Research Fellow

To be an active member of the research team assisting in the planning and delivery of research activity relating to how the underlying technology of VR and the Metaverse can be used to enhance human engagement, decision making and trust in AI enabled procedures. Specially, the successful person will work on two main application areas. The first relates to manufacturing design processes and how AI and natural language models can assist in the design and visualisation of manufacturing design. The second application area relates to the automation and
visualisation of complex data to enable better understanding and decision making in business related processes, such as, audit and compliance testing.

About the person:
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

• Have or about to obtain a PhD in a relevant area (submission within six months of closing date of recruitment exercise). PhD should be in Computer Science, Engineering or Psychology or a related area such as Cognitive or Behavioural Science if the candidate also has experience of conducting research involving human participants.
• Relevant research experience.
• Experience in:

• • The construction and use of immersive Virtual Reality environments. Programming/scripting for relevant Virtual Reality software & hardware (e.g. Unity, Oculus) and general ability to program
  • Using AI and natural language processing.

• Demonstrable expertise in conducting studies using psychophysiological measures.
• Demonstrable ability to program.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please view the Candidate Information link below.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information. Link below.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more on our website.

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff ne tworks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

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