The Alan Turing Institute is the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence. The Institute is named in honour of the scientist Alan Turing and its mission is to make great leaps in data science and artificial intelligence research in order to change the world for the better.

Position

The Alan Turing Institute’s Data Science for Science and Humanities programme is looking to second an Academic Lead to work on research that applies data science and AI methods in the Arts and Humanities domain. We are looking for people who will significantly grow the research activity at The Alan Turing Institute, in collaboration with our partner organisations, and gain external funding to underpin this activity. Candidates will be experts in data science and artificial intelligence with experience in working in an interdisciplinary setting, within the context of Arts and Humanities. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Digital Humanities
• Computational Linguistics
• Cultural Heritage
• Computer Vision
• History of Science and Technology
• Creative AI
• AI Explainability
• Digital Media

Duties and Responsibilities

• Working closely with the Arts, Humanities and Cultural heritage Steering Group, Research Engineering Group, TIGs, major projects…
• Consolidating existing expertise and interests at Turing, building community, and developing a vision for the key strategic interventions that humanities research can make in partnership with data science and AI
• To conduct outstanding, creative and innovative research in Data Science for the Arts and Humanities, and to develop internationally-significant outcomes through high-impact publications and partnerships.
• To develop Collaborations with key partners (e.g. from Universities, Museums, Cultural Centres, charities, industry and government agencies);
• To obtain external funding bids to underpin and grow the research activity in this area at The Alan Turing Institute.
• Represent the Turing to key stakeholders, such as funding agencies, and government;
• Disseminate research to both academic and non-academic audiences (including public engagement);
• To play a role in advancing the Turing’s Data Science for Science and Humanities programme.
• Some teaching/training may be required as part of collaboration work.

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