Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellow in Artificial Intelligence

Computer and Information Sciences (www.strath.ac.uk/science/computerinformationsciences)

Who we are

Great minds. Innovative solutions.

We are the University of Strathclyde. Our vision is innovative and ground breaking, placing us amongst the world’s leading international technological universities. We are vibrant, dynamic and passionate about solving the challenges facing society and industry through our cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research, education and knowledge-exchange with global partners.

We are seeking to appoint extraordinary early career academics who complement our strategic themes.

For more information visit the Strathclyde Global Talent Programme Website: www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/strathclydeglobaltalentprogramme or email globaltalent@strath.ac.uk

Our department

CIS is an internationally recognised research department specialising in information science, artificial intelligence, computer security, health informatics, interactive systems, and theoretical computer science. It is home to around 900 undergraduates, taught postgraduate and PhD students with an increasing emphasis on in person and online delivery of high-quality educational programmes. CIS is working closely with industry through a growing portfolio of education and knowledge exchange projects supported by the Scottish Funding Council Innovation Centres, like the DataLab and the Digital Health and Care Institute and Innovate UK.

The opportunity

We seek to recruit an energetic, highly motivated scholar who will contribute to join our Artificial Intelligence (AI) research group in CIS. The candidate  the research, teaching, and administrative activities of the school in the MSc and PhD programs. This application is open to all to any candidate who has an excellent track record of research in (but not limited to) one of the following areas:

• Computer vision
• Deep learning
• Large language models/Applied NLP
• AI for healthcare
• AI in animal health
• AI planning & multi-agent optimisation
• Causality and its applications
• AI for telecommunications
• Interactive intelligence

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate significant promise in their research discipline with a record of achievement in their career to date and demonstrate an ability to attract research funding. They will have ambitious academic goals and an understanding of how to bring in the grant income required to fund those goals. The appointee will be expected to contribute to the Department’s Undergraduate and Masters programmes. The teaching and learning environment within Strathclyde is rapidly evolving, including more use of online and technology enabled, as well as more traditional delivery, so experience of teaching in a variety of models would be welcome.

The University of Strathclyde is a socially progressive institution that strives to ensure equality of opportunity and celebrates the diversity of its student and staff community.  Strathclyde is people-oriented and collaborative, offering a supportive and flexible working culture with a deep commitment to our equality, diversity and inclusion charters, initiatives, groups and networks.

We strongly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnicity, women, LGBT+, and disabled candidates and candidates from lower socio-economic groups and care-experienced backgrounds.

You’ll be rewarded with:

• Growth of your research portfolio.
• Reduced teaching load and limited administrative duties over the initial years of your Fellowship.
• Support through our academic career development framework to gain feedback on your performance, meet your training needs and enhance your effectiveness – allowing you to be ready for promotion within 5-years of your appointment.
• Mentoring, to help you establish a balance of research, teaching, knowledge exchange and citizenship responsibilities while enhancing your leadership qualities to support your long-term career.

* Your Fellowship will normally be at lecturer level (exceptionally, at senior lecturer (Grade 9) (£58,596 - £65,814) where you have a strong track record in research leadership) for 5 years, with the expectation that you’ll meet our promotion criteria within that period and be transferred to senior lecturer (or, where you’ve been appointed as a senior lecturer, Reader) level.

Application Procedure

To apply, click here  to visit Strathclyde’s vacancies portal and provide:

• A fully completed application form
• A cover letter
• A CV; and
• A 5-year Strathclyde research plan which outlines your vision, aligned to our strategic plan and highlights any existing or future opportunities for collaborative initiatives. (maximum 4 pages).

Further Information

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Professor Feng Dong (feng.dong@strath.ac.uk).

For more information, or to contact a Strathclyde colleague who would love to talk to you about this opportunity, visit our Global Talent website.