Lecturer/Associate Professor in Robotics & AI

About us

UCL’s Department of Computer Science (CS) is a top-ranked Computer Science Department in the UK. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) evaluation, UCL Computer Science was ranked second in the UK for research power and first in England.

The Department of Computer Science was one of the best in the UK and worldwide for computer science, based on the REF’21 and QS’22 evaluations. In the latest REF (2021) it emerged 2nd in the UK and 1st in England for research power by a measure of the average research score multiplied by the volume of staff submissions. We are a large department with over 100 academic staff. We are an experimental computer science department and computer science sits at the nexus of a broad range of interdisciplinary collaborations across UCL.
In our single biggest development since we were founded, UCL is expanding to east London. Located on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, UCL East Campus will be dedicated to disruptive t hinking and discovery across disciplines and beyond academic walls, to find solutions to the biggest challenges for future living. We are in Newham, East London -one of the most socially diverse parts of the UK- and we want our staff recruitment to reflect this.

About the role

Our vision for Robotics at UCL East Campus is to set up a new robotics powerhouse at UCL. To support our vision, over the next few years, we will be hiring more than 20 research and teaching staff in robotics. The positions advertised here is part of this strategy. To provide world-class facilities at UCL East Campus for research and teaching in Robotics & AI, we are seeking to fill a Lecturer/Associate Professor post in Robotics and AI. Areas that we aim at covering: Machine Learning in Robotics.

The main purpose of this new role is to support the growth of the Computer Science Department and the Robotics & AI area through conducting research, teaching, outreach, and entrepreneurial activities in areas related to robotics and AI. The role also encompasses being a mentor and point of contact for emerging talent and support EDI activities in the department.

About you

For this role, you will need to:
1. To carry out research and produce publications, or other research outputs, in line with personal objectives agreed in the Staff review process.
2. To obtain research funding support.
3. To engage with the broader scholarly and professional communities.
4. To teach modules in support of our new master's programmes (MEng/MSc in Robotics and AI), and to support other undergraduate and graduate level teaching programmes at UCL Computer Science and the Faculty of Engineering, as allocated by the Dean of Engineering and relevant Heads of Department.
5. To supervise or assist with supervision of undergraduate, taught graduate (Masters) or research graduate (MPhil/MRes/PhD/EngD) students.
6. To contribute to the development, planning and implementation of a high-quality curriculum.
7. To participate in the development, administration and marking of exams and other assessments.
8. To provide pastoral care and suppo rt to students.
9. To participate in the administration of the Computer Science Department and department’s programmes of study and other activities as requested.
10. Actively promote UCL East’s academic values of interdisciplinarity, collaboration, and public engagement.
11. To support and advance UCL’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion ambitions.

What we offer

Salary range:
Lecturer - £52,487 to £61,534 including London Allowance
Associate Professor - £66,711 to £72,370 including London Allowance

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