Temporary Researcher

Worcester Polytechnic Institute•Worcester, MA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Temporary researcher needed to assist in Dr. Agu's lab in the Computer Science Department at WPI. This is a temporary 20 hour per week position. WPI is a vibrant and diverse community of extraordinary students, talented and dedicated staff, and world-renowned faculty. Along with its state-of-the-art research facilities, WPI offers competitive and comprehensive employee benefit programs, including paid time off, health insurance, life and long-term disability insurance, retirement savings plans, tuition assistance, flexible spending accounts, and a working environment that prioritizes mental health and well-being. It is a community committed to civility and respect—making inclusion and belonging a reality for everyone on its campus.

Requirements

Strong mobile and wound server programming background

Responsibilities

Provide a strong mobile and wound server programming background required to produce a robust wound infection screener and care recommender app with a server that can robustly serve deep learning requests from mobile devices.
Assist with analysis of the development of the wound analysis algorithms using deep learning using photographs and thermal images, and on machine learning models that combine visual images and thermal images to detect infection more accurately.
Analyze the collected data to assist in researching and developing the infection wound care recommendation algorithms and machine learning methods.