Lecturer in Computer Science (Two posts available)

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade, City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period, City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university.

Background

The School of Science and Technology is a multi-disciplinary centre of research and education located in the heart of London’s vibrant design community.

The Department of Computer Science has over 580 undergraduate students and over 340 masters and more than 60doctoral research students. It has over 50 academic members of staff. The Department has a long tradition of excellence in research and education and continuously improves the content of its programmes. The research in the department is primarily performed in its five constituent research centres: the Adaptive Computing Systems and MachineLearning research centre (ACS-ML), the Artificial Intelligence research centre (CitAI), the Centre for HCI Design (HCID), Centre for Software Reliability (CSR), giCentre (Data Visualization & Visual Analytics).

Responsibilities

We are seeking to appoint for two Lecturer in Computer Science roles. The appointed candidates will be required to build on our results from REF 2021 and further strengthen our education programmes. We expect the two new colleagues to join the Artificial Intelligence research centre (CitAI).

Appointees will be expected to perform excellent research in areas of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and provide an excellent educational experience to our students across the range of programmes and modules that are delivered by the Department of Computer Science.

Person Specification

Applicants should have a PhD in Computer Science. They will have an internationally recognised reputation in research in areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning or related fields. They will also have significant experience of delivering outstanding education and supporting student's learning in Computer Science subjects.

Please see the attached Job description for full details of the role and person specification.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Closing date for applications: 23rd April 2023 at 11:59pm.

Interviews are scheduled for May/early June 2023.

City, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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