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Reader / Chair in Intelligent Robotics <br>
Department of Computer Science <br>
Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK <br>
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Closing Date: 31 August 2017 <br>
Interview Date: 22 September 2017 <br>
For information and to apply, please go to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jobs.aber.ac.uk">
http://jobs.aber.ac.uk</a>. <br>
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The Department of Computer Science wishes to appoint a Reader / Chair (depending on
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experience) in the area of Intelligent Robotics. The post-holder will be expected to provide
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academic leadership in Robotics, with a preference for Space Robotics, and to contribute to all
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areas of the Institute’s activities, including research, teaching, and administration but with the
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major focus on research. The post-holder will have an excellent research record compatible with
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the purpose of the post, and will be expected to undertake and encourage research of world
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leading quality. <br>
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The Department consists of the following four research groups: <br>
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1. The Intelligent Robotics Group at Aberystwyth has a long track record in successful robotics
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research and collaborates with a variety of industrial and academic partners in the UK and
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overseas. We are one of the largest and most well-known robotics groups in the UK,
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carrying out research that falls under the umbrella of "unconstrained environments" in the
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context of both software and hardware. <br>
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2. The Vision, Graphics and Visualisation Group focuses on: (medical) image analysis and
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understanding; extraction of the 3D structure of complex objects; appearance-based
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methods to provide mobile robots with various capabilities including topological mapping
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and pose stabilisation; and analysis of images for plant science, heritage and faces.
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3. The Bioinformatics Group is one of the UK’s leading groups working at the interface between
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computer science and the biological sciences. Its current work concentrates on areas
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including: data analysis of large scale biological data; formalisation of biological data;
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systems biology; biomedical informatics; genetics; pharmacogenomics. The group is also
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involved with plant genome and phenome data analysis in collaboration with members of
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staff at IBERS. <br>
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4. The Advanced Reasoning Group conducts ground-breaking work on automated diagnosis
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and failure analysis, and develops world-leaading computational techniques for knowledge
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model formulation and simplification. It has an excellent track record of building intelligent
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decision support systems for crime detection and prevention, engineering design analysis,
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and computer-based diagnosis.For further details, please look at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/cs/">
http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/cs/</a> <br>
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Aberystwyth is a small attractive town on the west coast of Wales, with a low crime rate and
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excellent schools. It is set in rural surroundings and within easy reach of the Pembrokeshire
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Coast and Snowdonia National Parks. It is a cultural and educational centre with a very active
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Arts Centre, and its own major copyright library, the National Library of Wales. <br>
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The post is available immediately for the post-holder to start in September 2017 or as soon as
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possible thereafter. Prospective applicants may discuss the post informally with the Head of
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Department, Dr Bernie Tiddeman (e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bpt@aber.ac.uk">
bpt@aber.ac.uk</a>) or Professor Qiang Shen, Institute <br>
Director, Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science. <br>
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