Job title
Research Assistant - Large Language Models for Qualitative Analysis
Job reference
REQ001210
Date posted
26/01/2024
Application closing date
23/02/2024
Location
Dundee
Salary
Grade 6 (£30,487 - £36,024)
Contractual hours
17.5
Basis
Part time
Job category/type
School of Business Law and Social Sciences
Attachments
Candidate Brief.pdf
Job description
Research Assistant: Large Language Models for Qualitative Analysis
Grade 6 (£30,487 - £36,024)
Fixed term (for a period of 22 weeks)
Abertay is a modern university with a global outlook, rooted in its local and national communities. We have made our mark with high quality, well-directed teaching and research, and a stimulating and enriching experience for our students.
The School of Business, Law and Social Sciences (BLSS) at Abertay and the School of Science and Engineering, Computing at the University of Dundee have secured funding from the British Academy for working on the use of AI Large Language Models applied to qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews. The candidate brief provides more details about the project and Abertay.
The University now seeks to appoint a Research Assistant (Grade 6, 0.5 FTE for 22 weeks) to assist the project PIs with the research work, ideally starting around mid-April.
Reporting to Professor Stefano De Paoli and Dr Daniel Rough, you will be required to support the conduction of the research with a focus on using Python to improve the existing analysis scripts and implement a simple Graphical User Interface. You will also be required to collaborate actively with the PIs.
You will use you research skills in programming to contribute to the success of the project.
The role requires a positive attitude toward collaboration in a team, and capacity to conduct research in autonomy.
A full candidate brief can be found above which details the job description, person specification and application details.
If you believe you have the skills and experience for this exciting and challenging role, please submit your application by clicking apply online below.
Please note that we will only accept applications through our online recruitment system.
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