Assistant Professor/Associate Professor in Data Science

Overview The University of Southampton, in partnership with Oxford International Education Group (OIEG), has successfully launched its first international campus in India, located in Gurgaon, Delhi. This initiative, developed in response to India's New Education Policy, represents a significant investment in transnational education. The campus provides Indian students with the opportunity to earn a globally recognised degree without leaving the country.

Job Purpose Imagine working in an environment where you are at the forefront of Computer Science, pursuing your research interests and inspiring the next generation with a boundary-pushing University. You will be working in an environment where you have the freedom to pursue your research interests at the same time as inspiring the next generation of engineers and scientists. The School of Computer Science seeks to appoint an Assistant/Associate Professor to contribute to teaching and research in Computer Science and its applications.

The postholder will deliver modules spanning machine learning, data mining, and deep neural networks with practical experience solving real-world AI problems. The post holder will contribute to curriculum delivery and assessment, participate in the school’s administration, and undertake leadership, management, and engagement activities. The post holder will also contribute to teaching on other programmes should this be required, including other undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD supervision.

Deliver high-quality teaching in areas such as machine learning, data mining, deep neural networks, and practical AI applications for solving real-world problems. Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. Develop the research activities of the School/Department by sustaining a personal research plan of international standing in the broad field of computer science and related areas.

Apply for appropriate external research funding and carry out management and administrative tasks associated with specified research projects Contribute to the academic administration and collegial life of the school. Internal and external relationships Member of the School/Department Board, Examination Board and of such School/Department committees relevant to their administrative duties. Research priorities will be agreed within the strategic framework of the Department and UoSD campus.

Teaching and administrative duties will be allocated by the Head of Department, within the context of the teaching programmes offered at the UoSD campus. Encouraged to collaborate with colleagues in the wider school business school in India, the UK and other countries on original teaching, learning and research projects and practice.

Qualifications

, knowledge and experience PhD in Computer Science or closely related field. Demonstrable expertise in functional programming, operating systems, artificial intelligence, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and agile software development. Evidence of high-quality teaching at university level.

A developing track record of research and publications. Strong communication and interpersonal skills Teaching qualification (PGCAP, PG Cert HE or equivalent). (Desirable) Fellowship (FHEA) or Senior Fellowship (SFHEA) of Advance HE.

(Desirable) Professional certification or Membership of a professional body. (Desirable) Experience supervising students or mentoring early-career researchers. (Desirable) Prior experience of teaching or studying within the UK higher education system, or with a demonstrable understanding of UK academic standards and pedagogical practices.

(Desirable) Planning and organising Experience of planning and monitoring teaching activities, ensuring plans complement broader research and education strategy. Able to develop innovative research proposals and attract research funding. (Desirable) Plans, manages, delivers and assess own education contributions.