Temp Lab Manager -Computer Science

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The University of North Carolina Wilmington, the state’s coastal university, is dedicated to the integration of teaching, mentoring, research and service. Widely acknowledged for its world-class faculty and staff and continuously recognized at a national level for scholarly excellence and affordability, UNCW offers a powerful academic experience that stimulates creative inquiry and critical thinking.

A public institution with nearly 18,000 students, UNCW offers a full range of baccalaureate- and graduate-level programs, as well as doctoral degrees in educational leadership, marine biology, nursing practice and psychology; and many distance learning options, including clinical research, an accelerated RN-to-BSN program, an Executive M.B.A. program structured for working professionals, and the nation’s only bachelor’s degree program focused on coastal engineering.

The university’s efforts to advance research and scholarly activities have earned UNCW the elevated designation of “Doctoral Universities:
High Research Activity” institution (R2 University) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

UNCW has been part of the University of North Carolina System since 1969.

• Collaborate with PIs to execute the research translation roadmap for biosignal research.
• Develop algorithms for the acquisition, denoising, and classification of EEG and ECG biosignals.
• Design and develop novel ML/AI solutions for biosignal cleaning, denoising, and prediction, including approaches based on statistical machine learning, deep learning, and Transformer architectures.
• Perform signal analysis in both the Fourier (frequency) domain and the time domain with equal proficiency.
• Design and implement digital signal processing pipelines for noisy biosignal environments.
• Develop and refine research methodologies for biosignal acquisition and analysis.
• Contribute to the design and development of IC chip-based biosignal acquisition systems.

• Manage day-to-day research operations of the biosignal collection laboratory.
• Supervise, train, and coordinate contingent student research assistants performing data collection.
• Ensure all data collection protocols comply with IRB requirements and human subjects protections.
• Maintain data quality standards and establish best practices for biosignal acquisition.

• Collect EEG and ECG signals using both dry and wet electrode systems.
• Maintain current CITI certification for human subjects’ research.
• Develop and document research protocols for biosignal data collection.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and institutional regulations for human subjects research.

• Contribute to and lead the preparation of peer-reviewed research publications.
• Present research findings at national and international conferences.
• Assist with progress reports and grant-related documentation for the NCI.

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• Minimum 5 years using digital signal processing ( DSP ) techniques to denoise and classify EEG signals for sleep research
• Published peer-reviewed research articles of EEG , ECG , sleep research or related biosignal topics.
• Current CITI certification