Lectureships (Assistant Professorships) - NeuroAI, Computational Neuroscience, or Neuromorphic Engineering

Vacancy Reference Number
030164 ; 030184
Closing Date
5 Sep 2024
Salary
£39,369 - £56,054
Duration
Permanent
Two (permanent) academic faculty posts at Lecturer level (equivalent to US Assistant Professor) are available at the School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems (https://www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/computing-engineering-and-the-built-environment/computing-engineering-intelligent-systems) at Ulster University, Magee/Derry/Londonderry campus, Northern Ireland, UK. Application closing date is 5th Sept 2024. Although both posts are open across all relevant research areas, for the first post we are particularly seeking applicants working in NeuroAI (including computational neuroscience), for the second post we are seeking applicants working in Neuromorphic Computing: * Lecturer in Computer Science (https://my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal_ulsp/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=1&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_applicant_no=&p_recruitment_id=030164&p_process_type=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y) * Lecturer in Computer Engineering (https://my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal_ulsp/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=1&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_applicant_no=&p_recruitment_id=030184&p_process_type=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y)

Further Information

Our School and associated Intelligent Systems Research Centre (https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/computer-science/intelligent-systems-research-centre) has an excellent cluster of neuroscience-related researchers and facilities in:
* NeuroAI and computational neuroscience
* Neuromorphic computing
* Brain-computer interfaces/non-invasive neurotech
* MEG and EEG brain imaging
* Cognitive robotics

Based on the recent (2021) UK Research Excellence Framework:
> Ulster University ranks in the Top 10% of UK Universities for outstanding (4*) or very considerable (3*) research impact
> 97% of Ulster’s research was judged as having ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable impacts’ in terms of reach and significance
> 97% of Ulster's research environment has been judged as being conducive to producing research of world-leading and internationally excellent quality and enabling outstanding impact
> 80.1% of Ulster’s research outputs have been assessed as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’
> As the 6th largest submission in Computer Science and Informatics in the UK in terms of staff with significant responsibility for research and the only one from Northern Ireland, we are now ranked 9th overall for research power in this subject area. It is part of a group of institutions which are ranked joint first in the UK for having attained a 100% 4*/3* rating in both the quality of the impact from their research and the research environment

Derry~Londonderry is a vibrant and affordable city of ~100K people with high quality of life, close to stunning coastline and outdoor activities in the north and north-west of Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.

Contact Details

For general enquiries about the posts please contact Head of School Prof Jim Harkin (jg.harkin@ulster.ac.uk).