Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics

A position exists for a Research Associate in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics to work with Professor J Aston, the Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life. The post will be associated with an EPSRC AI for Net Zero award: Real-time digital optimisation and decision making for energy and transport systems. This exciting project looks at the role of AI in transforming energy and transport systems, and this Research Associate position has particular focus on evidence communication of the AI concepts developed and underlying psychology. The successful applicant will also work with Dr Claudia Schneider, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Duties include evaluating and developing statistical evidence communication in contexts associated with government and public policy concerning AI and environmental policy; conducting a systematic review of environmental evidence communication; understanding wider contexts of use of data science within policy and government; running empirical studies to investigate environmental policy and AI evidence communication; being an integral member of the team working on the EPSRC award, including researchers at Imperial, Edinburgh and Oxford.

https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41402/