THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Recruitment Role Profile Form

Job Title:Research Associate/Fellow

School/Department:School of Computer Science

Salary:£25,769- £37,768 per annum depending on skills and experience(minimum £28,982 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance

Job Family and Level:Research & Teaching Level 4 Training Grade/Level 4

Contract Status:Fixed-termfrom 01October 2016 until 30 September 2019

Hours of Work:Full-time (36.25 hours per week)

Location:School of Computer Science, Jubilee Campus

Reporting to:Dr Rong Qu, Professor BobJohn, Dr Jason Atkin

Purpose of the New Role:

To conduct scientific research in order to meet the objectives of therequirements of the European Commission project.

Main Responsibilities / % time per year
1. / To initiate, innovate and undertake research within the consortium. This involves knowledge engineering on large amounts of data, and establishingthe case based reasoning system. / 80%
2. / To write research papers in order to disseminate the research findings. To support further dissemination of results through invited presentations at international meetings, conferences and seminars. / 10%
3. / To be involved in research activities and work collaboratively with other researchers within the consortium. To attend and contribute to consortium meetings as required by the academic research team. / 10%

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Essential / Desirable
Qualifications/ Education /
  • PhD (or equivalent)or near completion in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering or closely related discipline

Skills/Training /
  • Data analysis skills
  • Research capabilities including building knowledge bases and developing new research methodologies/ideas
  • Good understanding of data mining and knowledge discovery
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
/
  • Understanding and development of data mining tools and knowledge engineering techniques
  • Computer programming skills

Experience /
  • Writing reports and research papers
  • Oral Presentation of research findings
  • Working independently and as part of an international team

Other /
  • Willingness to travel in Europe

Decision Making

i)taken independently by the role holder

•Conducting research on a day-to-day basis according to agreed objectives
•Decision on technical issues arising as part of the research work

ii)taken in collaboration with others

•Exploration of research directions to support overall research goals
•Decision on strategies to achieve the agreed research goals
•Decision of reports and papers to be written for dissemination

iii)referred to the appropriate line manager by the role holder

•Changes to the research directions, objectives or goals
•Approval of reports and papers for circulation and/or presentation outside the research team

Additional Information

The role holder will be part of the ASAP research group in the School of Computer Science.
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