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The Environment Biology Nuclear Science & Nonproliferation Directorate conducts fundamental research and develops technology to enable the transition to a secure sustainable and resilient net-zero society.
The postdoctoral position will conduct research on state-of-art AI models with the specific goal to improve geospatial imagery analysis
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct independent research
Report on results of the research in form of presentations publications
Develop and test AI models
Innovate on different AI architectures
Integrate AI models with other software tools
Develop test and implement data pipelines
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Required PhD in geosciences computer science engineering or related field
Proven research record in geospatial AI as evidenced by publications
Expertise with development of AI models
Hands-on programming expertise
Explainable ethical AI
Knowledge about vision transformers self-supervised learning
Broad familiarity with geospatial programming libraries
Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Non-LLM foundation model expertise
Time Series Foundation Models
Expertise with Graph transformers
Knowledge with multi-modal masked auto encoders
Expertise in developing larger-scale AI models (SLURM)
Other Information:
Position is location onsite in Upton NY
BNL policy requires that after obtaining a PhD eligible candidates for research associate appointments may not exceed a combined total of 5 years of relevant work experience as a post-doc and/or in an R&D position excluding time associated with family planning military service illness or other life-changing events.
Candidates must have completed all degree requirements by the commencement of the employment.
Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to providing fair equitable and competitive compensation. The full salary range for this position is $74050 - $79500 / year. Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidates qualification education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.
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