The Alan Turing Institute is looking for an early career researcher with knowledge in approaches to data sharing, management, processing and machine learning with strong privacy guarantees. The aim of this role is to (a) consider issues of privacy, security and trust as they relate to data sharing and curation of multiple sensitive data sets sourced across sectors and borders for given case studies, (b) conduct research in development and application of privacy and security related research including data anonymisation and synthetic data generation, differential privacy, federated learning, and other related technologies as it relates to case studies, and (c) develop socio-technical approaches and frameworks to enable privacy, security and trust in the data sharing and application of ML to sensitive datasets. The role requires engaging with domain experts and stakeholders across law enforcement, government, NGOs and the private sector.

This role is suitable for someone who is interested in bringing their strong technical expertise to human rights applications. We invite you to join us as we grow our research capability, supporting our goal to develop the next generation of data science researchers to push the boundaries of how we design and conduct data science and AI for human rights and humanitarian action. The post-holder will report to the Project Investigator Jat Singh.

Duties and areas of responsibility

• Conduct high quality research at the intersection of privacy and machine learning as relevant to the project
• Ensure validity and reliability of methological developments and analysis, maintaining accurate and complete records of all findings
• To lead on any software development and engineering activities, including prototyping, to support the research aim
• Take initiative and make original contributions to the research project programme to the success of the research programme as a whole
• Collaborate with stakeholders and partners on research and identifying opportunities to take developed methods towards wider use.
• Assist in the organisation of and participate in regular meetings and special workshops with the research team, designated members of staff, collaborators amd stakeholders
• Write and publish articles in peer-reviewed journals that highlight findings from research ensuring consistency with the highest standards of academic publication, and draft publications for other mediums such as blogs, briefs and explainers, showcasing the Institute’s research leadership
• Present methods and results at conferences and workshops, and communicate results to a diverse audience.
• To work in close co-operation with the Project Investigators, collaborators and stakeholders

This full-time post is offered on a fixed term basis for 2 years.

Further details and an application form can be found here: https://cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/research-associate-privacy-security--trust-for-human-rights-26959/en/

Should you have any queries, please email recruitment@turing.ac.uk

Closing date:  Thursday 6th October 2022, 23:59.