Postdoctoral Research Fellow (109571-0824)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Duration: 4 years

About the Role 

For informal enquiries, please contact Cagatay Turkay (Professor (CIM) and Project PI) at Cagatay.turkay@warwick.ac.uk.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to an innovative, impactful project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The post is within an exciting new collaborative project that aims to perform research that informs strategic decision-making around plans for the elimination of sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis, HAT). The research will both be at the forefront of cutting-edge technological development and will also deliver real-world impact with its emphasis to better facilitate and broaden the use of statistical models through the use of AI and interaction. 

About You  

We are looking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher in Human-Centred AI. The post holder will play a crucial role in designing and developing AI-assisted, interactive and visual decision support tools that will enable key stakeholders from the national disease control programmes to make better and long-lasting use of the disease models developed by the group. The post holder is expected to engage closely with the modelling researchers and key stakeholders to understand the needs, capabilities and aspirations, and respond to these by leading the development of AI-supported, interactive and visual methods and tools.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure. 

CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 24 September 2024 at 11.55 pm

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.

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