Positions in Forensic Speech Science or Forensic Data Science:

- One Lecturer or Senior Lecturer

- Two Postdoctoral Researchers

 

Aston University, Birmingham, UK

 

Aston University has recently been awarded GBP 5.4 M from Research England?s Expanding Excellence in England (E3) Fund. The money is being used to expand the existing Centre for Forensic Linguistics into the substantially larger Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics (AIFL). As part of the expansion, we are building a research team with expertise in forensic speech science and in forensic data science. In addition to conducting research in forensic speech science, members of the team will work on forensic inference and statistics more broadly, and on quantitative-measurement and statistical-model based approaches in other branches of forensic science. The latter potentially include but are not limited to: fingerprints, face, gait, ballistics, blood pattern analysis, and linguistics. The Forensic Speech Science Laboratory and the Centre for Forensic Data Science will be headed by Dr Geoffrey Stewart Morrison, and, in addition to the affiliation with AIFL, will be affiliated with the Computer Science Department in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

 

We are looking to recruit the following positions:

 

Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Forensic Speech Science or Forensic Data Science

Reference:    R190354

Salary:    Grade 9 £40,792 ? £48,677 or Grade 10 £50,132 ? £58,089

Contract Type:    Continuing 

Basis:    Full time

Closing Date:    23.59 hours BST on September 30, 2019

Interview Date:    To be confirmed

 

Two Postdoctoral Researchers in Forensic Speech Science or Forensic Data Science

Reference:    R190353

Salary:   Grade 8 £33,199 ? £39,609 or Grade 9 £40,792 ? £48,677

Contract Type:    Fixed term (3 years) 

Basis:    Full time or part time

Closing Date:    23.59 hours BST on September 30, 2019

Interview Date:    To be confirmed

 

The Lecturer or Senior Lecturer position will be a full-time permanent position and will include teaching and administrative responsibilities. The position is costed as a Grade 9 Lecturer, but an exceptionally well qualified and experienced successful applicant could potentially be appointed as a Grade 10 Senior Lecturer. Note: ?Lecturer? is equivalent to North American ?Assistant Professor?, ?Senior Lecturer? is equivalent to North American ?Associate Professor?, and ?Reader / Associate Professor? is an occasionally used additional rank between Senior Lecturer and Professor.

 

The Postdoctoral Researcher positions may be filled as full-time appointments (preferred) or via a combination of part-time appointments. The Postdoctoral Researcher positions will be fixed-term, but the plan is to build a team that will be successful in obtaining additional research funding that will sustain these positions.

 

All new team members must have a commitment to solving forensic problems. Previous experience working on forensic problems would be advantageous, but not essential. A background in forensic speech science, in other branches of forensic science, and/or in forensic inference and statistics would be advantageous, but not essential. At least one of the new team members must have a strong background in state-of-the-art automatic speaker recognition, with an ability to implement systems. Other useful backgrounds for members of the team would include biometrics, machine learning, natural language processing, and acoustic phonetics.

 

Candidates may apply for both the Lecturer / Senior Lecturer and the Research Associate positions. If positions are not filled after this round of recruitment, we will initiate another round of recruitment.

 

We also welcome enquiries from individuals who have obtained or are applying for their own postdoctoral fellowships, e.g., Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships. For suitable candidates we would assist with the application process.

 

Potential candidates are encouraged to contact Dr Geoffrey Stewart Morrison to seek more information about these positions.

Tel:    +44 121 204 3901

e-mail:    g.s.morrison@aston.ac.uk

 

Dr Morrison will be attending Interspeech in September and would be happy to meet informally with potential applicants there.

 

Please visit our website http://www.aston.ac.uk/jobs for further information and to apply online.

 

Aston University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.