The School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) The School is a large and dynamic department in the Faculty of Science and Health. The School is internationally known for its research in a range of areas and offers an excellent education to its students. We are rapidly growing due to increasing student numbers and now wish to appoint a lecturer in the Natural Language and Information Processing group to further strengthen our research and education expertise.
We are particularly interested in candidates with research expertise in one or more of the following areas, if possible, with experience of deep learning methods:
Natural language processing has been a key area of research for more than 40 years at Essex University and much of this work is being conducted as part of CSEE's Natural Language and Information Processing group as well as the interdisciplinary Language and Computation group. More recently, the work of the NLIP group has focused around the intersection of language and vision, researching how artificial/collective intelligence and multimodal information processing can enable state-of-the-art applications in inter-disciplinary fields such as human rights monitoring, environmental science and healthcare. We organize regular events including an annual research day and weekly reading seminars.
Further information on our Natural Language and Information Processing research group can be found at: https://www.essex.ac.uk/departments/computer-science-and-electronic-engineering/research/natural-language-and-information-processing
Duties of the role You will deliver excellent research and teaching generate research income; contribute to the administration and management of the School and to its local, regional and international profile. You will teach on our courses at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level. This may include delivering existing modules, developing new modules and generally enhancing our research-led teaching. We aim for excellence in education as well as research and are looking for individuals who can contribute to both.
A full list of duties can be found within the jobpack attached.
Skills and Qualifications required The successful candidate will have a relevant doctoral level research degree in NLIP or relevant field, and ideally fellowship of the Higher Education Academy or the ability to gain professional recognition at this or a higher level if appropriate.
You will have proven experience in teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels, and of designing and planning learning activities. You will be able to demonstrate evidence of a clear publication plan for submission to future Research Excellence Framework (REF) programmes, and evidence of a research agenda, engagement in high-quality research activity and a developing research profile.
We particularly welcome applications from those who identify as female or non-binary as they are under-represented within the School.
Appointment will be made as Lecturer (R) on a Teaching and Research (ASER) contract.
At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place.
To support this commitment we have our Global Forum, a staff-led network that promotes and celebrates the rich cultural diversity among Essex staff, and our Colchester campus based Faith Centre, which hosts regular services, meetings and events organised by our chaplains and faith representatives.
Please see the attached job pack, which contains a full job description and person specification, which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application. Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please telephone the Resourcing Team (01206 876559).
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