Recruitment
Please see the Vacancies list on the EECS web site,http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/vacancies/ [opens in new window].
Past Vacancies in DCS
2 x Postdoctoral Research Assistants (Ref: 09010/KR)
1 x PhD Studentship (Ref: 09010/compsci)
Postdoctoral Research Assistants
Applications are invited for two full time Postdoctoral Research Assistants to work on the EPSRC-funded projects 'Engineering Foundations of Web Services' (Post 1) and Multiparty Session Types (Post 2). Post 1 is a collaborative project with the University of Glasgow (Dr Simon Gay) for which the contract will end on 30th November 2010 (there may be the possibility of an extension). Post 2 is a collaborative project with Imperial College (Dr Nobuko Yoshida) for which the contract will be for 3 years. Web services represent one of the fundamental transformations of software development in recent years and this leads to a number of engineering challenges which must be addressed in order to establish sound programming methodologies for the delivery of safe, secure and robust distributed software. These two projects aim to develop theories, languages and implementations for distributed, communication-based systems such as web services, based on the accumulated research on process calculi and type theories.
Both applicants should have experience of research in programming language semantics, concurrency theories and strong software development skills.
The salary for both posts will be in the range of £31,736 - £33,492 per annum inclusive of London Allowance.
Please note that in accordance with all other roles affected by the National Pay Framework, the grade and salary are subject to confirmation following the job evaluation exercise and the overall refinement of the Queen Mary grading structure.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1999.
PhD StudentshipApplications are invited for a 3-year fully-funded PhD studentship within the Theory Group of the Department of Computer Science, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, starting February-March 2009. The PhD studentship, under the supervision of Dr. Kohei Honda is associated with the EPSRC-funded project 'Multiparty Session Types' a collaborative project with Imperial College (Dr Nobuko Yoshida).
The studentships will cover student fees and a tax-free stipend starting at £14,940 per annum, and are available to candidates of all nationalities.
Applicants should have background knowledge and interests in programming languages.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Kohei Honda at: kohei@dcs.qmul.ac.uk
Further details and an application form for the Research Assistant posts can be found:
Post 1 Job Description [PDF]
Post 2 Job Description [PDF]
Application form [PDF] / [Word]
Application forms for the PhD studentship can be found at: www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/index.html
For the Research Assistant posts completed application forms together with a copy of your CV, quoting reference no. 09010/KR and the post number, should be returned ideally by email to applications.research@eecs.qmul.ac.uk. If this is not possible a paper copy should be sent to Mrs Sue White, Room CS/314, School of Electronic Engineering & Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS.
For the PhD studentship completed application forms, quoting the reference no. 09010/compsci along with a full CV, the names and addresses of three referees and a one page research statement describing your previous research experience and outlining its relevance to this project should be sent ideally by email to Sue White at: suew@dcs.qmul.ac.uk. If this is not possible a paper copy should be sent to Mrs Sue White, Room CS/314, School of Electronic Engineering & Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS.
The closing date for applications is 30th January 2009.
The preferred starting date for all positions is 1st March 2009.
1 Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Ref: 08323/KR)
2 PhD Studentships (Ref: 08323/compsci)
in ComputerVision
Applications are invited for one full time Postdoctoral Research Assistant position and two fully-funded PhD studentships, each of three years duration, within the Computer Vision Group of the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, starting November 2008.
All of these research positions, under the supervision of Dr. Lourdes Agapito-Vicente, are associated with the HUMANIS project (HUman Motion Analysis from Image Sequences) funded by the European Research Council within the Starting Independent Researcher Grant scheme. Building on our recent work on non-rigid structure from motion, this project seeks to use the exciting scenario of human motion analysis to develop computer vision algorithms able to recover detailed 3D models of humans or other non-rigid objects in a completely automated way, using only the original footage and purely from image measurements.
These posts are subject to the HUMANIS project receiving final signoff (expected no later than November 2008).
The successful candidates will be based at the Queen Mary Vision Laboratory, one of UK's leading research laboratories in computer vision. The laboratory (http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/research/vision/) currently undertakes research on non-rigid structure from motion, 3D modelling, video behaviour analysis and abnormality detection, people detection and tracking, human facial expression and body language modelling, video-audio avatar, dynamic scene background removal and object categorisation.
1 Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Ref: 08323/KR)
The applicant for the post-doctoral research position should have a doctorate (or be close to submitting for a doctorate) in Computer Vision or a related field.
The starting salary for this post will be £31,897 per annum inclusive of London Allowance.
Please note that in accordance with all other roles affected by the National Pay Framework, the grade and salary are subject to confirmation following the job evaluation exercise and the overall refinement of the Queen Mary grading structure.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1999.
Job description [PDF]
Application form [PDF] / [Word]
2 PhD Studentships (Ref: 08323/compsci)
Applicants for the PhD studentships will need to have a good honours degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or another related area and be able to demonstrate a strong mathematical background. High levels of ability in computing and programming and a clear interest in Computer Vision are also desirable. The studentships will cover student fees and a tax-free stipend starting at £14,940 per annum, and are available to candidates of all nationalities.
Application forms can be found at http://www.qmw.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/index.html
Detailed information about the department and its research areas can be found at http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk and further information about the research area can be found at http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~lourdes/.
Informal queries can be directed to Dr. Lourdes Agapito at: lourdes@dcs.qmul.ac.uk.
Completed application forms along with a full CV, the names and addresses of three referees and a one page research statement describing your previous research experience and outlining its relevance to this project should be sent, ideally by email, to Sue White at: suew@dcs.qmul.ac.uk. If this is not possible a paper copy should be sent to Sue White, Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End, London, E1 4NS to arrive by the closing date.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 24th September 2008
Interviews are expected to be held towards the end of the following week.
Working towards equal opportunities
Postdoctoral Research Assistant x 2 in Multi-Sensor Intelligent Surveillance System (Ref: 08036/KR)
Applications are invited for two full time postdoctoral research assistants to undertake research within the context of an European Union FP7-funded project SAMURAI ( Suspicious and Abnormal behaviour Monitoring Using a netwoRk of cAmeras & sensors for sItuation awareness). SAMURAI is a joint FP7 project combining strength of 9 academic and industrial partners throughout Europe, aiming to develop and integrate an innovative intelligent surveillance system for robust behaviour monitoring of critical public infrastructure sites .
The SAMURAI project is awaiting final EU sign off (expected in early February 2008).
The successful candidates will develop models, algorithms, and systems for robust vehicle and luggage detection, categorisation and tracking, automated focus of attention using Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) and mobile cameras with positioning sensors in a distributed camera network, and online incremental profiling and inference of video behaviours across camera views for the detection and prediction of alert situations.
The successful candidates will be based at the Queen Mary Vision Laboratory, one of UK's leading research laboratories in computer vision, working with Prof Shaogang Gong and Dr Tao Xiang in the Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London . Queen Mary Vision Laboratory (http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/research/vision/ ) currently undertakes research on video behaviour analysis and abnormality detection, people detection and tracking in crowded scenes, video object super-resolution for face recognition, human facial expression and body language modelling, video-audio avatar, dynamic scene background removal and object categorisation.
The two postdoctoral positions are for 3 years starting from 1 st May 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter. Candidates should have a PhD in computer vision and/or machine learning (or at least have submitted your thesis and awaiting the viva). Starting salary will be £30,968 per annum inclusive of London Allowance.
Please note that in accordance with all other roles affected by the National Pay Framework, the grade and salary are subject to confirmation following the job evaluation exercise and the overall refinement of the Queen Mary grading structure.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1999.
Job description [PDF]
Application form [PDF] / [Word]
Completed application forms along with a CV listing all publications, a pdf of your representative publications and a research statement describing your previous research experience and outlining it's relevance to this project should be sent electronically to Shaogang Gong at: sgg@dcs.qmul.ac.uk AND Sue White at: suew@dcs.qmul.ac.uk . Please also arrange to send three independent references directly to Shaogang AND Sue.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 12th March 2008, with interviews expected two weeks thereafter.
Project Manager for EU FP7 Research Projects SAMURAI and COINVEST (Ref: 08061/KR)
The Departments of Computer Science and Economics at Queen Mary, University of London are now inviting applications for a part-time Project Manager to support their European Union FP7-funded projects SAMURAI (Suspicious and Abnormal behaviour Monitoring Using a netwoRk of cAmeras & sensors for sItuation awareness) and COINVEST (Competitiveness, Innovation and Intangible Investment in Europe), which are scheduled to start in April/May 2008. Both projects combine the strength of several academic and industrial partners throughout Europe and are awaiting the European Commission’s signature of the respective contracts (expected no later than end of March 2008).
The successful candidate will provide administrative support to the project co-ordinators Professor Shaogang Gong (Computer Science) and Professor Jonathan Haskel (Economics) and will be responsible for managing the administrative co-ordination of the projects. The role will mainly involve management of internal project documentation and specifications, liaison with project partners to ensure the project objectives are met and the project implementation plans are completed in the required time frames, organising meetings, negotiating disputes and communicating between the Commission and the project partners. The post will require travel within Europe to liaise with the projects’ partners and the EU Project Officers for each project.
Candidates should have a degree or relevant administration qualification, with previous research or scientific administrative/management experience. A track record in project administration, preferably within large-scale EU-funded research projects, is also required.
The post is 0.8 FTE divided equally between the projects for at least two years starting from 1st April 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter. The Department of Economics will also offer the right candidate the option to make the post a full-time one by asking them to provide website maintenance support to the department on a 0.2 FTE basis. Owing to the nature of the funding and the fact that the COINVEST project is a two-year project only while SAMURAI will run for three years, it is possible that the post-holder may be offered the opportunity to work as an administrator in the Department of Economics on a 0.6 FTE basis in the third year. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to pursue a part-time PhD degree in the Queen Mary Vision Laboratory http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/research/vision/ or courses offered by the Department of Economics. Salary for the post will be £28,568 per annum (pro-rata if the post is taken on 0.8 FTE basis only) and subject to experience inclusive of London Allowance.
Please note that in accordance with all other roles affected by the National Pay Framework, the grade and salary are subject to confirmation following the job evaluation exercise and the overall refinement of the Queen Mary grading structure.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1999.
Informal enquires can be made by email to Prof. Jonathan Haskel (j.e.haskel@qmul.ac.uk) in the Department of Economics and Prof Shaogang Gong (sgg@dcs.qmul.ac.uk) and Dr Tao Xiang (txiang@dcs.qmul.ac.uk) in the Department of Computer Science.Job description [PDF]
Application form [PDF] / [Word]
Alternatively please visit the College website at: http://www.hr.qmul.ac.uk/vacancies
To apply, applicants should send electronically a completed application form with a CV quoting three references to Jonathan Haskel ( j.e.haskel@qmul.ac.uk ) AND Shaogang Gong ( sgg@dcs.qmul.ac.uk ) AND Sue White ( suew@dcs.qmul.ac.uk ).
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 12 March 2008 , with interviews expected two weeks thereafter.
Working towards equal opportunities
Three Postdoctoral Research Associates (UCL and QMUL)
Applications are invited for two postdoctoral research posts for an EPSRC project on "Analysing Dynamic Change in Faces" with Prof Alan Johnston and Prof Celia Heyes (Experimental Psychology, UCL) and one with Prof Peter McOwan (Computer Science, QMUL). The project will develop new tools for photorealistic facial animation, which will be exploited to study the perception of dynamic events through psychophysical experiments on facial movement recognition and imitation.
The researcher at UCL (Post 1) will join Prof Johnston's lab and will be an experimental psychologist with excellent technical and computing skills. The researcher at QMUL (Post 2) will be a computer scientist with experience in video-based computer vision or dynamic 3D shape acquisition. The third postdoctoral Associate (Post3) will join a BBSRC funded project on "From Local to Global Motion Perception". Candidates for this post should be psychophysicists with an interest in computational modelling.
For posts 1 and 3 the salary will be at grade 7 (£27,466 – £29138 + £2649 from 01/05/08) depending on knowledge and experience. For post 2, the salary will be in the range of £30,968 – 34,518 per annum (inclusive of London Allowance) on Grade 5 of the Queen Mary Pay and Grading Structure.
Job Descriptions and more background information can be found here:
Further particulars [PDF]
Applications (e-mail or hard copy) by covering letter, CV, the names and addresses of three referees and Personal Information form (the latter available at: http://www.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/info/Personal_Information.doc), to Anouchka Sterling, Department of Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, a.sterling@ucl.ac.uk specifying whether you are applying for Post 1, 2 or 3.
If applying by e-mail please submit all requested information in one pdf file named by your surname eg Smith.pdf. Further information concerning the posts can be found at http://www.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/info/johnston_rf.htm or by contacting Prof. Alan Johnston (a.johnston@ucl.ac.uk ).
The closing date for applications is 26th February 2008.
Provisional dates for interviews will be 7th March 2008.
The preferred starting date for all posts is 31st March 2008.
Programme Project Manager for the EU Research Project LIREC (Ref: 08010/KR)
The Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London is now inviting applications for a full time Programme Project Manager to support our European Union FP7-funded project: LIREC LIving with Robots and intEractive Companions, scheduled to start March 2008.
This ground breaking multidisciplinary project, combining the strengths of 10 academic and industrial partners throughout Europe, aims to develop and evaluate prototype robotic and graphical avatar systems capable of long term engagement with users in real social environments.
The LIREC project is awaiting final EU sign off (expected no later than end of January 2008).
This post has funding for 54 months and the salary will be in the range of £27,813 - £28,568 per annum subject to experience inclusive of London Allowance.
Please note that in accordance with all other roles affected by the National Pay Framework, the grade and salary are subject to confirmation following the job evaluation exercise and the overall refinement of the Queen Mary grading structure.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1999.
Informal enquiries can be made by e-mail to Prof Peter McOwan at: pmco@dcs.qmul.ac.uk
Further particulars [PDF]
Job description [PDF]
Application form [PDF] / [Word]
Completed application forms and CVs quoting the reference should be returned, ideally by email, to Sue White at: suew@dcs.qmul.ac.uk. If this is not possible a paper copy should be sent to Sue White, Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End, London, E1 4NS to arrive by the closing date.
The closing date for applications is 6th February 2008.
Proposed interview date is 19th February 2008.
Successful candidates to start 1st March 08 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Research Assistant in Public Engagement of Science Ref: 07480/KR
The Department of Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London, is seeking a highly motivated professional to support its work in the public engagement of science related to the cs4fn project (www.cs4fn.org).
Closing date for applications is midday 11th January 2008
Further details [PDF]
Background information on cs4fn [PDF]
Job description [PDF]
RA Application Form:
PDF / Word
Postdoctoral Research Assistant Ref: 07484/KR
The Information Retrieval group at Queen Mary University of London (QMIR) has an opening for a full-time Postodoctoral Research Assistant to undertake research within the context of an EPSRC-funded project: Renaissance
The post has funding for 3 years and the salary will be £30,968 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance
Closing date for applications is 1st January 2008
Further details [PDF]
Job description [PDF]
RA Application Form:
PDF / Word