 (\u041c\u0410\u041d\u0423) \u0438\u043c\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0431\u0430 \u043e\u0434 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u0430\u0436\u0438\u0440\u0430\u045a\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0443\u0447\u043d\u0438 \u0441\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0438 \u2013 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0447\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043a\u0442&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":20415,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-20459","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/finki.ukim.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/20459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/finki.ukim.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/finki.ukim.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finki.ukim.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/finki.ukim.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finki.ukim.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20459"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}