[agents] Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in Machine Learning and Argumentation

[Tim Norman]

Hi,

Please pass on the colleagues who may be interested in this position, and do encourage them to get in touch.

Thanks,

Tim.

Location: University of Southampton
Salary: £30,942-£39,152
Duration: 3 years
Closing date: 19 November 2020

Applications are invited for a fixed term (3 years) Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in Machine Learning and Argumentation at the University of Southampton. The successful applicant will undertake research on the UKRI funded project ‘Rebooting Democracy: Democratic Innovations for the Information Age’. This interdisciplinary project brings together experts in Politics and Artificial Intelligence as well as policymakers, and is led by Dr Matt Ryan (Politics and International Relations, School of Economic, Social and Political Sciences) and Prof Tim Norman (Agents, Interaction and Complexity Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science). The project will harness and combine advances in comparative social science, computer science, and democratic innovation and the fellow will assist in developing and harnessing novel AI for the public good.

You will join a large team that investigates which democratic innovations work (and do not) in order to design and test interventions to sustain democracy. You will conduct research into novel machine learning and data analysis techniques, including argument mining, that can assist in the identification and analysis of data from large semi structured datasets. The fellow will also support the collaborative design of visualisations to provide insights from data to decision-makers regarding public sentiment and debate and support interventions in controlled trials aimed at bolstering democratic norms. The role will also involve supporting the team in effective liaison with collaborators and stakeholders and the project will support career progression of the successful candidate through mentoring and training programmes.

You should hold a PhD in computer science with expertise in machine learning and either NLP or argumentation, and interests in explanation, socio-technical systems and debate. Experience collaborating with stakeholders outside of academia is also desirable. The candidate will need to show capability of engaging efficiently in interdisciplinary research, and ability to organise their own activities and deliver high-quality work to deadlines.

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Professor Timothy J. Norman
Head of Agents, Interaction and Complexity Group (www.aic.ecs.soton.ac.uk<http://www.aic.ecs.soton.ac.uk>)
Director of UKRI MINDS CDT (www.mindscdt.ai<http://www.mindscdt.ai>)
Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton
Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

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