The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) invites applications for an Associate Professor in Biomedical Signal Processing at the Institute of Digital Technologies for Personalized Healthcare (MeDiTech) within the Department of Innovative Technologies (DTI) located in the new USI-SUPSI Campus in Lugano-Viganello. Degree of employment 100% with a permanent contract and starting on 1st November 2025, or date to be agreed upon.
The MeDiTech Institute conducts applied research and education that enables precision health, a holistic approach that aims to develop proactive, personalized solutions to health problems by integrating inter-individual variability into behavioral, environmental, and genetic determinants of health. This approach is based on preventive, prognostic, diagnostic, and therapeutic applications of data science and artificial intelligence, innovative medical devices, intelligent biomedical sensors and signal processing, image analysis, bioinformatics, and new ubiquitous health and telemedicine solutions. The institute also aims to help coordinate research and education activities in biomedical technologies at SUPSI and to become a center of expertise in medical technology with contributions from the various institutes of the DTI.
The MeDiTech Institute is organized in research groups that currently include Biomedical Signal Processing (BSP), Medical Devices (MD), Ubiquitous Health (UH), and Biomedical Informatics and data science (BMI). The BSP group focuses on the extraction of clinically relevant information from biological, subjective, and contextual data (e.g., ECG, physical activity, sleep, emotions). In addition, the BSP group studies the optimization of systems based on artificial intelligence and advanced statistics for prevention, therapy, and personalized diagnosis.
Duties and responsibilities
The successful candidate will be:
- Responsible for the Biomedical Signal Processing research area in the MeDiTech Institute, managing a group of researchers in this area and their research activities.
- Responsible for acquiring research and development project funding and mandates.
- Responsible for producing quality scientific research and significant publications recognized in the academic community.
- Developing applied research projects focused on extracting clinically relevant information from biological, subjective, and contextual data, especially from physiological functions monitoring and activity (e.g., ECG, EEG, polysomnography, wearables).
- Developing systems to support precision/personalized diagnosis, prevention, and therapy, including through physiological and behavioral monitoring with wearables.
- Contributing to the strategic development of institutional mandates.
- Actively contributing to teaching with module and/or course leadership roles, implementing the principles and best practices of undergraduate teaching, and supervising Bachelor's and/or Master’s theses and/or co-supervising doctoral theses.
Requirements
Essential
- Master's degree and PhD in a discipline underlying biomedical signal processing (e.g., physiology, physics, artificial intelligence).
- Demonstrated track record of conceiving, acquiring, and leading research and/or development projects.
- Scientific reputation at the international level.
- Direct knowledge of the Swiss and European national university systems.
- Solid university teaching experience with certified teaching qualification, at least 300 classroom hours (lifetime), and a variety of teaching (Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate) and dissertations followed.
- Multiple years of experience leading research groups.
- Demonstrated research experience with scientific publications and involvement in research projects of different size and theme on an ongoing basis for a significant period (> 5 years).
- Established knowledge and collaboration with healthcare and clinical partners.
- Solid experience of collaboration with companies and institutions and significant research output (e.g., patents, software solutions, innovative devices, participation in startups).
- Good relational, listening, communication, management and staff development skills.
- Excellent knowledge of Italian and English.
- Several years of professional experience outside SUPSI (clinical, institutional or corporate).
Preferred
- Active presence professional networks, scientific associations, or consortia at the national and/or international level.
- Knowledge of good clinical practice (with GCP certification), research ethics, and scientific quality standards for designing, conducting, recording, and reporting about clinical trials involving human subjects.
What we offer
- Permanent contract.
- Appointment as BSP research area lead in the MeDiTech Institute with four-year term and possibility of renewal.
- Leadership of a recognized research group active in education, applied research and services.
- Team of highly qualified and motivated collaborators.
- Challenging work with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility in an innovative, multidisciplinary university environment within a new operational location.
- Participation in the MeDiTech Institute leadership (as a member of the steering committee).
Information
Further inquiries can be directed to Prof. Dr. Milena Properzi, DTI Director to the following email: [email protected].
Only applications submitted by 30 June 2025 using the dedicated application form (https://www.supsi.ch/en/bando5010) will be considered. Incomplete applications, applications sent to other addresses or applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
Our Commitment
SUPSI believes that the future is built on valuing diverse perspectives, unique experiences, and fostering a fair, inclusive, and respectful culture of diversity.
