Senior Research Assistant / Research Fellow 

We are seeking a motivated Research Assistant or Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work on a research project funded by the UK Ministry of Defence. With the training and support provided, the successful candidate will research, implement solutions, and produce research papers in the area of drones, controls and artificial intelligence. He/she has access £124,000 worth of equipment to carry out these goals. 

Key requirements:
Experience in one or more modern programming languages
Close to the completion of, or hold, a relevant Masters or Doctoral degree
Strength in either drones, robotics controls, or artificial intelligence
The current project is 9 months, and there is an opportunity of a >2 years second phase project if positive outcomes can be achieved. It is led by Dr. Hubert Shum (http://info.hubertshum.com), who is the Director of Research and Innovation in the Department. He organized international conferences such as BMVC and ACM SIGGRAPH MIG, and is an Associate Editor of CGF and a Guest Editor of IJCV. 

The job is based in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, located in a new £7m purposefully designed building. It is placed by the Times Higher Education World Ranking 2019 in the top 250-300 for computer science, and is one of the largest computer science departments in the UK.

Project team:
Dr. Hubert Shum, Northumbria University Newcastle
Dr. Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Edinburgh University 
Dr. He Wang, Leeds University

If you are interested in the job, or wish to have an informal discussion, please contact Dr. Hubert Shum (hubert.shum@northumbria.ac.uk). 

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now', and submit a Covering Letter and your CV, including a full list of publications where relevant and any documents specifically requested in the Role Description and Person Specification, such as a sample of written work or journal article. 

Northumbria University takes pride in, and values, the quality and diversity of our staff. We welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to improving employment practices for the advancement of gender equality and is a member of the Euraxess network, which delivers information and support to professional researchers.

Candidates will be assessed against the criteria and appointed to either Senior Research Assistant or Research Fellow role, depending on academic profile and previous experience. This will be discussed with all candidates at the selection stage. Candidates appointed to the Senior Research Assistant role will be employed by Northumbria Services Limited. Further details can be found at https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/work-for-us/nu-services-limited/ 

Please note this vacancy will close on 07/10/2019