Research Associate or Research Fellow (EXPIRED)

The project ‘Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Resilience’, funded by the EPSRC as part of the UK Research and Innovation’s £34 million research programme on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS), offers a 36-month Research Associate position focused on the development of a normative framework for autonomous systems.

Led by the University of York, the project is a highly interdisciplinary research effort to deliver a step change in the socio-technical resilience of autonomous robotic and software-agent systems and systems of systems.

This ambitious vision will be delivered through the close collaboration of 20+ Computer Science, Engineering, Law, Mathematics, Philosophy, Psychology and Robotics researchers at Lancaster University, the Open University, the University of Sheffield, the University of Southampton, and the University of York.

You will make significant theoretical and practical contributions to the development of the normative framework of the project. You will develop an account of the relevant norms, whether social, legal, cultural or ethical; catalogue the ways in which they may need to be adjusted for the specific contexts of application envisaged by the project; and develop techniques of formal specification that enables them to be implemented in autonomous systems. You will bring to bear a competence in one of the relevant underlying disciplines such as philosophy or law.

For a Grade 6 role holder, we require:

• First degree in Law, Philosophy or a related subject
• PhD in Law, Philosophy or a related subject
• Knowledge in either Philosophy or Law to engage in high quality research
• Knowledge of a range of research techniques and methodologies
• Understanding of the socio-technical context for the use of autonomous systems
• Ability to identify sources of funding and contribute to the process of securing funds, with collaborators if required
• Competency to make presentations at conferences or exhibit work in other appropriate events
• Experience of working across disciplines and/or in cross-disciplinary teams including the sciences and engineering is desirable

For a Grade 7 role holder, we require:

• Ability to lead and/or take responsibility for a small research project or identified parts of a large project
• Ability to supervise the work of others, for example in research teams or projects
• Competency to make presentations at internationally recognised conferences or exhibit work in other appropriate events
• Experience of undertaking publicly evidenced high quality research
• Proven ability to attract and obtain external research funding
• Evidence of dissemination of scholarly work.
• Experience of working across disciplines and / or in cross-disciplinary teams including the sciences and engineering is desirable

https://www.york.ac.uk/professorial-jobs/computer-science/

Interview date: 25 or 26 January 2021

For informal enquiries: please contact Professor Alan Thomas at ap.thomas@york.ac.uk or Professor TT Arvind at t.t.arvind@york.ac.uk.

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