POSITION:

The BIDMaP Emerging Scholars Program at UC Berkeley is accepting fellowship
applications for our 2024 postdocs.  We seek applications from recent PhDs 
in basic science or data science fields, interested in working at the 
interface of machine learning, the natural sciences and climate change. 

 
APPLICANT PROFILE:

Candidates should have one of the following academic training and research 
profiles: 

1. Computing/statistics/AI/ML training, and eagerness to work with natural 
scientists to enable new discoveries; or 

2. Basic science training in chemistry, physics, biological sciences, or 
materials science, and eagerness to work with machine learning researchers 
to accelerate discovery with new computational techniques.

We value diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from 
members of groups that are traditionally underrepresented in CS, 
statistics, ML or the natural sciences.


ABOUT BIDMAP

Our institute, the Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet 
(BIDMaP, https://bidmap.berkeley.edu/) is a new institute in UC Berkeley's 
College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), and is focused on 
developing new techniques in machine learning that will enhance and 
accelerate discovery in the natural sciences and development of novel 
materials to address climate change. To this end, BIDMaP promotes 
collaboration between world-renowned AI/ML experts and chemists, as well as
other physical scientists. Among other new materials, we explore porous
materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic 
frameworks (COFs) for applications like clean air or water.


HOW TO APPLY

We will review the first batch of applications starting November 1, 2023.  
After this date, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until 
positions are filled.  For details on how to apply, please see our 
official advertisement at the BIDMaP website, 
https://bidmap.berkeley.edu/opportunities.