Postgraduate Research Assistant - Computer Science

• Help lead work to design and build artificial agents that reproduce human behaviour observed in laboratory studies
• Work closely with Professor Kostas Stathis and Professor David Levine, in collaboration with Professor Ryan McKay

• PhD in Computer Science and AI (completed or near completion)
• Comprehensive subject knowledge in AI
• Publication record in high-quality peer-reviewed venues
• Experience designing, formulating, and implementing AI agents for a specific domain (online and/or in-lab)
• Research experience in industry
• Familiarity with experimental data from economics and psychology
• Confident developing multi-agent applications using agent platforms
• Working across key AI/ML tools and languages, including Python, Java, Prolog and JavaScript
• Proven ability to analyse research problems, write up results clearly, and manage associated administrative duties
• Expertise in computational modelling of agent behaviour
• Practical development of agent models using symbolic and sub-symbolic techniques
• Building agent environments in AI programming languages
• Hands-on experience in programming and analysing EWA and self-tuning EWA agents
• Deploying LLMs in multi-agent settings
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to convey complex technical work clearly to academic and external audiences

Hybrid working for some roles therefore some remote working may be possible for this role