Research Assistant
- Employer
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Closing date
- 31 Mar 2021
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- Academic Discipline
- Computer Science, Engineering & Technology, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Job Type
- Research Related, Research Assistants / Officers
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Description
The College of Information Technology at the United Arab Emirates University is looking for a good Research Assistant to join the AI & Robotics Lab to do a research in AI-based privacy preserved elderly monitoring system. The objective of this project is to develop intelligent monitoring system for elderly people without intruding their privacy so the elderly can age-in-place while their activities of daily living (ADLs) and abnormal activities are monitored and detected using our proposed machine learning models trained on in-house collected dataset from binary sensors and low-resolution cameras. The candidate should have a bachelor degree and willing to join master degree program at UAEU. The candidate for this position should preferably have a degree in in Computer Science, Electronics, or any related field, have excellent abilities in analyzing a problem and finding a solution, learning/adopting new technologies, consistency, working on Python and Machine Learning tools, and good written and verbal communication skills in English. They should be highly motivated to engage in research, be capable of working independently and open to exploratory work which may demand changing directions and picking up new skills on the go as required. Candidates should expect to learn excellent programming skills to develop full-stack application programs in any of the mainstream mobile platforms and exhibit an appetite for building an experimental proof of concept systems using open source tools and off the shelf hardware platforms. It is also an expectation that the candidate will contribute towards setting up pilot trials, subsequent scale-up, and dissemination of this work. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Minimum Qualification The candidate for this position should have a bachelor degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Mechatronics, and Communications Engineering or any related field
Preferred Qualification Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Expected Skills/Rank/Experience
Special Instructions to Applicant
Division College of Information Tech. -(CIT)
Department Computer Science&Software Eng-(CIT)
Job Close Date 31-03-2021
Job Category Academic - Research Assistant
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