Research Assistant/research Associate - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Research Assistant:
Grade 6 - £31,396 - £36,024

Research Associate:
Grade 7- £37,099 - £44,263

College of Science and Engineering, School of Informatics

Fixed-term, Full time

Available until 31st August 2025
**Up to 4 posts available

**The Opportunity:
Knowledge, skills and experience

UE06 Research Assistant:

Essential knowledge, skills and experience are:

An MSc (or equivalent) in a computer science, artificial intelligence, or a related discipline
Background in machine learning and natural language processing,
Strong programming skills, ideally including C++ or Python
Strong verbal and written communication skills

Desirable knowledge, skills and experience are:

Relevant research experience: machine translation, efficient and very large-scale NLP, dialogue processing
Experience with the deep learning toolkits,
Scientific publications

UE07 Research Associate:

Essential knowledge, skills and experience are:

A PhD (or near completion) in computer science, artificial intelligence, or a related discipline (or equivalent relevant experience)
Background in machine learning and natural language processing,
Strong programming skills, ideally including C++ or Python
Strong verbal and written communication skills

Desirable knowledge, skills and experience are:

Relevant research experience: machine translation, efficient and very large-scale NLP, dialogue processing
Experience with the deep learning toolkits,

Track record of recent publications in top-tier venues

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UE07 Research Associate click here

As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

Access our staff benefits page
for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
right to work webpages.

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.