Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow - Ailecs

Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow - AiLECS

Job No.: 642676

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 2-year fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $107,311 - $127,432 pa Level B / $131,453 - $151,574 pa Level C (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Be inspired, every day
• Drive your own learning at one of the world's top 80 universities
• Take your career in exciting, rewarding directions

Everyone needs a platform to launch a satisfying career. At Monash, we give you the space and support to take your career in all kinds of exciting new directions. You'll have access to quality research, infrastructure and learning facilities, opportunities to collaborate internationally, as well as the grants you'll need to publish your work. We're a university full of energetic and enthusiastic minds, driven to challenge what's expected, expand what we know, and learn from other inspiring, empowering thinkers.

The Artificial Intelligence for Law Enforcement and Community Safety (AiLECS) Lab is a true partnership between Monash University, the Australian Federal Police, and industry. AiLECS is currently undergoing a rapid period of growth, with a fully funded plan of work stretching for at least the next four years. This is a rare opportunity to see your theoretical research directly applied for the community good, across diverse fields such as counter terrorism, countering online child sexual exploitation and organised crime.

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The Opportunity

The AiLECS research is engaged on themes including: AI and machine learning for community safety, pattern of life characterisation (including natural language processing, social and economic analysis of networks), data ontologies, ethics, explainability and transparency of AI, AI in forensics, and AI and the legal system.

As a Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow, you will be responsible for the conduct of research as well as a limited contribution to the teaching program. In this position, you will be expected to support the production of conference papers and publications and supervision of research-support staff members and PhD students in their research projects. You may also be required to contribute to the preparation of research proposal submissions to external funding bodies.

About You:

As the successful candidate, you must possess a doctoral qualification in a relevant discipline such as (but limited to):

• Computer science
• Data science
• Ethics of technology/AI ethics
• Network economics

We are also interested to hear from you if you possess relevant equivalent qualifications or research experience, perhaps in a different field of application. Your previous experience and expertise in supervising and successfully working with research staff and students will be essential to this role. Your ability, relative to experience, in statistical analysis, manuscript preparation, research proposal preparation, and demonstrated experience in previous refereed research publications will be utilised as you will support the achievement of the project's research objectives.

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

At Monash University, we are committed to being a Child Safe organisation. This position at the University will require the incumbent to hold a valid Working with Children Check and a satisfactory Police Check.

You may be required to obtain an NV1 National Security Clearance depending on the area of research you are involved in.

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Enquiries

Associate Professor Campbell Wilson, Faculty of Information Technology, +61 3 9903 1142,

Position Description

Closing Date

Sunday 15 January 2023, 11:55pm AEDT

Please note: Monash University will be closed from Thursday 22 December 2022 until Monday 2 January 2023 inclusive

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