Research Fellow in AI and Computer Vision, University of Surrey

The DECaDE centre offers a unique opportunity for a talented technologist to join a multi-disciplinary team. This collaborative environment brings together experts in AI, cybersecurity, business models, design, and creative IP law, all hailing from prestigious institutions across Surrey, Edinburgh, and the Digital Catapult.

Your core mission will be to develop user-centered technologies that empower creative practitioners in the burgeoning gig/peer-to-peer economy. In this dynamic landscape, anyone can become a content producer or consumer. Furthermore, AI is democratizing access to content reuse and creation, presenting exciting possibilities but also demanding innovative solutions to ensure fairness, inclusivity, and user safety within these powerful tools.

By joining the DECaDE centre, you’ll play a vital role in shaping the future of creative expression in the digital age. This is your chance to collaborate with leading minds and contribute to the development of groundbreaking technologies that will impact how we create and consume content.

Responsibilities:

• To contribute to the development of the research of the Faculty, by planning and carrying out research activity within a specified area, often in collaboration with colleagues.
• To take a significant role in planning, co-ordinating and implementing research programmes and, where appropriate, commercial and consultancy activities.
• To take lead responsibility for a small research project or identified parts of a large project.
• To make decisions about research programmes and methodologies, often in collaboration with colleagues, and to resolve the problems of meeting research objectives and deadlines.
• To develop new concepts and ideas to extend intellectual understanding. Assess, interpret and evaluate the outcomes of research, and develop ideas for the application of research
  outcomes.
• To take a leading role in the regular publication of results in appropriate journals, in giving presentations at national and/or international conferences, and in other outputs.
• Pursue and advocate responsible and open research and innovation to ensure ethical, fair and inclusive advances in science, technology and use of data.
• Continually update knowledge and develop skills. To extend, transform and apply knowledge acquired from scholarship to research and appropriate external activities.
• To carry out management and administrative tasks associated with specified research funding, including managing and developing staff within their projects; risk assessment of project activities; organisation of project meetings and documentation; management of resources, preparation of annual reports, and monitoring of research budgets.
• To oversee and implement procedures to ensure accurate and timely reporting and financial control.
• To undertake liaison with external organisations including equipment manufacturers, steering committees, associated academic facilities and commercial users.
• To contribute to teaching within the Faculty by carrying out student supervision, demonstrating or lecturing duties within the post holder’s area of expertise.
• May be required to contribute to the supervision of research students.