Vector Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellow Toronto, ON, CA

Are you an early career researcher with the potential to become a world-class machine learning scientist? The Vector Institute invites applications for Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows who are working on cutting‑edge fundamental research in machine learning and deep learning algorithms and their applications.

OUR areas of research include:

Computer Vision

Healthcare – computational biology, genomics

Natural Language Processing

Optimization

Statistical Learning Theory

Sequential Decision Making

Quantum Computing

The standard term for a Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow position is 1–2 years, with a possible extension to 3 years. Also available is the opportunity for eligible individuals to complete a placement at Vector before going on to take a faculty role elsewhere.

Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows at the Vector Institute are early career researchers with the potential to become world‑class researchers. Like postdoctoral researchers in a university lab, Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows at the Vector Institute are tasked with and supported in carrying out state‑of‑the‑art research, publishing at the highest international level, and contributing to the academic life and reputation of the Institute. The Vector Institute offers a dynamic environment, and research freedom and opportunity to collaborate within and across research areas.

They are part of a thriving research community of over 860 Vector Faculty Members, Faculty Affiliates, Postgraduate Affiliates, Postdoctoral Fellows, and graduate students.

Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows at the Vector Institute have access to the resources of a well‑funded institute dedicated solely to machine learning and deep learning, and are encouraged to work with any of our over‑45 world‑class faculty in machine learning and deep learning, though they will work primarily with 1–2 faculty members.
They will be expected to propose work on research topics of their interest related to machine learning and deep learning and carry out that research with a great deal of independence. Should they be so inclined, Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows may teach and mentor at the Institute; engage in entrepreneurial activities; and/or work with existing companies to enhance their research. They have the ability to collaborate with the graduate students of the machine learning group at the University of Toronto, as well as the graduate students of other affiliated faculty, who spend the bulk of their time at the Institute.

The Vector Institute is an independent non‑profit corporation, with Faculty Members and Affiliates from the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, and other Canadian universities. It is supported with generous funding from the provincial and federal governments, as well as Canadian industry sponsors.
The Vector Institute is strategically positioned at the forefront of AI advancement, located on the 11‑13th floors of the University of Toronto’s new Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus, surrounded by leading scholars, entrepreneurs, and industry partners. On any given day, the Vector Institute houses over a hundred students, dozens of Faculty Members, supported with state‑of‑the‑art compute power, and dedicated professional staff. The daily life and concentration of expertise in the Institute fosters collaboration and the exchange of ideas among its members through talks, seminar series, visitors, and tutorials.

The Vector Institute’s vision is to drive excellence in the creation of artificial intelligence, to use it to foster economic growth, and to improve the lives of Canadians. To that end, the Vector Institute has close ties to both academia and industry. This puts our Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows in a unique position to contribute broadly. A successful contribution can range from developing core algorithmic techniques and theoretical analyses of machine learning algorithms, to working closely with existing companies and health organizations, to engaging in entrepreneurial activities.

In addition to their research, Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows have the…