Lecturer or Associate Professor in Spatial AI

The UCL Geomatics section comprises academic staff, Research Associates and PhD students with complimentary skills from geospatial data collection to processing and analytics.

• Engage in research of international standing on foundational or generative AI, and their applications to spatial data.
• Enhance the department's research capacity by bringing expert knowledge in the latest advances in fundamental and generative AI, and their applications to and data-centric engineering.
• Contribute to teaching in the MSc programmes and the wider department, with a focus on Programming, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
• Develop positive working relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues in the Department and the Geomatics section.
  
  PhD in Computer Science, GeoInformatics or other areas related to Spatial AI
• Demonstrated excellence in research in deep learning and AI
• Experience of application of generative AI to real-world problems
• Knowledge of and experience in core machine learning algorithms, large-scale foundation models
• An excellent track record of publications
  
  UCL is a diverse global community of world-class academics, students, industry links, external partners, and alumni. Our powerful collective of individuals and institutions work together to explore new possibilities. Academic excellence is demonstrated by our 30 Nobel laureates and our top ranking in the UK for research strength. We are a global university with 14,300 employees and over 150 nationalities represented in a student body of 43,800 students. Our main location in Central London has recently been augmented by a campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The UCL Faculty of Engineering is the largest of its kind in the UK, ranked as the second most impactful engineering faculty in Europe and first for Research Strength in the Research Excellence Framework. Within Engineering, the UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering is a multidisciplinary department renowned for innovation and excellence in research and teaching. We are ranked in the Top 50 worldwide for civil and structural engineering according to the 2021 QS World University and Subject rankings.

The salary for this role is (£52,487 - £72,370). Salary/Title on appointment is subject to experience., We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible. The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work - please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more. In the event we get a high number of applications, we may close the advert early before the published closing date. As a minimum we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks. What we offer As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance
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