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<div>The University of Essex (UK) is currently advertising a Postdoctoral Research Fellow post in the Institute for Analytics and Data Science (IADS) to support the Institute’s work in analytics, data science and big data. The post is for an initial 3-year
period within IADS during which the post-holder will be on probation. On successful completion of the Fellowship and the probation period, the post-holder will be offered a permanent appointment as a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Electronic
Engineering at the University of Essex.</div>
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<div>The duties of the Postdoctoral Research Fellow <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif, Tahoma, Verdana; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">include undertaking high quality independent and collaborative research that meets REF standards, applying
for grants, contributing to public engagement and impact, developing interdisciplinary collaborations within IADS, supporting the research culture of the Institute, supervising students, and supporting IADS administratively. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif, Tahoma, Verdana; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The
Fellow will also undertake a limited amount of teaching, as appropriate to a research-based post, to enable them to meet the requirements of probation, and to provide a good foundation in higher education practice for the Fellow's ongoing career. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The
person appointed will work closely with the Director of the Institute and UNESCO Chair in Analytics and Data Science, Prof Maria Fasli.</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Applicants should hold a PhD in Computer Science or related area and have excellent knowledge of computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning or advanced text analytics. Particular research
areas of interest include but are not limited to:</span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- machine learning; </span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- reinforcement learning, neural networks, deep learning;</span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- data mining; </span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- predictive analytics; </span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- natural language processing and advanced text analytics;</span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- semantic information extraction and the Semantic Web;</span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- social media analysis;</span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- handling of data in motion (multi-stream processing and reasoning, complex event processing and reasoning); </span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- decision support tools and systems.</span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
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<div>For more information and to make an application, please see here:</div>
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<div>The job specification can be found here:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/hr-jobpacks/science_health-csee/REQ00650_Jobpack.pdf">http://www.essex.ac.uk/hr-jobpacks/science_health-csee/REQ00650_Jobpack.pdf</a></div>
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<div>Informal enquiries can be directed to Prof Maria Fasli (mfasli@essex.ac.uk).</div>
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