Research Associate/ Fellow

3 months ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom University of Glasgow Full time

**Job Purpose**

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
Perform the following activities in conjunction with the Principal and Co-Investigators:

1. Take a leading role in the planning and conduct of assigned research individually or jointly in accordance with the project deliverables and project/group/School/College research strategy.
2. To take a leading role in working with the project industrial partner BI.
3. Take a leading role in the development of self-supervised, and transformer-type of deep neural network models for integrative analysis of medical images and genetic data.
4. Establish and maintain your research profile and reputation and that of The University of Glasgow/ School/ Research Group, including establishing and sustaining a track record of independent and joint publications of international quality in high profile/quality refereed journals, enhancing the research impact in terms of economic/societal benefit, and gathering indicators of esteem.
6. Presentation of work at high-profile international and national conferences, at internal and external seminars, colloquia and workshops to develop and enhance our research profile.
7. Take a leading role in the identification of potential funding sources and assist in the development of proposals to secure funding from internal and external bodies to support future research.
8. Take a leading role in developing and maintaining collaborations with colleagues across the research group/School/College/University and wider community (e.g. Academic and Industrial Partners).
9. Take a leading role in team/group meetings/seminars/workshops and School research group activities to enhance the wider knowledge, outputs and culture of the School/College.
10. Take the lead in the organisation, supervision, mentoring and training of undergraduate and/or postgraduate students and less experienced members of the project team to ensure their effective development.
11. Keep up to date with current knowledge and recent advances in the field/discipline.
12. Engage in personal, professional and career development, to enhance both specialist and transferable skills in accordance with desired career trajectory.
13. Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Head of School/Director of Research Institute.
14. Contribute to the enhancement of the University’s international profile in line with the University’s Strategic Plan, Inspiring People Changing The World.
For appointment at Grade 8:

15. Take the lead in identifying and attracting new sources of independent and external research funding and researchers into this research area as opportunities permit to support future research.
16. Present research findings at high profile national and international conferences, seminars and meetings to raise the profile of the research group in order to enhance the research strength of the School.
17. Make a leading contribution to the management of the team/project and sustain an enhanced level of academic outputs and profile.
These key tasks are not intended to be exhaustive but simply highlight a number of major tasks which the staff member may be reasonably expected to perform.

**Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience**

**Knowledge/Qualifications**

**Essential**:

A1 An awarded PhD or equivalent in Computer Science/Statistics/Computational Biology or a related area (or have submitted a PhD thesis prior to taking up the appointment).
A2 A comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of current issues and future directions in the use of Machine Learning in Computer Vision/Medical Imaging/Human Genetics.
A3 Proficient in programming using Python, and deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch.

**For appointment at grade 8**:

A4 Some reputation in, and insight into, a relevant internationally competitive research area.
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**Desirable**:

B1 A Good understanding of the state-of-the-art in deep representation learning or medical image analysis.

**Skills**

**Essential**:
C2 Research creativity and strong cross-discipline collaborative ability. C3 Excellent communication skills (oral and written), including public presentations and the ability to communicate complex data/concepts clearly and concisely
C4 Excellent interpersonal skills including team working and a collegiate approach
C5 Appropriate workload/time/project/budget/people management skills C6 Extensive IT and data analysis/interpretation skills as appropriate
C7 Self-motivation, initiative and independent thought/working
C8 Problem-solving skills including a flexible and pragmatic approach
C9 Good Team Leadership skills including demonstrable supervisory skills

**For appointment at Grade 8**:

C10 Able to work both individually as well as part of a team and manage staff members as appropriate to disseminate findings to colleagues
C11 Strong cross-discipline collaborative ability, including evidence of working across industry and academia
C12 Able to work in both industrial and acad



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