Location: | Belfast |
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Salary: | £31,414 to £48,379 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 20th August 2024 |
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Closes: | 1st September 2024 |
Job Ref: | 030123 |
Job Title: Research Associate / Research Fellow (Process Mining)
Department/School: School of Computing (BTIIC)
Campus: Belfast
Salary: Research Associate (£31,414 - £45,611) or Research Fellow (£46,974 - £48,379)
Duration: Fixed-term until 31st March 2028 / Full-time
Closing Date: 1st September 2024
Reference Number: 030123
- ABOUT US -
We are a university with a national and international reputation for excellence, innovation and regional engagement, making a major contribution to the economic, social and cultural development of Northern Ireland.
Our core business activities are teaching and learning, widening access to education, research and innovation and technology and knowledge transfer.
- THE ROLE -
This post is funded by Invest NI / British Telecom (BT) under the BT Ireland Innovation Centre (BTIIC). The overall BTIIC centre addresses research topics in future telecommunication networks and services with a particular emphasis on Artificial Intelligence for service provision and business processes in the general telecoms space and also more targeted areas in Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber Security.
The postholder will work closely with BT Engineering to facilitate downstreaming of BTIIC research into BT Engineering systems, services and products. They will work in collaboration with other Ulster, BT Research and BT Engineering members of the wider research team and will conduct research in the domain of AI, Machine Learning, and Process Mining. The work will focus on the area of “Process Mining Research” and more specifically on AI Enabled Process Mining for building and operating process data and models in production.
Appointment will be made at either Research Associate or Research Fellow level.
We may create a 12-month waiting list for same or similar roles within the Department / Faculty. The University reserves the right to extend the waiting list across the University if required for certain posts.
- ABOUT YOU -
The postholder will be required to have:
- PhD (or nearly-completed PhD) in Data Science, Process Mining, Mathematics, Statistics, or cognate discipline; OR A Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or cognate discipline, plus significant relevant industrial experience.
- Evidence of a high level of competence in Data Science using one or more of the following technologies, Python, MATLAB, R, SQL, Java.
- Evidence of working knowledge of one or more of the following: Data and Statistical analysis; Machine Learning applied to business processes; Process Mining using modern tools such as pm4py, ProM, RapidProM or DISCO.
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