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Lecturer or Associate Professor in Spatial AI

Publicerad 2024-12-02

About the role

The UCL Geomatics section comprises academic staff, Research Associates and PhD students with complimentary skills from geospatial data collection to processing and analytics.


• Engage in research of international standing on foundational or generative AI, and their applications to spatial data.
• Enhance the department’s research capacity by bringing expert knowledge in the latest advances in fundamental and generative AI, and their applications to and data-centric engineering.
• Contribute to teaching in the MSc programmes and the wider department, with a focus on Programming, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
• Develop positive working relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues in the Department and the Geomatics section.

The salary for this role is (£52, - £72,). Salary/Title on appointment is subject to experience.

About you

• PhD in Computer Science, GeoInformatics or other areas related to Spatial AI
• Demonstrated excellence in research in deep learning and AI
• Experience of application of generative AI to real-world problems
•Knowledge of and experience in core machine learning algorithms, large-scale foundation models
•An excellent track record of publications


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What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance