Research Assistant or Postdoctoral Research Assistant

About the Role
The School of EECS at Queen Mary University of London seeks to appoint a Research Assistant or Postdoctoral Research Assistant for the Innovate UK project “Maestro - AI Musical Analysis Platform”, in collaboration with Algorivm Ltd. The responsibilities of the role are to investigate, implement, and evaluate machine learning technologies for audio and music performance analysis; lead and co-author publications; and collaborate with project partners.

This role is supported by AI Futures Grants, a UK Government scheme designed to help the next generation of AI leaders meet the costs of relocating to the UK. AI Futures Grants provide financial support to reimburse relocation costs such as visa fees, the immigration health surcharge and travel/subsistence expenses. Successful candidates for this role may be able to get up to £10,000 to meet relocations costs, subject to terms and conditions

About You
Applicants must hold a degree (PhD for post-doctoral level) in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a related field. Candidates should have experience with deep learning methods, music information retrieval, audio processing or a related discipline and strong programming skills in Python. Candidates will have a demonstrable ability to work independently and as part of a team, as well as experience with conducting research, understanding the research process and summarising findings.

About the School of EECS
As a multidisciplinary school, our researchers work with the arts and sciences collaborating with psychologists, biologists, musicians and actors, mathematicians, medical researchers, dentists and lawyers. As a multidisciplinary School, we are well known for our pioneering research and pride our-selves on our world-class projects. We are equal first in the UK for the impact of our Computer Science research, and second in the country for our Electronic Engineering research output (REF 2021).

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We have policies to support our staff throughout their careers, including arrangements for those who wish to work flexibly or on a job share basis, and we provide support for those returning from long-term absence. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic groups, and from women in all stages of life, including pregnancy and maternity leave.

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