澳大利亚悉尼大学招聘精神健康、心里健康软件应用方向博士后

The project is between the Software Engineering group at the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, and the Brain and Mind Research Institute. The Software Engineering Group develops software applications to support health, mental health and psychological wellbeing. This project is funded by Beyondblue to support men’s mental health in the workplace. The postdoc will collaborate with staff in the group and with partners at BMRI, Beyondblue, Blackdog Institute, Fire NSW, Police NSW and others.

As one of the Asia Pacific region's most highly rated education and research institutions, Sydney Medical School offers unparalleled opportunities to undertake research. As an institute with the school, the BMRI has a fundamental commitment to the long-neglected areas of brain and mind disorders, pursuing genuine partnerships with the wider community as a vital part of their research and activities.

We are seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to develop and evaluate a mobile app for detecting people at risk of mental illness.

In this role you will:

• assist in further development of Internet based mental health interventions, based on findings and outcomes in the literature and other projects
• assist in the design, development, and evaluation of an app for the deployment of mental health interventions
• take the lead in the design, development, and evaluation of a machine learning techniques to analyse self-report questionnaires and behaviour. Other developers and UX will provide support
• take the lead in the writing up of reports, peer reviewed journal articles and conference papers/presentations
• assist in obtaining ethics clearance for the qualitative and quantitative phases of the research and evaluation
• undertake systematic literature reviews and appraise human-computer interaction, mobile and positive computing research
• liaise with the various stakeholders on the project informing them of project progress and that the research is directly related to end user needs.

To secure this role you must have:

• a PhD in Software Engineering or Computer Science
• excellent quantitative research skills
• experience in the design and development of internet applications and NLP systems
• strong verbal and written communication skills
• strong software development skills, particularly in Java, Javascript and mobile platforms
• ability to work well as part of a team
• ability to meet tight work deadlines
• strong publication record (desirable)

Remuneration package: up to $104,602 pa (which includes a base salary range level A of $88,390k p.a., leave loading and up to 17% employer’s contribution to superannuation)

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number for more information and to apply.

CLOSING DATE: 15 July 2015 (11:30pm Sydney Time)