Data Science Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2020 at Columbia University, USA

Call for Applications for the 2020 Cohort Now Open

The Data Science Institute (DSI) at Columbia University invites applications for the 2020 cohort of the DSI Post-Doctoral Fellows Program. The goal of this program is to produce the next-generation leaders in data science. Fellows will carry out independent and novel research in an environment that fosters multi-disciplinary, collaborative research. We seek fellows who will support DSI’s broad mission:

1. Advance the state of the art in data science;
2. Transform all fields, professions, and sectors through the application of data science;
3. Ensure the responsible use of data for the benefit of society.

The Data Science Institute at Columbia University, a world-leading institution in research and education of data science, is positioned to promote “Data for Good”: using data to address societal challenges and bringing humanistic perspectives as—not after—new science and technology is invented. At Columbia, data science literally touches every corner of the university. The Data Science Institute at Columbia University, founded in 2012, is a university-level institute representing over 350 faculty from 12 different schools across campus, along with a robust industrial affiliates program and strong ties with New York City’s economic development, including the dynamic and fast-growing start-up community. We conduct world-class research and train data scientists who go on to be leaders in academia, industry, and government. 

Program Goals

For the DSI Post-Doctoral Fellows Program, we seek candidates who are recent Ph.D. graduates and have explicit interests in advancing and/or applying data science to other domains. Prior experience in data science is not required. We are especially looking for candidates with the courage and interest to learn a new field, be part of a select like-minded cohort of fellows, and along with Columbia University DSI members, help define the field of data science for the long-term future. We encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and identities.

NEW FOR 2020-2021

In collaboration with other schools, centers, and institutes at Columbia University, the Data Science Institute also encourages candidates who have a specific interest in any one of the following areas.  If you are interested, please indicate the area(s) within your cover letter. 

• The Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics seeks fellows who will support our shared mission of improving the understanding of cancer biology, origins, treatment and prevention through data-driven methods and processes. We are particularly interested in candidates who will further advance core research in Statistical and Probabilistic Modeling. 

• The Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute seeks fellows who are interested in using advanced data science and computational methods to undersatand how the brain works, from the neuron level to the cognitive level.

• The Neuro Technology Center seeks fellows who will assist in our shared mission to support the development of advanced optical, electrical and computational technologies for the study of complex neurobiological systems using data-driven methods. We are particularly interested in candidates who will further advance core research in Computational Neuroscience and its links with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

• The Mailman School of Public Health seeks fellows who will assist in our shared mission to support and amplify health analytics. We are particularly interested in candidates who will further advance core research in the use of advanced data analytics to solve issues pertaining to population-scale health issues and preventive strategies, e.g., modeling climate effects on health, integrative-omics in large populations, impact of social networks on health, and data-streaming from personal monitoring devices.

• The Center on Poverty and Social Policy seeks fellows who will support our shared mission to address the role of social policy in reducing poverty. We are particularly interested in candidates who will further advance core research in understanding trends in historical poverty, economic insecurity, immobility, and inequality, using novel data sources and data-driven methods.

• The Department of Psychiatry seeks fellows interested in applying data science and cognitive systems to research on mental health, substance use disorders, and neuroscience.  Opportunities for scalable data-driven science in psychiatry and clinical neuroscience are growing rapidly, and fellows would help advance the state-of-art in these areas.  We are particularly interested in areas such as utilizing large and real-time medical record systems for addressing optimal patient-clinician feedback and treatment decisions; and utilizing multimodal neuroimaging data (including large consortia like the adolescent brain cognitive devleopment [ABCD] study) for discovering underlying brain mechanism and development of psychiatric disorders. 

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