University of Colorado · 2 days ago
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Aurora, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$73K/yr - $73K/yrThe University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Gao Lab, focusing on foundational and system-level research in large language models. The role involves conducting research in natural language processing and artificial intelligence to improve healthcare applications, alongside mentoring and collaboration within an interdisciplinary team.
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Responsibilities
Investigate literatures to identify existing solutions and the problem
Develop and apply state-of-the-art natural language processing algorithms and models to multimodal data (unstructured and structured text, knowledge graph, etc)
Design and conduct experiments to test hypotheses with applied statistics
Analyze and interpret results, present research progress to meetings with PIs, and publish results to peer-reviewed manuscripts in conference proceedings and journals
Assist PI with grant writing
Present research progress at lab meeting and project meetings with collaborators
Prepare abstract/manuscripts for journal and conference paper submission, present at the local and international conferences
Mentor and train other group members, such as graduate and undergraduate students
Pursue computational, experimental, and clinical collaborations
Work with the PI to develop and progress the candidate’s career goals
Attend career development seminars and networking events
Complete required research training
Perform general administrative duties as requested by the PI
Qualification
Required
PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Machine learning, Computer Engineering or related fields
Preferred
Strong experience implementing and training deep learning models in PyTorch, with attention to efficiency, scalability, and reproducibility
Demonstrated experience with NLP state-of-the-art models (Deepseek, Llama, Mistral, GPT-4, BERT etc)
Experience with large language models beyond prompt engineering, such as fine-tuning, distillation, calibration, or representation analysis
Familiarity with multimodal modeling, programmatic or structured generation, or model-based content generation
Experience with retrieval-augmented generation, agentic or multi-stage workflows, or knowledge-integrated models
A strong publication record in top-tier AI/NLP venues (ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI, etc.)
Experience with biomedical dataset and electronic health record is preferred, but not a must
Benefits
Generous leave
Health plans
Retirement contributions
Company
University of Colorado
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Funding
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$0.5MKey Investors
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