The Computing Department as Sheffield Hallam is seeking an outstanding individual who can make a strong academic contribution to the area of artificial intelligence
and robotics.
You will join a large Computing Department that is engaged in both teaching and research. Within the Department, there is a group
of colleagues who are dedicated to the teaching and research of artificial intelligence and robotics. You will join this group and be expected to play a key role in delivering both teaching and research.
The Department has recently approved a new masters course in artificial intelligence (MSc AI) and you will be directly involved
in the teaching of this. MSc AI forms the foundation of the teaching within the artificial intelligence group, and it has been designed to cover a wide spectrum of artificial intelligence topics. Prior teaching experience is essential, and you will be expected
to develop exciting and engaging teaching materials, deliver lectures and tutorials in a vibrant manner and assess students.
In addition, you will join the Smart Interactive Technologies (SIT) research laboratory, a vibrant interdisciplinary group, led
by Prof. Alessandro Di Nuovo, that has a focus on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. The laboratory hosts several prestigious research projects worth over £1 million funding from the European Union, for the European Training Network on PErsonalized Robotics
as SErvice Oriented applications, and the EPSRC, for the projects ALDENS: Autonomous Learning and Development in Embodied Neuromorphic Systems, on embodied neuromorphic artificial intelligence, I’M-ACTIVE Intelligent Multimodal Assessment and Coaching Through
Identification of Vulnerabilities in older people and the NetworkPlus EMERGENCE: Tackling Frailty - Facilitating the Emergence of Healthcare Robots from Labs into Service.
The research laboratory is partner of Sheffield Robotics, a collaboration between the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam
University, which is one of the leading international groups in intelligent systems and robotics and which has received considerable investment in equipment as well as in facilities and staff at both Universities, including state-of-the-art robotics equipment
such as the iCub, the Care-o-bot 4, and the Fetch Mobile Manipulator, plus many other robotic platforms like the humanoids Tiago, Pepper and NAO.
You must hold a PhD (or equivalent) in a relevant subject; possess excellent communication skills, and an excellent research record
and reputation, including publications of the highest quality suitable for submission to the REF (UK Research Excellence Framework). Experience of managing large research projects and contributing to external funding applications would be desirable.
We welcome applications from people with strong backgrounds in artificial intelligence and robotics, and experience of programming
in Python, C++, and ROS.
Alessandro Di Nuovo, PhD
Professor of Machine Intelligence
Leader of Technological and Digital Innovations, Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Email:
a.dinuovo@shu.ac.uk