Postdoctoral Research Associate in Human-Centred AI

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Human-Centred AI

Company

Northumbria University

Job description

Job DescriptionABOUT THE ROLEWe are seeking an innovative and forward-thinking Postdoctoral Research Associate with a background in Human-Computer Interaction and a strong interest in Responsible AI to join our interdisciplinary team to investigate and explore Probabilistic AI in Law Enforcement Futures. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in Design Fiction and Speculative Design methodologies.PROBabLE Futures – Probabilistic Systems in Law Enforcement Futures is a recently funded Responsible AI UK (RAi UK) Keystone Project that brings together academics, Law Enforcement, Government, Third Sector and Commercial AI Industry partners to explore responsible approaches to Probabilistic AI across the law enforcement landscape. This 4-year project is led by Northumbria University and involves a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from Glasgow, Northampton, Leicester, Cambridge and Aberdeen Universities. The project involves engagement with primary stakeholders to analyse and map the Probabilistic AI ecosystem in law enforcement. We will investigate prior law enforcement technology case studies and explore and anticipate future law enforcement AI. We will design and evaluate novel interfaces and systems for AI-assisted decision-making in law enforcement and use innovative research techniques, such as a mock trial involving AI outputs as evidence, with the overall aim of developing a future-oriented framework for responsible AI in law enforcement and criminal justice.The candidate will be based in the Northumbria Social Computing (NorSC) research group with the Department of Computer and Information Sciences and will work collaboratively with postdoctoral researchers from law and machine learning as well as our law enforcement, third sector, and commercial partners.This role is a fixed term role until 31 March 2028. Interviews will be held on week commencing 18th November 2024.ABOUT THE TEAMThis Research Project is being delivered within the Department of Computer and Information Sciences within the research team of the PROBabLE Futures Keystone Project. The project involves working alongside our law enforcement, third sector and commercial partners, to develop a framework to understand the implications of uncertainty and to build confidence in future Probabilistic AI in law enforcement, with the interests of justice and responsibility at its heart. The project is a UKRI-funded Responsible AI UK Keystone project and includes academic Co-Is in a number of disciplines, law enforcement and commercial partners.ABOUT YOUApplicants should hold a PhD (or equivalent experience) in Human-Computer Interaction or a relevant discipline and have demonstrable specialist expert knowledge in Interaction Design. A strong understanding of AI explainability and fairness, and technical, regulatory and ethical issues raised by the use of AI in law enforcement and the public sector is desirable.Further information about the requirements of the role is available in the person specification.If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kyle Montague, Associate Professor in Computer Science, at kyle.montague@northumbria.ac.ukTo apply for this vacancy please click ‘Apply Now’. Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.We welcome applications from the UK and across the world. Visit our web pages for details about Relocation Assistance.ABOUT USNorthumbria University is a research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all. We change lives regionally, nationally, and internationally through education and research, tackling the global challenges of our age to transform society and the economy. Find out why we were named Times Higher Education’s University of the Year in 2022.Northumbria recorded the biggest rise of any UK university for research power in the Research Excellence Framework for the second time in 2021 and is now ranked top 25 in the UK for this measure.One of the largest universities in the UK with over 37,000 students from more than 140 countries, filled with world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and students at the heart of an outstanding experience. Discover more about us.Northumbria University is a great place to work. We empower our exceptional people to achieve shared ambitions and promote a positive work life balance. We offer a wide range of benefits including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, continued commitment to your learning and development and more.Our Northumbria Values are guiding principles that define who we are, what we do and what is important to us. Our Values are: Academic Excellence; Innovation; Inclusivity; Collaboration; and Ambition.Our Behaviours describe how we do things and how we work together at Northumbria, reflecting our culture and our decision-making. Our Behaviours are: We listen and learn, we support one another to success, we respect everyone and their contributions, we trust in ourselves and each other and we are bold.Our Values and Behaviours were co-created by colleagues from a range of roles across the University, who worked collaboratively to consider what it feels like to work for Northumbria, and where we need to continue to transform together to achieve what’s important to us.Please visit Our Values and Behaviours page to find out more.We are an on-campus organisation where colleagues work regular patterns of hours and on campus, with some flexibility on the timing of their hours and the location of their work in discussion with their manager. Our campus locations include our City and Coach Lane Campuses in Newcastle upon Tyne and our London campus.Northumbria University is committed to creating an inclusive culture where we take pride in, and value, the diversity of our staff. We encourage and welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds a bronze Athena Swan award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, we are a Disability Confident Leader, a member of the Race Equality Charter and are participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme. We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers. The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.We are committed to keeping your data safe so it’s important for you to know how we use any personal data you give us. For more detailed information, access our Privacy Policy.

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Location

Newcastle

Job date

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 22:15:10 GMT

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