Research Associate in iBUG group

Location: South Kensington Campus

About the role:

This is a Research associate position at the iBUG group at Imperial College London. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge research and publish in top conferences/journals in collaboration with academic and industry researchers.

The main aim of this project is to build audio and visual models which learn audio and visual speech representations from large amounts of unlabelled data. The envisioned technology will be based on findings in cognitive sciences and neuroscience and it will represent a set of methods for learning audio-visual speech representations using the latest state-of-the-art machine learning methodologies.  Particular attention will be placed on the design and development of machine learning algorithms for parameter efficient transfer learning and sparse mixture of experts.

What you would be doing:

Within the project, you will be responsible for the development of machine learning algorithms for learning audio-visual speech representations. Particular focus will be placed on the design and development of machine learning algorithms for parameter efficient transfer learning and sparse mixture of experts. The applicant is expected to publish his/her works in top conferences (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICML, ICLR and alike) and journal papers (TPAMI, IJCV, TMM, and other high-impact journals).

What we are looking for:

• You should have a PhD in computer science or relevant area*
• Highly motivated and independent researcher interested in advancing the field of audio-visual self-supervised learning
• Strong track record of publishing in top conferences
• Strong experience on audio-visual speech processing
• Ability to drive research independently and submitting the outcomes to top conferences/journals
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to organise your own work with minimal supervision and prioritise work to meet deadlines.

See job description for full list of requirements. 

*Candidates who not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be hired at Research Assistant level: salary scale £43,003 - £46,297 per annum.

What we can offer you:

• Opportunity to work on state-of-the-art machine learning approaches and cutting edge research.
• Opportunity for research collaboration with other researchers within the group and industry.
• Stimulating research environment.
• The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution
• Sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 38 days off a year)

Further Information

Full time, fixed term contract, expected start date is January 2025 until July 2026

To apply visit: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/ and search using vacancy reference number ENG03343, in addition to completing the online application candidates should attach: 

• A full CV
• A cover letter outlining how your experience meets the above requirements.

For informal enquiries about the position please email:

Dr Stavros Petridis: stavros.petridis04@imperial.ac.uk

For queries regarding the application process contact:

Jamie Perrins: j.perrins@imperial.ac.uk  

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