Posting Summary

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Posting Number	STA01589PO22
Job Family
Job Function
USC Market Title	Post Doctoral Fellow
Job Level
Internal Title	Post-Doctoral Fellow
Campus	Columbia
Work County	Richland
College/Division	College of Engineering and Computing
Department	CEC Computer Science and Engineering
State Pay Band	Unclassified
Advertised Minimum Salary	Salary commensurate with qualifications.
Advertised Salary Range	Salary commensurate with qualifications.
Location of Vacancy
Part/Full Time	Full Time
Hours per Week	37.5
Work Schedule	The standard hours the employee is expected to work is 37.5 hours per week; one hour for lunch. Must be willing to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the department.
Type of Staff Position	Research Grant (RGP)
Basis	12 months
Job Search Category	Post-doctoral

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Benefits for FTE, Research Grant or Time-Limited Positions Are Indicated Below

The University of South Carolina (UofSC), through the State of SC and Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA), offers employees a valuable benefits package, including health and life insurance, generous paid leave and retirement programs. To learn more about UofSC benefits, access the About Benefits section on the Applicant Portal at uscjobs.sc.edu. Research Grant or Time-limited positions may be eligible for all, some, or no benefits, based on the grant or project funding.

Benefit Eligibility Type	Research Grant (RGP)
South Carolina Retirement	No
State Insurance Programs	Yes
Annual Leave	Yes
Sick Leave	Yes

Position Description

Advertised Job Summary	The Artificial Intelligence Institute (AI) within the College of Engineering and Computing seeks to fill the position of Post-Doctoral Fellow whose interests are gaining additional training in research, mentoring, and professional development to promote competence in a research career in academia or industry. The post-doctoral fellow will receive training at the AI Institute at UofSC, under the mentorship of its director, Professor. Amit Sheth. The post-doctoral fellow will: Perform research in Semantic Web, Smart Internet of Things/Web of Things, Image and Video Analysis, Semantic Web enhanced Software Engineering. Use Applied Research in Internet 4.0 or Smart Manufacturing, Cloud and Edge Computing, Cyber-Physical Systems to execute research efforts Perform Research in prototyping and evaluation, Research Project Management, Proposal Development Support. Assist and write publications (writing, related travels), technical presentations, mentoring of Junior research students.
Minimum Qualifications	PhD in Computer Science or Computer Science & Engineering must be earned by start date.
Preferred Qualifications	N/A
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities	Demonstrated success in high-quality publications in the field of candidate’s expertise. Demonstrable knowledge of three or more subjects of relevance to activities identified at AI Institute at UofSC with the emphasis on technologies that can support interdisciplinary AI research in smart manufacturing, edge AI, digital health involving Internet of Things (IoTs), and disaster coordination involving analysis of sensor, image, and video data. The candidate should have high interest in being trained for a future research career and should have expertise with experimental research, software development methodology, evaluation, data collection, and analysis with scientific thinking. The candidate should have strong technical writing skills as evidenced by dissemination including publishing in high quality venues in the candidate’s main research area, open sourcing, and demonstration. Strong programming and systems expertise need, including (a) competency in one key language, preferably Python, (b) artificial intelligence/deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Python ML libraries, etc.), and© cloud computing and backend technologies. Ansible, Docker

Position Attributes

Employees in Safety-Sensitive or Security-Sensitive positions will be subject to pre-employment and post-employment drug testing in accordance with University policy HR 1.95 Drug and Alcohol Testing.

Safety Sensitive or Security Sensitive	No
Hazardous weather category	Non-Essential

Posting Detail Information

Number of Vacancies	1
Desired Start Date	03/01/2023
If Research Grant/Time Limited, give end date	02/28/2025
Job Open Date	11/02/2022
Job Close Date	12/17/2022
Open Until Filled	No
Special Instructions to Applicant	A resume will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Make certain to provide the following information on the application: Your Legal Name Start and End Dates for All Inactive Jobs for which you are not actively employed All information entered on your application is taken into consideration when reviewing your qualifications, etc. No assumptions are made for employment end-dates based on the next or previous job listed on the application. Applicants should be prepared to provide/upload: Cover letter Resume/CV Upload, at minimum, two (2) recommendation letters; three (3) letters preferred Names and contact information for reference providers Positions are advertised for a minimum of five (5) business days on our job website. After five (5) business days, positions can be closed at the discretion of the department at any time. This employment site is updated on a regular basis. The length of the recruitment and screening process may vary from position to position, depending upon a variety of factors. Should review of your qualifications result in a decision to pursue your candidacy, you will be contacted by phone or email.    We are only accepting applications submitted by December 17, 2022.
Quicklink for Posting	https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/131685
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