The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses Mare Nostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for Euro HPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

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The Machine Learning for Biomedical Research unit at the BSC, led by Dr. Davide Cirillo, is currently offering a postdoctoral researcher position. This role focuses on exploring the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) in generating multimodal synthetic data and evaluating their quality, with an emphasis on their application in clinical settings. It involves implementing models ensuring explainability and bias mitigation strategies. Additionally, the role includes the development of user-centric evaluation approaches to ensure that the models meet the highest standard for healthcare applications.
The Life Sciences Department at the BSC is renowned for its pioneering independent research led by senior scientists. The department's expertise spans the application of computer science to life sciences, encompassing healthcare applications of machine learning and AI, as well as leveraging High-Performance Computing (HPC) for biomedical research pursuits. The Machine Learning for Biomedical Research unit is an integral component of this department, engaged in several projects that range from computational systems biology and network science to digital medicine. More about the unit can be found here: https://www.bsc.es/discover-bsc/organisation/research-departments/machine-learning-biomedical-research

The selected candidate will collaborate extensively with senior researchers within the Life Sciences Department and other research groups at the BSC. The research will align with the unit's focus on Machine Learning and AI applications in Personalized Medicine, which includes synthetic data generation and complex systems modeling.

The researcher will operate within a sophisticated HPC environment, with access to cutting-edge systems and computational infrastructures. The role involves extensive collaboration with both international and local experts across public and private sectors. The researcher will develop and implement systems for creating synthetic datasets, which will be pivotal for training and evaluation processes.

Applicants should possess a robust understanding of a broad spectrum of biomedical data and be proficient in deep learning techniques. Familiarity with privacy-preserving AI and explainable AI (XAI) is preferred, enabling the development of innovative and ethically sound AI solutions.

This position offers an exceptional opportunity to contribute to significant advancements in AI-driven biomedical research, working in a dynamic and collaborative international research environment.

The funding for these actions/fellowships and contracts comes from the European Union Recovery and Resilience Facility - Next Generation, within the framework of the General Invitation by the public business entity Red.es to participate in the talent attraction and retention programs within Investment 4 of Component 19 of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan.
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"La financiación de estas actuaciones/becas y contratos, procede del Mecanismo de Recuperación y Resiliencia de la Unión Europea-Next Generation, en el marco de la Invitación General de la entidad pública empresarial Red.es para participar en los programas de atracción y retención del talento dentro de la Inversión 4 del Componente 19 del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.
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