Research Associate/fellow Lifelong Ai Safety

2 weeks ago


University of York, United Kingdom University of York Full time

**Department**:
**Role**:
This is an inherently interdisciplinary research area and will require you to work closely and effectively with other team members and be able to explain your research clearly and precisely. You will evaluate your research through in-depth case studies, requiring close collaboration with industrial and regulatory partners.

**Skills, Experience & Qualification needed**:

- First degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or cognate discipline
- PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of safety analysis or safety cases
- Knowledge of transfer learning and/or continual learning
- Competency in training and testing machine learning models
- Experience of developing and testing machine learning models
- Ability to work as part of a diverse and multidisciplinary team

**Interview date**: to be confirmed

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