The University of Florida's Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies seeks to advance research in early childhood development by leveraging technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing algorithms, and personalized learning systems to enhance learning experiences for young children from birth to age 5.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, or a Ph.D. in or related to Education with equivalent experience.
- Ability to conduct speech processing on recordings from natural language environments (home, school, community), with a focus on young children, caregivers, and practitioners.
- Technical expertise in natural language processing/large language models, including study design, data collection and processing, data analysis, and result interpretation.
- Demonstrated research in personalized learning systems, adaptive learning, or related educational technology domains.
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills, ability, and experience authoring scientific journal publications and/or technical reports.
- Demonstrated experience contributing to the writing of research proposals.
- Experience developing and evaluating innovative technologies for behavioral assessment and/or intervention.
Responsibilities
- Establishing and advancing their own portfolio of extramurally-funded research in collaboration with Center faculty, staff, and students.
- Supporting existing grants and dissemination efforts.
- Conducting speech processing on recordings from natural language environments (home, school, community), with a focus on young children, caregivers, and practitioners.
- Designing, collecting, processing, analyzing, and interpreting data using natural language processing/large language models.
- Authoring scientific journal publications and/or technical reports.
- Contributing to the writing of research proposals.
- Developing and evaluating innovative technologies for behavioral assessment and/or intervention.
Other
- Ability to be calm, creative, flexible, and prudent in ambiguous, challenging circumstances, and work independently.
- Interest, ability, and experience in the design and execution of collaborative transdisciplinary research.
- Experience with research development and management in settings for children aged birth to eight years.
- Evidence of funded research (e.g., fellowships, government agencies, industry sponsors, and/or non-profit organizations).
- The University of Florida is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
