Job Opportunities at Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute
Imageomics Project
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute currently manages a cache of 100,000+ images of fish specimens, representing ~2,000 fish species. TUBRI staff built cyberinfrastructure for capturing image-quality metadata from the images (via automated and manually) to supplement metadata from the source image repositories. The images are being used by collaborators in the Biology-Guided Neural Networks (BGNN) in Machine-Learning based, taxonomic identification and morphological trait extraction experiments, aided by a fish anatomy ontology and phylogenetic trees. All of these images, metadata and cyberinfrastructure will be accessible to investigators in the Imageomics Institute. A second source of fish specimen images will be 700,000+ 2D images of fish specimens mined from iNaturalist.
The successful candidates will working in TUBRI Biodiversity Informatics Unit in the Imageomics Institute Project under the supervision of TUBRI Director and head of TUBRI Biodiversity Informatics Unit.
For additional information about the positions, please contact Henry Bart (hbartjr@tulane.edu) or Yasin Bakış (ybakis@tulane.edu).
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≫ Postdoctoral Research Associate
A postdoctoral research associate is sought to provide biological expertise and insight to the newly funded, NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution Institute project entitled, Imageomics: A New Frontier of Biological Information Powered by Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning. The project involves using Machine-Learning methods to train neural networks to extract phenotypic trait data from images of fish specimens, aided by a fish anatomy ontology and trees depicting phylogenetic relationships among tested fish species.
The successful candidate will actively participate in the research of the project under the mentorship of Bart and Bakış.
Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
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≫ Computer Programmer [SEARCH HAS ENDED]
A computer programmer is sought to build cyberinfrastructure for accessing, hosting and sharing images of fish specimens from institutional image repositories and iNaturalist for use by investigators in the newly-funded, NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution Institute project entitled, Imageomics: A New Frontier of Biological Information Powered by Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning. The images will be used in Machine-Learning based, taxonomic identification and morphological trait extraction experiments, aided by a fish anatomy ontology and trees depicting phylogenetic relationships among tested fish species.
The successful candidate will actively participate in the research of the project under the mentorship of Bart and Bakış.
The position is open for immediate hire. Preferred starting date is 4 February 2022
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≫ Graduate Research Assistant
A Graduate Research Assistant is sought to support the research of the newly funded, NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution Institute project entitled, Imageomics: A New Frontier of Biological Information Powered by Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning. The project involves using Machine-Learning methods to train neural networks to extract phenotypic trait data from images of fish specimens, aided by a fish anatomy ontology and trees depicting phylogenetic relationships among tested fish species.
The successful candidate will actively participate in the research of the project under the mentorship of Bart and Bakış.
The project is in progress, and the position is available as early as January 2022. However, we are willing to delay the start until Summer or Fall 2022 for a qualified and highly motived student.
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FishNet2 Project
The Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute (TUBRI) is a research center of Tulane’s School of Science and Engineering, located on the grounds of the F. Edward Hebert Research Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. TUBRI houses the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection and specializes in biodiversity discovery (primarily fishes) and biodiversity informatics research. Henry L. Bart, Jr., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology serves as TUBRI Director and Yasin Bakış is Senior Manager of Biodiversity Informatics and Data Engineering for the center.
FishNet 2 is an established global network of institutional ichthyological collection databases hosted by TUBRI. In addition to serving the needs of researchers for global data on ichthyological specimens, we serve the needs of our provider network for publishing and accessing their data, statistics on use of their data, and attribution for their contributions of data to the scientific research enterprise. We are updating the operating system, database, cyperinfrastructure for the network , and expanding the number of data providers with support from a recent grant . We are also creating a FishNet 2 Steering Committee (FN2-SC) and a separate Testing and Advisory Group (FN2-T&AG) to advise us about research opportunities involving FishNet 2 data.
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≫ Communications Specialist
An information coordinator is sought to handle communications with data providers, the research community and members of the FN2-T&AG and FN2-SC. The position responsibilities include publicizing the progress and accomplishments of the project, help project personal with writing and editing project reports, monitoring the progress of completion project tasks. See below for full list of responsibilities.
Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
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