Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence (COS885)

Lecturer salary from £34,304 per annum.

Senior Lecturer salary from £39,739 per annum.

The University of Lincoln is an ambitious Higher Education institution located in one of the finest historic cities in the UK. It is amongst the UK's top 20 in The Guardian University Guide 2020. The University was awarded Gold – the highest standard possible – in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework; a nationwide assessment of teaching quality across UK higher education institutions. It is also committed to growing student numbers, using new partnerships with external organizations and innovative forms of programme delivery. The School of Computer Science has played a key part in achieving this success, pursuing a blend of fundamental, applied and interdisciplinary research, with current focus areas in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, and Human-Computer Interaction.

The School of Computer Science seeks to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer with high research accomplishments and potential in the area of Artificial Intelligence, broadly interpreted to include work on multiagent systems, logic and argumentation, and model-based approaches as well as machine learning. We specifically welcome applications to establish new areas of research that complement our existing specialisms. The post holder is expected to contribute to the School's teaching activities and to develop their research portfolio, to include: acquiring external funding; supervising postdoctoral researchers and PhD students; publishing in high quality journals and conferences; strengthening industry partnerships and contributing to real-world applications with positive impacts; and conducting research to fulfil the University’s ambition and strategic objectives.

The successful candidate will join the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS) which is internationally recognized for its contributions in learning, decision-making and interaction capabilities of autonomous systems, in application domains including agri-food, healthcare and service robotics. L-CAS has been a valued partner in many collaborative research projects with other academic and industry partners; funded by the UK Research Councils (EPSRC and BBSRC), InnovateUK and EU Research Framework Programmes, among others. It provides a highly dynamic, inter-disciplinary research environment, with a broad range of collaboration opportunities and support infrastructure readily available.

The University is committed to building a culturally diverse institution, where all staff and students can flourish and feel valued for their contribution and individuality. We are encouraging talented people, whatever their background, to work and study here. All appointments are made on merit. We particularly welcome applications from suitably qualified female academics, as they are currently under-represented in positions within the School.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity, please contact Prof Simon Parsons, Head of the School of Computer Science at sparsons@lincoln.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 08 May 2022
Category: Academic