{"job":{"jobId":1210834,"fk_accountId":null,"fk_organizationId":1087,"fk_adminAccountId":null,"title":"Postdoctoral Researcher, AIB Project","description":"\n\n<p><strong>Research Centre: </strong>Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics\n<strong>Post Duration: </strong>FTC up to 31st Dec 2022</p>\n\n\n<p>As part of this role the researcher will be required to participate in the DCU Research Career Framework. This framework is designed to provide significant professional development opportunities to Researchers and offer the best opportunities in terms of a wider career path. The role may include teaching duties to assist with module delivery.</p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Background</strong></p>\n\n\n<p>Dublin City University (<a data-mz=\"\" href=\"https://www.dcu.ie\" rel=\"no-follow\" target=\"_blank\">www.dcu.ie</a>) is a research intensive, globally engaged, dynamic institution which has developed its own research specialists, established internationally recognized centres of excellence that have substantive collaborative links with leading universities and industrial partners. DCU is distinguished both by the quality and impact of its graduates and by its focus on the translation of knowledge into societal and economic benefit. Through its mission to transform lives and societies through education, research and innovation DCU acts as an agent of social, cultural and economic progress. DCU is Ireland’s fastest growing university and now hosts more than 17,000 students across its three academic campuses: DCU Glasnevin Campus, DCU St Patrick’s Campus and CU All hallows campus. DCU has a strong track record in attracting both Irish and European Union research funding under Horizon 2020 (and all previous Framework Programmes), Marie Curie Actions and Erasmus. We offer a dynamic and internationally-focused environment in which to advance your academic career.</p>\n\n\n<p>The Insight Centre for Data Analytics (<a data-mz=\"\" href=\"http://www.Insight-centre.org\" rel=\"no-follow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.Insight-centre.org</a>) is an SFI funded Research Centre which brings together researchers from University College Dublin, NUI Galway, University College Cork, and Dublin City University, as well as other partner institutions, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), University of Limerick (UL), National University of Ireland, Maynooth University (MU) and Tyndall National Institute. It creates a critical mass of more than 400 researchers from Ireland's leading ICT clusters to carry out research on a new generation of data analytics technologies in a number of key application domain areas, such as Health and Human Performance, Smart Communities, Internet of Things, Enterprise and Services and Sustainability and Operations.</p>\n\n\n<p>The €150m Centre is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and a wide range of industry and European Union partners. Insight's research focus encompasses a broad range of data analytics technologies from machine learning, conclusion analytics and social network analysis to linked data, recommender systems and the sensor web. Together, with more than 220 partner companies, Insight researchers are solving critical challenges in the areas of Connected Health and the Discovery Economy.</p>\n\n\n<p><strong>The Project</strong></p>\n\n\n<p>The project proposed is collaborative between Data and Analytics Research Centre based in DCU and the Centre of Excellence for Data and Analytics within AIB, based in Dublin. The project is intended to be initially exploratory in nature assessing research questions of mutual interest to the collaborative parties and successful candidate such that the outcome solves real life problems. The aim of the project is to design and build a solution to a Data and Analytics problem leading to its practical application. The research questions themselves will be agreed between both parties and led by the researcher so that the work is both publishable and practically applied immediately post design.</p>\n\n\n<p><u><strong>Principal Duties and Responsibilities</strong></u></p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Specific duties include:</strong></p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Conduct a programme of research into data quality assessments, automation of due diligence checks in the context of banking and the evolutionary challenges surrounding COVID-19 from a retail banking perspective. The successful candidate will be given substantial freedom to co-design a specific research programme within the scope of the above.</li>\n<li>Provide assistance and advice to PhD students working on similar topics.</li>\n<li>Assist the Principal Investigators (PIs) in overseeing software and system development for various projects.</li>\n<li>Produce top quality journal and conference publications, in partnership with the PIs.</li>\n<li>Participate in Insight Centre activities, including industry showcases, annual reviews and industry and agency visits to the Insight labs.</li>\n<li>Carry out administrative work associated with the programme of research as necessary</li>\n<li>Other tasks relevant to successfully implementing the assigned research programme.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<p><strong>Qualifications, Skills and Experience Required</strong></p>\n\n\n<p>The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Mathematics or a related discipline with strong software and programming skills and relevant experience in mathematical and analytical thinking.</p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Skills</strong></p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Excellent written and oral proficiency in English (essential).</li>\n<li>Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.</li>\n<li>Proven ability to prioritize workload and work to strict deadlines.</li>\n<li>Ability to work in a team and to take responsibility to contribute to the overall success of the team.</li>\n<li>Strong problem solving abilities.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<p><strong>Candidates will be assessed on the following competencies:</strong></p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Discipline knowledge and Research skills </strong>– Demonstrates knowledge of a research discipline and the ability to conduct a specific programme of research within that discipline.</p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Understanding the Research Environment </strong>– Demonstrates an awareness of the research environment (for example funding bodies) and the ability to contribute to grant applications.</p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Communicating Research </strong>– Demonstrates the ability to convey their research with their peers and the wider research community (for example presenting at conferences and publishing research in relevant journals) and the potential to teach and tutor students.</p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Managing & Leadership skills </strong>- Demonstrates the potential to manage a research project including the supervision of undergraduate students.</p>\n\n\n","pdfUrl1":null,"location":"Dublin, Ireland","location1":"유럽","location2":null,"location3":null,"type":"2","applyUrl":"https://www.dcu.ie/hr/vacancies/current.shtml","fileUrl1":null,"fileUrl2":null,"fileUrl3":null,"fileUrl4":null,"fileUrl5":null,"fileUrl6":null,"fileUrl7":null,"workingHour":"Full Time","contractType":"Fixed Term","salary":null,"original_id":"UNI|222794","original_domain":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs","original_url":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/222794/postdoctoral-researcher-aib-project/?LinkSource=PremiumListing","original_isPremium":"true","closeType":2,"closedAt":null,"requireEducation":0,"managerTel":"","managerFax":null,"managerEmail":null,"managerName":"DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY","managerPhone":null,"managerAddress":null,"log_hit":2,"log_like":0,"publishState":1,"organizationName":null,"organizationName_en":null,"organizationName_alt":null,"createdAt":"2020-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2020-09-18T12:00:29.000Z"},"organization":{"organizationId":1087,"lv1Id":null,"lv2Id":null,"name":"Dublin City University","name_en":"Dublin City University","name_alt":null,"introduction":"<p>Describing itself as a 'university that looks to the future,' Dublin City University (DCU) has been broadening the horizons of students on its lively campus since it opened in 1980.</p><p> </p><p>A large expansion programme throughout 2015 and 2016 saw the incorporation of several colleges under the DCU umbrella, including St Patrick's College Drumcondra, Mater Dei Institute of Education and Church of Ireland College of Education.</p><p> </p><p>With DCU’s expansion came an increase in its academic portfolio. The university offers a total of 70 taught programmes across Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Health, Engineering and Computing and DCU Business School faculties including 10 different degrees in teacher education (DCU has established the first faculty of education in an Irish university).</p><p> </p><p>Occupying a 72-acre site in the Glasnevin area, just north of Dublin itself. DCU is home to over 12,000 registered students, including full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as students doing distance learning.</p><p> </p><p>The university boasts a number of Research and Enterprise Hubs that facilitate research partnerships between academics and external organisations.</p><p>It also comprises the John and Aileen O'Reilly library, with 400 workstations, 1,200 seats and 18 collaborative rooms. It bills itself as the first university library to put digital records on the same footing as books and journals, granting access to some 250,000 volumes, a number that is growing as technology improves.</p><p> </p><p>Its campus also includes restaurants, a theatre and conference centre, a crèche and a university sports complex.</p><p> </p><p>DCU's other major focus is business and enterprise: the university estimates 50,000 of their graduates are employed in significant positions within industry. It also prides itself on its USTART start-up accelerator programme, which supports students by lending them space and funding to launch their own businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The university separately runs a series of summer schools as part of a 'DCU in the Community' programme. 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