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Summer intern, Image Data Analytics, Data Science and Scientific Informatics, RaDS-IT

Our company, is a global healthcare company that focuses on prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. They are committed to creating a healthier future by leveraging their diversified portfolio in drug development and healthcare solutions.

The Image Data Analytics Team of the Scientific Informatics Department at our company is offering an internship opportunity. The intern will work on developing techniques for quantitative analysis of multidimensional images, with the goal of identifying biomarkers in biological datasets to support drug development. This involves the application of machine learning, deep learning, data mining, image processing, and signal processing techniques to extract meaningful information.

To be eligible for this internship, candidates must be currently pursuing an MS or PhD in fields such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, Applied Mathematics, or Statistics. They should be available to work full-time for 10-12 weeks during the summer of 2024 and return to school in the fall upon completion of the assignment.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Knowledge in mathematical algorithms in areas such as machine learning, deep learning, pattern recognition, data mining, image processing, computer vision, signal processing, bioinformatics, and statistics.
• Research experience in biomedical image processing (such as histology-based, CT, MR, etc.) with applications in medical, healthcare, and/or pharmaceutical fields.
• Research experience in analyzing multimodal datasets.
• Ability to plan and schedule daily computing, research, and reporting activities to meet established timetables and objectives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Experience and Skills (not all required):

• Experience in software packages such as Python, Matlab, R, C++, and Java.
• Experience in deep learning frameworks like pytorch, tensorflow, keras, etc.
• Experience in advanced deep learning models such as foundational models, graph neural networks, etc.
• Experience in high-performance computing, GPU computing, and Cloud computing.
• Experience/knowledge in bioinformatics and genomics.
• Experience with big data tools such as Hadoop and Spark.

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Requisition ID:R333225