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Apologies for posting again. There is new information now, which was not available before.
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Job vacancy: Research Assistant in Audio Signal Processing and AI
Salary: £30,395 to £33,199 per annum
Duration: 40 months, full-time position
Starting date:1st November 2019 (can be negotiable)
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) at the University of Plymouth is seeking to recruit a highly motivated Research Assistant with expertise in Real-Time Audio Signal Processing and Machine Learning to work on the EPSRC-funded project "Radio Me: Real-time radio remixing for people with mild to moderate dementia who live alone, incorporating agitation reduction and reminders".
The project is aimed at the development of AI to adapt and personalise live radio and music with the aim of transforming life for people living alone with dementia.
Radio Me is a partnership between the University of Plymouth's Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) and the Centre for Dementia Studies at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, the Glasgow Interactive Systems group at the University of Glasgow, and the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research at Anglia Ruskin University. Other partners include BBC Radio, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Bauer Media, CereProc Ltd, MHA Care Group and Alzheimer's Society.
You will be expected to have an engineering, computing and/or maths background, and proven expertise in audio signal processing and analysis, computer programming, including machine learning.
Please demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.
For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Professor Eduardo Miranda by email: eduardo.miranda@plymouth.ac.uk
Project press release here: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/multimillion-pound-project-will-see-ai-remixing-radio-to-help-people-living-with-dementia
Also advertised here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BTR451/research-assistant-in-audio-signal-processing-and-ai
More information & apply online https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/about-us/jobs (Click on "Job Vacancies", then "Current University of Plymouth Vacancies" and then on "Academic Research").
For general information about employment, email: jobs@plymouth.ac.uk
Tel: +44 1752 588255 (Monday-Thursday 8.30-17.00, Friday 8.30-16.30)
