Senior Research Associate/Research Associate - School of Computing and Communications

Ref: A3239

Senior Research Associate/Research Associate - Programming Models for Distributed and Cloud-Based Applications

School of Computing and Communications

Salary: £28,331 - £40,322

Closing Date: 17 January 2021

Contract: Indefinite with end date

A Senior Research Associate/Research Associate post is available, linked to the EPSRC Protocol-Based Foundation for Distributed Multiagent Systems (TURTLES) project.

We seek a motivated individual to join a project on novel programming techniques for building distributed applications composed of microservices and serverless functions.  The person will (1) build and evaluate software prototypes and (2) contribute to writing research papers and disseminating results.  Please see Job Description for more details.

A background in computer science is essential. For more details, please see the detailed Person Specification for this position.

We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education and research.

You will join us on an indefinite contract; however, the role remains contingent on external funding, which at this time is due to come to an end on 6^th September 2022.

We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups. 

For more information, please contact Dr Amit K. Chopra (amit.chopra@lancaster.ac.uk). Candidates are encouraged to look at some of Dr Chopra’s recent publications to get an idea of the kinds of themes involved in the project.