Technician in Natural Language Processing
Technician in Natural Language Processing
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Grade and Salary: Grade 5 26338 - 30805
Contract details: 17.5 hours per week (0.5 FTE) Fixed Term for 8 months
Department: Interaction Lab Dept of Computer Science
About our team:
The post will be in the Interaction Lab at Heriot-Watt Universitys School of Mathematics and Computer Science (MACS) see The successful candidate will join a group of about 20 people consisting of postdoctoral and PhD researchers and faculty with expertise in NLP NLG Ethics in AI Reasoning Generative AI Multimodal and Embodied AI machine learning and conversational interfaces.
Further details:
The advertised position will be part of the Gender Based Violence Online Support Buddy project (Heriot-Watt Impact Acceleration Award). It is closely linked to the Equally Safe Online (ESO) EPSRC-funded project (EP/W025493/1) which seeks to employ ethical NLP and Generative AI methods for identifying and mitigating gender-based abuse online.
In this latest project the objective is to develop a web-based online Support Buddy that will help protect social media users from gender-based violence (GBV) online in real time using an AI classifier developed as part of the ESO project. The Support Buddy will initially take the form of a browser extension on Google Chrome that detects GBV online on X.
In collaboration with colleagues the main duties of this position include a) developing a Chrome browser extension b) developing and refining a user interface including functionality for reporting to external services c) integrating the GBV Detection model with the browser extension d) scalability testing with hosted and local versions of the AI GBV classifier
Essential Criteria:
- BEng or BSc (Hons) Computer Science awarded or nearing completion (min 2:1)
- Experience of front-end design and development ( Javascript)
- Experience of working with Machine Learning models using popular deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch TensorFlow
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience of full-stack development including for example using AWS Spaces ZeroGPU
How to Apply
Applications with FULL CV (and Cover letter) can be submitted up to midnight(UK time)on Tuesday 10 June.
For more information about the advertised position please contact Ioannis Konstas () and Nancie Gunson ().
At Heriot-Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.
Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.
Heriot-WattUniversity is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected trained promoted appraised and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.
Heriot-WattUniversity values diversity across our University community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information please see our website also our award-winning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g. part-time working and job share options.
About Heriot-Watt University
At Heriot-Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.
Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
