The School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EEECS) and the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen’s University Belfast, are currently seeking to appoint to the post of Research Fellow. The successful candidate will be a highly productive, ambitious and collaborative member of an international research team using artificial intelligence and distributed system to privacy-preserving distributed AI models.
We seek a postdoc in AI/Machine Learning to develop federated learning models with neuromorphic architectures, such as spiking neural networks, for robust and privacy-preserving distributed learning. The postdoc will also study threat models, attacks, and defences.
Experience in distributed/federated learning, neuromorphic computing, spiking neural networks, or adversarial learning is a plus. This is a great opportunity to do cutting-edge research at the intersection of trustworthy AI and distributed systems.
This project is funded by CHIST-ERA, an EU scheme, and led by CSIT in collaboration with EPFL (Switzerland), Sorbonne University (France), and TUBITAK (Turkey). This is a great chance for early career researchers to work together and gain international visibility.
This post is available on a fixed term contract for 36 months. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:
Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria, please click on the Candidate Information link below.
At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.
Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
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