Research Associate - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
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3 weeks ago

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UOE07 - £39,347 to £46,974 per annum

School of Informatics

Contract Type - Fixed Term - 4.5 Years
**Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week


The Opportunity:

The post is full-time (35 hours per week) and fixed term for 4.5 years.


About the CoSTAR Realtime Lab:


The CoSTAR Realtime Lab will bring together video games development expertise in Dundee's globally significant InGAME cluster with world-leading applied research and development (R&D) at Abertay, with the University of Edinburgh's expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence.


The Realtime Lab will place R&D side-by-side with live commercial production, offering routes to commercialization and markets beyond most small and medium business (SME) networks.

It will facilitate industry sector engagement, catalyzing innovation in:

- performance and motion capture
- virtual humans and dynamic procedural performance
- machine learning for production and artificial intelligence for process reproduction
- artificial intelligence for dynamic effects and procedural graphics for visual effects
- advanced scanning technologies for 3D volume acquisition and ML/AI for procedural environment generation
- developing lighting and ray tracing standards to deliver environmental fidelity
- location-based software and hardware integration integrated virtual and real-world film and TV production.


Your skills and attributes for success:

  • Ph.
D. degree (or nearing completion)

  • A strong background in computer graphics and 3D vision, and research expertise in generative AI, e.g., diffusion models, and radiance fields
  • Publications at top venues in CG, CV or/and ML (e.g., SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAH Asia, TOG, Eurograhics, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML,...)
  • Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, C++)
  • Experience with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
  • Strong communication, presentation, and writing skills, and excellent command of English Ability to work effectively as part of a team, to meet deadlines and to report on project progress.
- a cover letter (describing how past experience and future plans fit with the advertised position)


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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

  • A competitive salary of £39,347
  • £46,974pa
  • An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
  • To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
  • Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, familyfriendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our
    staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion


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.


Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Further information is available on our
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