Data science engineer - Statistical learning for lung cancer screening
Renewable contract : Yes
Level of qualifications required : Graduate degree or equivalent
Other valued qualifications : PhD thesis
Fonction : Temporary scientific engineer
About the research centre or Inria department
The Inria center at Université Côte d'Azur includes 42 research teams and 9 support services. The center’s staff (about 500 people) is made up of scientists of different nationalities, engineers, technicians and administrative staff. The teams are mainly located on the university campuses of Sophia Antipolis and Nice as well as Montpellier, in close collaboration with research and higher education laboratories and establishments (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INRAE, INSERM ...), but also with the regional economic players.
With a presence in the fields of computational neuroscience and biology, data science and modeling, software engineering and certification, as well as collaborative robotics, the Inria Centre at Université Côte d'Azur is a major player in terms of scientific excellence through its results and collaborations at both European and international levels.
Context
The engineer position will take place in the environment of a newly created Inria-Inserm team COMPO (COMputational Pharmacology in Oncology), located in the La Timone health campus. The team is composed of mathematicians, data scientists, pharmacists and clinicians and is a unique multidisciplinary environment focused on developing novel computational tools for decision-making in clinical oncology.
Specifically, the project is funded by the french National Research Agency RHU LUCA-PI (lung cancer prevention and intervention) PI-ed by COMPO member Pr David Boulate.
Assignment
The recruited person will be in charge of the biostatistical analysis and machine learning engineering of the data collected during the study.
Main activities
Main activities :
- Data exploration and visualization
- Biostatistics (e.g. statistical tests, survival analysis)
- Statistical reporting (notebooks, apps (e.g., shiny))
- Machine learning (unsupervised and supervised)
Additional activities :
- Review the literature
- Analyze the requirements of the project partners
- Write synthetic and meaningful reports and scientific publications
Skills
Technical skills and level required :
- Excellent programing skills (R/python)
- Familiarity with real-world data analysis
- Strong background in statistics
- Ideally, experience in mixed-effects modeling
Benefits package
- Subsidized meals
- Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
- Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
- Possibility of teleworking and flexible organization of working hours
- Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
- Social, cultural and sports events and activities
- Access to vocational training
- Contribution to mutual insurance (subject to conditions
Remuneration
From 2692 euros gross monthly (according to degree and experience)
General Information
- Theme/Domain :
Computational Neuroscience and Medicine
Statistics (Big data) (BAP E) - Town/city : Marseille
- Inria Center : Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur
- Starting date : 2023-11-01
- Duration of contract : 1 year, 10 months
- Deadline to apply : 2024-10-31
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Instruction to apply
Applications must be submitted online on the Inria website. Collecting applications by other channels is not guaranteed.
Defence Security :
This position is likely to be situated in a restricted area (ZRR), as defined in Decree No. 2011-1425 relating to the protection of national scientific and technical potential (PPST).Authorisation to enter an area is granted by the director of the unit, following a favourable Ministerial decision, as defined in the decree of 3 July 2012 relating to the PPST. An unfavourable Ministerial decision in respect of a position situated in a ZRR would result in the cancellation of the appointment.
Recruitment Policy :
As part of its diversity policy, all Inria positions are accessible to people with disabilities.
Contacts
- Inria Team : COMPO
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Recruiter :
Benzekry Sebastien / Sebastien.Benzekry@inria.fr
The keys to success
Strong motivation to apply computational methods to concrete health problems
About Inria
Inria is the French national research institute dedicated to digital science and technology. It employs 2,600 people. Its 200 agile project teams, generally run jointly with academic partners, include more than 3,500 scientists and engineers working to meet the challenges of digital technology, often at the interface with other disciplines. The Institute also employs numerous talents in over forty different professions. 900 research support staff contribute to the preparation and development of scientific and entrepreneurial projects that have a worldwide impact.