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Job reference
REQ007562
Application closing date
09/02/2020
Faculty / School or Service
Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Computing (EEC)
Salary
£39,159 - £55,758 per annum
Package
As one of Coventry’s biggest employers, we will provide an excellent benefits package and a personal and professional development programme that will help you to achieve your aspirations.
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Assistant Professor in Algorithms for Neural Networks and Machine Learning
Job description
The Research Centre for Data Science (CDS), based in the Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing (EEC), provides a hub to develop cutting edge research in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Future Computing Technologies. The centre has a vocation to push the boundaries of both fundamental science and practical applications.
As such the centre feeds into applications across the University’s research portfolio.
The Centre for Data Science is looking to recruit a number of ambitious early career academics with postdoctoral experience and an excellent publication record. Candidates for this position should have expertise in the fundamentals of Algorithms for Machine Learning and Neural Networks. We are particularly interested in candidates with technical expertise in GPU programming and the leveraging of graphical processors for deep learning.
Successful candidates should also have experience in teaching in Higher Education. Assistant Professors employed in the centre will have reduced teaching loads, with a minimum of 60% protected time for research. Teaching duties will be within the School of Computing Electronics and Mathematics which has a dedicated MSc course on Data Science and Computational Intelligence as well as a new undergraduate Computer Science curriculum with substantial Data Science elements.
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Job title
Assistant Professor in Algorithms for Neural Networks and Machine Learning
Job reference
REQ007562
Application closing date
09/02/2020
Faculty / School or Service
Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Computing (EEC)
Salary
£39,159 - £55,758 per annum
Package
As one of Coventry’s biggest employers, we will provide an excellent benefits package and a personal and professional development programme that will help you to achieve your aspirations.
Contractual hours
Blank
Basis
Blank
Job category/type
Academic
Attachments
Blank
Job description
The Research Centre for Data Science (CDS), based in the Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing (EEC), provides a hub to develop cutting edge research in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Future Computing Technologies. The centre has a vocation to push the boundaries of both fundamental science and practical applications.
As such the centre feeds into applications across the University’s research portfolio.
The Centre for Data Science is looking to recruit a number of ambitious early career academics with postdoctoral experience and an excellent publication record. Candidates for this position should have expertise in the fundamentals of Algorithms for Machine Learning and Neural Networks. We are particularly interested in candidates with technical expertise in GPU programming and the leveraging of graphical processors for deep learning.
Successful candidates should also have experience in teaching in Higher Education. Assistant Professors employed in the centre will have reduced teaching loads, with a minimum of 60% protected time for research. Teaching duties will be within the School of Computing Electronics and Mathematics which has a dedicated MSc course on Data Science and Computational Intelligence as well as a new undergraduate Computer Science curriculum with substantial Data Science elements.
Please click here to view the Job Description & Person Specification