Research Associate in Formal Methods for Resilient

2 weeks ago


University of York, United Kingdom University of York Full time

**Department**:
The ‘Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Resilience’ project, funded by EPSRC as part of the UK Research & Innovation’s £34 million research programme on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS), offers a fixed-term Research Associate contract (to be appointed based on relevant experience) initially on a part-time basis (50% FTE) between 2 October - 31 December 2023, & subsequently full-time between 1 January - 30 April 2024, focused on enabling autonomous systems to model formally and to reason about social, legal, ethical, empathy & cultural (SLEEC) rules and norms in their decisions and actions.

Led by the University of York, this ambitious vision is being delivered through the collaboration of multidisciplinary researchers at Lancaster University, Open University, University of Sheffield and University of Southampton. The fundamental research and software tools generated by the project are being validated and adopted in domains ranging from robotic surgery and assistive care to and emergency response, with the support of stakeholders from industry, academia, government and third-party organisations.

**Role**:
You will make significant theoretical and practical contributions to the development of formal methods and software tools for the modelling, analysis, verification and assurance of autonomous systems. You will devise mathematically based techniques allowing autonomous systems to analyse and evolve these models, and to self-adapt in ways that are feasible and SLEEC compliant. You will develop dynamic assurance methods enabling autonomous systems to provide human stakeholders with compelling evidence that their resilience-related decisions and actions are trustworthy. You will work closely with project partners to deliver, validate and disseminate the planned research advances, and you will collaborate with other TAS programme researchers to maximise the impact of these.

**Skills, Experience & Qualification needed**:

- Knowledge of formal methods & assurance methods to engage in high-quality research
- Knowledge of model-driven software engineering
- Knowledge of a range of research techniques & methodologies
- Research experience in robotic or embedded systems
- Software engineering skills
- Highly developed communication skills to engage effectively with a wide-ranging audience, both orally & in writing, using a range of media
- Ability to write up research work for publication in high profile journals & to engage in public dissemination
- Evidence of dissemination of scholarly work which may include: presentation of papers at conferences & workshops; participation in public engagement events to disseminate research; publishing of chapters in text books; publishing of papers; articles or reviews in academic journals or elsewhere; development of websites
- Experience of developing, conducting & leading independent & collaborative small research projects or identified parts of a large project, including supervision of the work of others & providing expert advice & guidance to teams
- Ability to identify sources of funding & contribute to the process of securing funds, with collaborators if required
- Experience of developing software components & tools
- Experience of systematically evaluating & validating theoretical results through robotics or embedded systems case studies & experiments

**Interview date**:TBD, mid September 2023

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