[visionlist] [Jobs] Postdoctoral Research Fellow on project PROBabLE Futures: Probabilistic AI Systems in Law Enforcement Futures

[Michele Sevegnani]

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position with PROBabLE Futures (Probabilistic AI Systems in Law Enforcement Futures)
Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon-Tyne UK
Apply Before: 20/03/2025, 23:59
Salary: £40,247 - £45,162
This post is full time, fixed term, with funding until 31 March 2028

Application page: https://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/sites/CX_1001/job/3126

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We are looking for a motivated Research Assistant to play a key role in the PROBabLE Futures project (https://probablefutures.rai.ac.uk/), a consortium of six universities working alongside law enforcement, third-sector, and commercial partners to develop a framework for understanding the implications of uncertainty and building confidence in future Probabilistic AI in law enforcement.


Working as part of multi-disciplinary teams, you will support the Principal Investigator in delivery of research activity on the UKRI-funded Responsible AI UK Keystone research project, undertaking personal and collaborative quantitative and qualitative research activity as required by the project, contributing ideas, and/or enhancement of techniques or methodologies, writing up research work for publication and dissemination, and contributing to impact across all work packages and to transfer of knowledge/learning lessons from other domains and Responsible AI UK (RAI UK) projects.

The role holder will have the main responsibility for investigating probabilistic AI ecosystems, including emerging generative AI, in law enforcement and take specific responsibility for working with the project’s impact lead to develop impact plans for all work packages, project communications and outputs.

The role holder will undertake, with appropriate support and guidance, including undertaking travel to conduct interviews, investigations and workshops, resulting in excellent outputs of sufficient volume, quality, and impact that is internationally excellent in originality, significance and rigour to meet the terms of the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise.

The role holder will have an opportunity to work with multiple Computer Science researchers across the UK including Professor Adrian Weller at the University of Cambridge, Professor Muffy Calder and Dr Michele Sevegnani at the University of Glasgow, and Professor Yifeng Zeng at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle.

This role is a fixed term role until 31 March 2028. We are happy to consider part-time job share arrangements.


ABOUT THE TEAM

This Research Project is being delivered within the Department of Computer and Information Sciences within the research team of the PROBabLE Futures Keystone Project. The project involves working alongside our law enforcement, third sector and commercial partners, to develop a framework to understand the implications of uncertainty and to build confidence in future Probabilistic AI in law enforcement, with the interests of justice and responsibility at its heart. The project is a UKRI-funded Responsible AI UK Keystone project and includes academic Co-Is in a number of disciplines, law enforcement and commercial partners.

 ABOUT YOU

Applicants should hold a PhD degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant computer science discipline and have demonstrable specialist expert knowledge in generative AI, AI exploitability and fairness, and technical, regulatory and ethical issues raised by the use of AI in law enforcement and a public sector.

Key Responsibilities for Candidates

  *   Investigate the use of AI, particularly Generative AI and Probabilistic AI, in law enforcement and public sector
  *   Understand the responsible AI deployment including regulatory and ethical consideration
  *   Conduct advanced research in AI, particularly in the law enforcement application
  *   Publish research findings in top-tier conferences and journals.
  *   Collaborate with researchers, industry partners, and government agencies to promote the project of PROBabLE Futures
  *   Assist in supervising graduate students.


Key Qualifications for Candidates

  *   Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field.
  *   Strong background in AI, particularly with expertise in designing and using (multimodal) LLMs in various domains.
  *   Strong experience with AI applications in law enforcement and public sector challenges is highly desirable.
  *   Good technical understanding of LLM post/pre-training and fine-tuning challenges.
  *   A good track record of publications in high-impact AI conferences and journals.
  *   Excellent communication skills and ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
  *   Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  *   Experience in programming languages such as Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar.

 If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Professor Yifeng Zeng yifeng.zeng at northumbria.ac.uk<mailto:yifeng.zeng at northumbria.ac.uk>


The closing date for applications is 20/03/2025, 23:59


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Many thanks
Michele

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