Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computer and Information Sciences

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computer and Information Sciences

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Northumbria University

Job description

Job Description:ABOUT THE ROLEWorking as part of multi-disciplinary teams, you will support the Principal Investigator in delivery of research activity on the the UKRI-funded Responsible AI UK Keystone research project “ ”, undertaking personal and collaborative quantitative and qualitative research activity as required by the project, contributing ideas, and/or enhancement of techniques or methodologies, writing up research work for publication and dissemination, and contributing to impact across all work packages and to transfer of knowledge/learning lessons from other domains and Responsible AI UK (RAI UK) projects.The role holder will undertake, with appropriate support and guidance, individual and collaborative quantitative and qualitative research projects, including undertaking travel to conduct interviews, investigations and workshops, resulting in excellent outputs of sufficient volume, quality, and impact that is internationally excellent in originality, significance and rigour to meet the terms of the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise.The role-holder will have specific responsibility for working with the project’s impact lead to develop impact plans for all work packages, project communications and outputs, and to develop a specific liaison role with the RAI UK ecosystem and projects, and the wider responsible, safe and ethical AI research community.This role is a fixed term role until 31 March 2028. We are happy to consider part-time job share arrangements.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 a relevant discipline and have demonstrable specialist expert knowledge in AI exploitability and fairness, and technical, regulatory and ethical issues raised by the use of AI in law enforcement and the public sector.Further information about the requirements of the role is available in the .If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Dr Kyle MontagueTo 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 .ABOUT USAt Northumbria, we embrace tomorrow. We pursue new thinking, forge new partnerships, create, and exchange new knowledge, and find new solutions. Our inspirational academics, partners and students work together to tackle tomorrow’s challenges head on. We are ready for the future whatever it may hold.Northumbria University is a research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all, changing lives regionally, nationally, and internationally. Find out why we were named 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 for this measure.One of the largest universities in the UK with over 37,000 students from 137 countries, filled with world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and students at the heart of an outstanding experience, Northumbria is a new kind of excellent university. Discover more .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 .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 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 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 City Campus Newcastle and Coach Lane Campus Newcastle.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. 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Newcastle

Job date

Sat, 08 Jun 2024 23:07:29 GMT

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