Research Associate (SS2759)

Type: Education & Research | Department: Computer Science | Location: Bath | Closing Date: 02 Nov 2014 |   Human Autonomous Systems Collective Capability (HASCC) The successful candidate will be investigating and developing representations, protocols and technologies for collecting, sharing and interacting with information and knowledge. The aim is to enable multiple different, autonomous agencies and multiple different and differently configured human agencies to work together to increase the collective capability of the whole human-autonomous system (HAS) and achieve their objectives in a safe, agile and efficient manner. Key scientific challenges that must be addressed are: 1.     The capture, abstraction, representation and sharing of knowledge across diverse and complex groups of, people (commanders, controllers) and autonomous agents, to improve awareness and understanding; 2.     The development of collective decision-making (ie bringing together multiple independent explorations and assessment of diverse information in different parts of the collaborative system); 3.     The development of agile command and reporting structures across diverse systems; 4.     The development of collective learning that enables commanders, controllers and agents to responsively assess, learn and where appropriate re-apply novel behaviour.   This project requires a post-doctoral research associate (Grade 7) to join the existing team and who must hold a PhD in Computer Science or Human Computer Interaction. The Research Associate: -       Must be experienced and qualified in the research, implementation and evaluation of Human computer interaction (HCI) prototypes. -       Must be experienced and qualified in research and implementation of situation awareness software in humans and autonomous agents. -       Must be experienced and qualified in research and implementation of decision-making software, including argumentation and critiquing. -       Will be jointly responsible for; o   liaising with industry to acquire requirements and data for situation awareness and collaboration and collective technologies, and o   the writing and presentation of research papers in journals and conferences. Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Peter Johnson, Email: p.johnson@bath.ac.uk The University of Bath values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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