overview axle informatics is a scientific research and information technology company that offers innovative computer services informatics and bioresearch solutions to research centers and healthcare organizations around the globe with expertise in software engineering bioinformatics molecular research and program management we focus on developing and applying technological tools and scientific techniques to empower the world of research we work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the national institutes of health nih job description we are looking for a biological data scientist to support projects at the nih the position will be based in rockville maryland we are looking for a skilled and motivated researcherdeveloper with expertise in image processing algorithm development and deep learning the successful applicant will be involved with developing computational analysis of images and other data acquired in collaboration with scientists biologists andor clinicians across the nih computational analyses will involve combinatorial assessment of disparate data types ie patient demographics risk factors genetic information 2d and 3d imaging modalities etc into comprehensive classification and regression models it is desired that the scientist will construct models using a variety of approaches including traditional machine learning ie logistic regression ridgelasso regression random forests support vector machines etc graph analytics and deep learning the scientist should also be familiar with development and optimization for cuda andor opencl workflows and applications with an emphasis on developing algorithms that are optimized for hyperthreading and cudaopencl programming the scientist will participate in experimental design data collection data analysis and manuscript preparation assist intramural staff including students and postdoctoral fellows stay current with scientific literature stay informed about new approaches and technologies including participation in conferences workshops andor formal classroom instruction independently locate and utilize scientific resources and coauthor peer reviewed publications responsibilities lead scientificrelated needs assessment as well as facilitate the design building and implementation of it systems collaborate with biologists clinicians and core facility members to understand their experimental and technical goals and suggest statistical and it solutions to better achieve these goals create generalizable code bases for abstracted analysis outside of a single clients project such that analysis and technical tools developed for one project can be easily adapted for a different but similar problem ability to analyze existing solutions in python matlab r and java visual basic a plus and adapt these solutions to a containerized plugin architecture for incorporation into a central tool repository strong interest in contributing to biological and clinical research understanding client needs and analyzing validating and documenting the analysis and system requirements to best address the clients need analyze asis process develop tobe process and identify gaps which must be addressed to reach the desired end state act as an expert technical and scientific resource for software development staff in all phases of the development and implementation process assess diverse datasets focused on images but including other data types outlined above for correlative clustering predictive etc outcomes qualifications the ideal candidate will have a bachelors