Machine Learning Engineer

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% at postgraduate level), from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university.

The culture at City is built on our shared core values, which means that all employees are expected to behave according to our values: “We care, We learn, We act.”

Background

We seek to appoint a Software Engineer (SE) on a full-time basis for 4 months with an option to extend for 3 months (subject to approval). This role is part of an UK/Singapore project funded by InnovateUK: Safety with Sensor AI and Network Environments for the Construction Industry (Saine-CI), led by Dr Tillman Weyde in collaboration with AITIS Ldt and Iknaia Ltd. The task is to design, develop and evaluate AI driven construction safety systems, that use knowledge graphs in connection with machine learning models applied to camera and sensor data.

Responsibilities

This role is about the design, implementation and evaluation of methods for knowledge based evaluation of machine learning applied to video, audio and other data from construction sites. These methods knowledge representations in OWL and RDF, and practical application evaluation in live environments.

Person Specification

The candidate should have a Masters or PhD in Computer Science or a related subject. Programming skills in Python and experience with Semantic Web technologies as well as some knowledge of logic and knowledge representations required. A combination of these skills as well as a passion for developing AI and knowledge based technology would be ideal.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Closing date: 1st May 2024 at 11:59pm.

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