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Employment Opportunities at CENS
CURRENT OPENINGS:
Research Assistant Professor in Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science at the University of California Los Angeles seeks a RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR to join our research team in developing innovative real-time assessments of behavioral exposures for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses using mobile phones. The successful candidate will develop new selfmonitoring functions on GPS- and accelerometer-equipped smartphones to monitor behavioral exposures, such as diet, exercise, and stress using Ecological Momentary Assessments, for different populations. The Assistant Research Professor will oversee graduate students and technical staff to design and implement the platform; study coordinators and research assistants to design and implement the study to evaluate the platform in a four to give medium sized, diverse, patient cohorts; manuscript and proposal submission; and data analysis. Qualifications: The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a minimum of 5 years of research experience or equivalent. Candidate must have extensive experience in mobile or embedded development and common software environments. Experience with Android development, Linux, PHP, Java, Javascript, Flash/Flex, Python, and knowledge of user experience design are all preferred. The Assistant Research Professor is a 12-month, non-Senate position, with the possibility of renewal. Closing date is December 30, 2009. Interested applicants should e-mail their curriculum vitae to Dr. Deborah Estrin at destrin@cs.ucla.edu.
The University of California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
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