The opportunities below may be of interest to UK Early Career audio and acoustics people:
** Early Career opportunities with UK Acoustics Network Plus (UKAN+) **
** Deadline: 19 March 2021 **
The UK Acoustics Network Plus (UKAN+) is seeking applications for four Early Career Grand Challenge Champions and fourteen Early Career Special Interest Group (SIG) Coordinators, plus two Early Career Public Engagement Champions.
The successful applicants will benefit from training and funding opportunities, exciting social events, and networking with potential employers and people at the highest levels of Acoustics in academia and industry. The nominees should consider themselves to be early in their career. However, there are no restrictions on age. The nominee could expect to contribute one to two hours of their time in an average week. These are appointments for a one year term, with the possibility of an extension.
Early Career SIG Coordinators will work with SIG Leaders to coordinate SIG activities, facilitate exploratory research, and promote Acoustics in the UK and Europe. In our Early Career SIG coordinator appointments, we are seeking individuals with experience and interest in the area of the SIG, whether in academia or industry, an interest in promoting acoustics to the wider population, and an interest in working with the Institute of Acoustics (IoA) to achieve this goal.
Early Career Grand Challenge Champions will help UKAN+ to develop a new roadmap for acoustics research in the UK related to the Grand Challenges (Future of Mobility; Healthy Ageing; Clean Growth; AI and Data), and using the results from UKAN+ exploratory projects to develop full-scale, high-quality applications to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and other funders. In our Early Career Grand Challenge Champions, we are seeking individuals who have experience in research relating to the challenge themes: clean growth, healthy ageing, future of mobility, or AI and data.
Early Career Public Engagement Champions will help UKAN+ develop a new strategic vision for public engagement (PE). The successful applicants will benefit from training in best practice in PE and be at the forefront of developing a more strategic and impactful approach to PE for Acoustics.
For more information (including on what is meant by "Early Career") and to apply, see https://acoustics.ac.uk/early-careers-group/ukanplus-early-career-sig-appointments/
Best wishes,
Mark Plumbley
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Prof Mark D Plumbley
Head of School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
Email: Head-of-School-CSEE@surrey.ac.uk
Professor of Signal Processing
University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
Email: m.plumbley@surrey.ac.uk
PA: Kelly Green
Email: k.d.green@surrey.ac.uk
