Research Assistant: Analysis of functional MRI combined with eye-tracking data
Application Period: May 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Contact: amir.shmuel@mcgill.ca
Undergrad students and Master’s students who completed the degree in December 2024 or are about to complete their degree in April 2025 are encouraged to apply.
Job Description:
- Position Title: Research Assistant: Analysis of functional MRI combined with eye-tracking data
- Hiring Unit: Neurology and Neurosurgery; Biomedical Engineering
- Work location: 3801 University St., room NW 255
- Hours/Week: Approximately 35 (Full time) during the summer
- Duration: May 1st – September 30th, 2025 (extension possible)
- Hourly Wage: The salary is commensurate with the candidate’s skills and experience.
Primary Duties
A research assistant position is open at the Montreal Neurological Institute Brain Imaging Centre. The candidate will use existing software packages to develop protocols for analyzing functional MRI (fMRI) and eye-tracking data acquired simultaneously with fMRI.
Education/Experience
- The ideal candidate holds or is about to secure a first or second degree from the ECE, Software Engineering, or Computer Science programs.
- They should have excellent programming, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ideally, they should have previous knowledge of signal processing, image processing, statistics, and machine learning/AI, and proficiency in: Linux. git, remote computing, containerization technology.
- Ideally, they should have experience with Python, and knowledge in modern Data Science methods.
- Knowledge of neuroimaging analysis software and methods and willingness to learn new data analysis techniques, neuroscience, and brain imaging are assets.
How to Apply:
Please submit a cover letter, cv, and all your University transcripts to amir.shmuel@mcgill.ca.
