Location: | Reading |
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Salary: | £36,130 pro rata, per annum |
Hours: | Part Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 3rd June 2025 |
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Closes: | 7th July 2025 |
Job Ref: | SRF50541 |
Location: Whiteknights Reading UK
Hours Per Week: 20 hours per week maximum (0.25 FTE)
Employment Basis/ Type: Fixed term (four years)
We are pleased to announce a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious computer scientist to join our Computer Science Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Programme!
How does it work?
You will study for a four year, full time funded PhD (3 quarters of your time) whilst working and receiving a salary to gain valuable teaching experience (1 quarter of your time). You will receive a salary and stipend package that exceeds the standard UKRI stipend for a full-time PhD.
If you are a Home/RoI Student your PhD fees will be waived, if you are an International student you will receive a fee waiver equivalent to the Home/RoI fee and will be expected to fund the difference between the International fee and the Home/RoI fee. There will be a package of support to enable you to develop a research career in this exciting field.
PhD Topic: Bird Flights: Flying Probes of Atmospheric Turbulence
Vast amounts of animal tracking data are now being collected at global scales. Recent work has shown that the fine-scale movements of birds vary in relation to atmospheric turbulence. Animal-attached sensors could therefore be used to probe atmospheric conditions, providing measurements in locations and scenarios that are inaccessible to traditional meteorological probes. It can also teach us about their physiological state. This project will use a range of methods including causal inference, signal processing and machine learning to investigate whether and how acceleration data from flying birds can be used to characterise changing levels of atmospheric turbulence.
The central goal of the project is to characterise turbulence from animal movement data with the following objectives:
You will need to demonstrate you:
See candidate pack at the bottom of the page for further details.
How do I apply?
You must upload a combined CV and Proposal in pdf format (max size 1 MB) and complete the supporting statement.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Contact details for advert
Contact Name Dr Nachiketa Chakraborty
Contact Job Title Lecturer in Computer Science
Contact Email address n.chakraborty@reading.ac.uk
Closing date: 07/07/2025
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