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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*** Artificial Intelligence Industry Fellow (Lecturer) ***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Institute for Analytics and Data Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of Essex, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">£39,993 - £47,722 per annum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Closing Date: 8th January 2018 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The University of Essex (UK) is currently advertising an Artificial Intelligence Industry Fellow (3 years). This is an appointment as a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science
and Electronic Engineering, with a three year secondment as Artificial Intelligence (AI) Industry Fellow to the Institute for Analytics and Data Science (IADS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">During the secondment as AI Industry Fellow in IADS, the duties will be focused on undertaking research, developing research proposals, developing and undertaking collaborative
projects with businesses, knowledge exchange, and supporting analytics and data science training programmes throughout the year. The Fellow will also undertake some teaching and supervision duties within the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering.
On completion of the secondment, the appointee will return to the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, undertaking the normal range of education, research and administration duties.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The person appointed will work closely with the Director of the Institute and UNESCO Chair in Analytics and Data Science, Prof Maria Fasli and Assistant Director Dr Spyros Samothrakis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applicants should hold a PhD in Computer Science or related area and have excellent knowledge of computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning or advanced text
analytics. Particular research areas of interest include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- machine learning;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- reinforcement learning, neural networks, deep learning;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- data mining;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- predictive analytics;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- natural language processing and advanced text analytics;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- semantic information extraction and the Semantic Web;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- social media analysis;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- handling of data in motion (multi-stream processing and reasoning, complex event processing and reasoning);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- decision support tools and systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information and to make an application, please see here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=016430Ek80&WVID=9918109NEm&LANG=USA">https://vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=016430Ek80&WVID=9918109NEm&LANG=USA</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The job specification can be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www1.essex.ac.uk/hr-jobpacks/science_health-csee/REQ00946_Jobpack_extended.pdf">https://www1.essex.ac.uk/hr-jobpacks/science_health-csee/REQ00946_Jobpack_extended.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Informal enquiries can be directed to Prof Maria Fasli (<a href="mailto:mfasli@essex.ac.uk">mfasli@essex.ac.uk</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Professor Maria Fasli PhD, NTF, FHEA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UNESCO Chair in Analytics and Data Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director, Institute for Analytics and Data Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of Essex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">T +44 (0)1206 872327<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">E <a href="mailto:mfasli@essex.ac.uk">mfasli@essex.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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