Position Title: Business Development Executive – Machine Learning Systems & AI
Grade: EI Grade 8 (£47,471+)
Duration: Full time/Fixed term 5 years
ML Systems CDT – Machine Learning Systems CDT
The School of Informatics and Edinburgh Innovations are seeking a Business Development Executive. The focus of this role is the development of opportunities for the Machine Learning Systems Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) via:
The post holder will also have wider engagement and be an interactive support across the University’s Artificial Intelligence community and including the Bayes Centre, Generative AI Lab and future AI initiatives.
About Machine Learning Systems CDT
This new CDT will train a new kind of researcher: the Machine Learning Systems Researcher, who will bridge the current divide between machine learning expertise and computer systems development
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) dramatically impact our lives. But ML performance depends on the systems that implements it. Systems research and ML research are symbiotic. Students joining the Centre for Doctoral Training will collaborate and research on the cutting edge across the full ML-systems stack. We are about machine learning methods that work. We build the right methods and the right ways to deploy things to make ML work for real problems.
The School of Informatics and the University of Edinburgh have a long and prestigious history in both Artificial Intelligence and Computer Systems. We have a concentration of research across AI applications such as natural language, vision, robotics, and medicine. 1) Developing and deploying new AI tools that accelerate and enhance the productivity of engineering research and development
Role Focus
The post holder is expected to be visible, have a passion for engagement and above all, driven to see our ML and AI research aspirations become a reality. Below are some of the core focus areas of the role.
Role Description:
Further details can be accessed via the link below
Requirements:
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Working Dynamic
The post-holder will report Head of Business Development for the College of Sciences an Engineering with dotted line responsibility to the CDT Director and will work closely with the CDT Manager. The role will sit within the School of Informatics and will benefit from support from Edinburgh Innovations, the School of Informatics, as well as wider University of Edinburgh.
Benefits
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
Applicants must have the existing and ongoing right to work in the U.K. without restrictions as sponsorship for visas is not provided.
Closing date for applications will be midnight October 13th 2024.
Interviews are expected to be held on the weeks commencing 21st and 28th of October.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).
At Edinburgh Innovations, we help commercial organisations to build innovative ideas using the right technologies, expertise and facilities at the University. For students and staff, we lead the University’s activities in industry engagement and business development, enterprise support and the identification, management and commercialisation of University intellectual property. We seek opportunities, we build partnerships for mutual benefit, we make the journey easy, and we add value at every stage.Yearly based
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