Research Engineer in AI and Machine Learning

2 months ago


Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden Umeå University Full time
About the Position

The Department of Computing Science at Umeå University is seeking a highly skilled Research Engineer to contribute to the Wallenberg's research arena for Media and Language. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic institution with a strong focus on research and education in computer science.

Main Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and maintain prototypes and demonstrators of AI solutions generating and analyzing media content.
  • Implement and evaluate various AI benchmarks, such as GENEA and VOT, to advance the field of natural modeling of human body language and co-speech gestures, and visual object tracking.
  • Contribute to the student project at the annual WASP summer school on multimodal modeling of human communication.
  • Support ongoing research efforts on multimodal foundation models and language-processing pipelines.
Key Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field.
  • Programming knowledge in Python.
  • Basic knowledge of virtualization, networks, and computer security.
  • Experience with containers, such as Docker, Singularity, GitHub, or CI/CD.
  • Experience with machine learning and platforms such as Tensorflow and Pytorch.
Desirable Skills
  • Excellent communication skills in English.
  • Ability to concretize and solve open and complex problems.
  • Strong collaboration skills.
About the Department

The Department of Computing Science is a dynamic institution with approximately 120 employees from more than 20 different countries. We provide education and research in a broad spectrum of the computer science field.

About the Research Arena

The Wallenberg research arena for Media and Language (WARA Media and Language) aims to build a world-class research community around Artificial Intelligence for Media and Language that cuts across scientific disciplines and industry segments.



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