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Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
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10 Apr 2024

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Politecnico di Bari
Research Field
Engineering
Researcher Profile
Recognised Researcher (R2)
Leading Researcher (R4)
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Established Researcher (R3)
Country
Italy
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
To be defined
Job Status
Not Applicable
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

Several works show a relationship between sensory loss and cognitive performance and between sensory loss and dementia. The DEMETRA project aims to provide a better understanding of the relationship between sensory loss and cognitive loss in elderly individuals with dementia or at risk of dementia, using objective technologies to measure sensory deficits. The researcher's activities will concern the development of eXplainable artificial intelligence algorithms (XAI) to predict different types of dementia (Alzheimer's disease, fronto-temporal dementia and vascular dementia) at different stages (mild cognitive impairment and no cognitive impairment) from several clinical information. Furthermore, the researcher will develop a connectomic map of morphological features describing pattern differences compared to controls with no cognitive impairment using sophisticated deep learning algorithms.

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Additional Information

Eligibility criteria

Assessment on the basis of academic qualifications and an oral examination


Eligible destination country/ies for fellows:

  • Italy

Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:

  • OTHER

Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:

  • OTHER
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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Politecnico di Bari
Country
Italy

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City
BARI
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