Postdoctoral Fellow

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) has a vacancy for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Data-assisted Rehabilitation for Upper-Limb after Stroke. We are looking for a highly motivated and talented Postdoc research fellow to join the HVL Robotics Lab.

The position is associated with the research project “SARHA - data-driven rehabilitation after stroke" - a cross-disciplinary initiative in the Strategic University Program on Digital Health. The Postdoctoral research fellow will develop methods and algorithms for personalised adaptive data-driven rehabilitation with the goal of estimating the potential functional outcomes of rehabilitation.

The Postdoctoral Fellow will have their place of work and affiliation with the HVL Robotics Lab at the Faculty of Technology, Environmental and Social Sciences at campus Førde.

Research environment

The Postdoctoral Fellow will be part of the HVL Robotics Lab, a research and innovation centre for robotics at HVL. The candidate will benefit from working with colleagues with expertise at the intersection of robotics, sensors, and machine learning in the HVL Robotics Lab and with experts in health services for physical rehabilitation therapy at Helse Førde Hospital.

About the position

The postdoctoral position is for a 3-year fixed term, with the primary objective of qualifying the appointee for work in an Associate Professor position. The candidate is expected to carry out high-quality research and publish the results in international workshops, conferences, and journals.