Position Details School of Computer Science Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK Full time starting salary is normally in the range £44,414 to £52,841 with potential progression once in post to £59,450 Grade 8 Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to August 2026 Closing date: 25th July 2023
Background The School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham, UK, seeks to recruit a talented computer scientist for the role of DeepMind Academic Fellow. The Fellowship will enable an early career researcher to pursue three years of independent postdoctoral study in the fields of Computer Science (CS), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and interdisciplinary applications of AI. This Fellowship is open to early-career researchers who have recently completed a PhD in AI, CS, Machine Learning, Statistics or another relevant field. The University of Birmingham and DeepMind recognise that Black early-career researchers are particularly under-represented in this field at this level, and strongly encourage them to apply. The Deepmind Academic Fellow is funded for three years by a generous donation from Deepmind, a leading AI research organisation committed to solving intelligence to advance science and benefit humanity. The DeepMind Academic Fellowship programme is part of DeepMind’s commitment to increase diversity in AI by improving representation from currently under-represented demographic groups in academic positions in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at leading institutions, and to develop role models and ambassadors who will train the next generation of researchers. The Fellowship will provide opportunities to build experience and develop an independent research profile that will support the post holder in their progression into full academic or other research leadership roles in future. The Fellow will undertake an extensive Academic Development Programme of training and development opportunities related to research, teaching and knowledge transfer with time to reflect and develop, and the University will support the Fellow’s future career by transferring the Fellow to an open-ended Assistant Professor position (subject to meeting probationary criteria) following the initial three-year term.
Summary of Role The Deepmind Academic Fellowship is an independent academic position and the Fellow will be expected to develop their own independent programme of research and outreach activities. The Fellow’s research will not be directed or influenced by DeepMind, but where research directions are aligned, DeepMind welcomes the opportunity to cooperate and collaborate with the Fellow. The Fellow will be invited to seminars and talks organised by DeepMind, and will be provided with opportunities for mentoring from both DeepMind researchers and academic staff at the University of Birmingham. Following the initial three-year period funded by Deepmind, the Fellow will be supported in transitioning into an open-ended Assistant Professor position (subject to meeting probationary criteria) which will include a full range of academic duties as part of a well-defined academic career framework. Informal enquires to Aad van Moorsel, email: a.vanmoorsel@bham.ac.ukmailto:a.vanmoorsel@bham.ac.uk
Valuing excellence, sustaining investment We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working.
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With best regards, Mark Lee
Professor of Artificial Intelligence School of Computer Science University of Birmingham www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mglhttp://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mgl