"Postdoc: AI Systems for Multimodal Data Integration"

Job description

Are you interested in the combination of AI and data systems to impact healthcare decisions? If the answer is yes, please continue reading!

Join our team!

As part of the UNIFIED project we are looking for a postdoc to investigate the use of AI for the integration of multimodal healthcare data specifically incorporating patient preferences. This includes investigating new methods but also designing and benchmarking integration algorithms.

The position is situated in the Intelligent Data Engineering Lab and will be supervised by Dr. Jan-Christoph Kalo and Prof. Paul Groth.

What you will do

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• perform novel research at the intersection of data integration and foundation models;
• develop benchmarking and evaluation environments;
• publish and present your work in journals and international conferences;
• contribute as a member of the UNIFIED project interacting professionally with consortium members and stakeholders;
• be an active part of the Informatics Institute, in particular, Intelligent Data Engineering (INDElab) group, and their activities;
• assist in educational activities and supervision of bachelor and master students.

What we ask of you

We are looking for a candidate with:

• A PhD degree (or equivalent qualification) in AI or data management
• A strong scientific track record, documented by publications at high quality conferences and journals (e.g., SIGMOD, NeurIPS, CIKM WWW, ISWC, VLDB)
• Have excellent programming skills;
• Established expertise in deep learning including experience with libraries such as Pytorch
• Have strong communication, presentation and writing skills;
• Enjoy working in a multidisciplinary research environment;
• Are highly motivated and creative;
• Have an excellent command of English.

Not required, but helpful:

• Experience with biomedical data/algorithms
• An affinity for applications of technology
• Contributions to open source projects

This is what we offer

We offer a temporary employment contract for 38 hours per week for a period of 18 months. The preferred starting date is as soon as possible.

The gross monthly salary, based on 38 hours per week and dependent on relevant experience, ranges between € 3,546 to € 5,538 (scale 10).

This does not include 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% year-end allowance. The UFO profile Researcher 4 is applicable. A favourable tax agreement, the ‘30% ruling’, may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement of Universities of the Netherlands is applicable.

Besides the salary and a vibrant and challenging environment at Science Park we offer you multiple fringe benefits:

• 232 holiday hours per year (based on fulltime) and extra holidays between Christmas and 1 January;
• multiple courses to follow from our Teaching and Learning Centre;
• a complete educational program for PhD students;
• multiple courses on topics such as leadership for academic staff;
• multiple courses on topics such as time management, handling stress and an online learning platform with 100+ different courses;
• 7 weeks birth leave (partner leave) with 100% salary;
• partly paid parental leave;
• the possibility to set up a workplace at home;
• a pension at ABP for which UvA pays two third part of the contribution;
• the possibility to follow courses to learn Dutch;
• help with housing for a studio or small apartment when you’re moving from abroad.

Where you will work

The Faculty of Science has a student body of around 8,000, as well as 1,800 members of staff working in education, research or support services. Researchers and students at the Faculty of Science are fascinated by every aspect of how the world works, be it elementary particles, the birth of the universe or the functioning of the brain.

The mission of the Informatics Institute (IvI) is to perform curiosity-driven and use-inspired fundamental research in Computer Science. Our research involves complex information systems at large, with a focus on collaborative, data driven, computational and intelligent systems, all with a strong interactive component.

The INtelligent Data Engineering Lab (INDElab) investigates intelligent systems that support people in their work with data and information from diverse sources. INDElab performs both applied and fundamental research informed by empirical insights into data science practice.

Application

If you feel the profile fits you, and you are interested in the job, we look forward to receiving your application. You can apply online via the button. We accept applications until and including 08 December 2025.

Applications should include the following information (all files apart from your CV should be submitted in one single pdf file):

• a detailed CV including the months (not just years) when referring to your education and work experience
• a letter of motivation
• previous education diplomas (e.g. Master’s and Bachelor’s)
• the names and email addresses of two references who can provide letters of recommendation on request

Please make sure to provide ALL requested documents mentioned above in one single file.

Only complete applications received within the response period via the link below will be considered. Please don’t send any applications by email.

A knowledge security check can be part of the selection procedure (for details: national knowledge security guidelines).

The interviews will be held 18 December, 2025.

Do you have any questions, or do you require additional information? Please contact:

Prof. dr. Paul Groth, p.t.groth@uva.nl