Principal Data Scientist, AI Security

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The Alan Turing Institute

Named in honour of Alan Turing, the Institute is a place for inspiring, exciting work and we need passionate, sharp, and innovative people who want to use their skills to contribute to our mission to make great leaps in data science and AI research to change the world for the better.

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BACKGROUND

The Defence & National Security Grand Challenge (D&NS) at the Alan Turing Institute is seeking to establish a new research and innovation team to work on AI Security. The aim is to further cutting-edge research and engineering approaches to solve real-world problems in AI/ML security, working in close collaboration with Government partners such as select UK universities. 

CANDIDATE PROFILE

The role is suited to candidates who are both familiar with the national security domain and the application of research to national security challenges and are themselves a researcher or engineer in data science and artificial intelligence with an outstanding track record of research or similar experience across related disciplines and with deep interests in methods and approaches for tackling real-world problems. 

DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Defining and maintaining the research strategy of the team, specifically providing scientific leadership on ‘AI security’ with responsibility for developing and delivering on the problem book.
• Undertake wider approaches as necessitated to establish an effective R&D effort, i.e. more ‘upstream’ research to solve thorny problems that are meaningful in the context of national security.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight of research development, responsible for delivering high quality outputs including code, technical reports, demos and papers.
• Establish an R&D team with the appropriate skills and expertise to meet research needs of the team, and line manage staff, supporting their career development aspirations.

Person Specification

• A PhD degree or equivalent professional experience in a field with significant use of both computer programming and advanced algorithmic, statistical or numerical techniques.
• Direct experience developing and deploying technologies in support of UK Defence and National Security organisations.
• Professional experience in a field or sector with significant use of both computer programming and advanced algorithmic, statistical or numerical techniques.
• Fluency in one or more modern programming languages used in data science. In particular, we predominantly work in Python, but demonstrable use of other programming together with a facility for learning new languages.

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Terms and Conditions

This full-time post is offered on a fixed-term basis for two years. The annual salary is £75,732 - £80,000 plus excellent benefits, including flexible working and family friendly policies,  https://www.turing.ac.uk/work-turing/why-work-turing/employee-benefits

The Alan Turing Institute is based at the British Library, in the heart of London’s Knowledge Quarter. We expect staff to come to our office at least 4 days per month. Some roles may require more days in the office; the hiring manager will be able to confirm this during the interview.

Application procedure

Please see our jobs portal for full details on how to apply and the interview process. 

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to making sure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive.

This includes making reasonable adjustments for candidates who have a disability or long-term condition. Please contact us at adjustments@turing.ac.uk  to find out how we can assist you. 

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