Dear all,
We are looking to recruit a postdoc for a two-year position in the School
of Maths and Statistics and the Department of Computer Science at the
University of Sheffield to work on an EPSRC funded project on
'Physically-informed probabilistic modelling of air pollution in Kampala
using a low cost sensor network'.
Closing date: 19 September 2019
Start date: As soon as possible.
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This is a collaborative project between the University of Sheffield and the
University of Makerere, and will develop and deploy machine learning
methodology to analyse air pollution data from Kampala, in order to
determine the source of the pollution and to aid the design of mitigating
interventions.
The project team will consist of three Research Associates, two in Kampala,
one in Sheffield, and will provide methodological support to a larger
project funded by a Google Impact Award.
The Sheffield research associate will be supervised by Professor Richard
Wilkinson in the School of Mathematics and Statistics and Dr Mauricio
Alvarez Lopez and Dr Michael Smith in the Department of Computer Science,
and will focus on the development of the mathematical tools needed to
incorporate physics into machine learning models, and on the *development
of inferential approaches* for these models that are able to deal with
large amounts of noisy data. In particular, we aim to *develop Gaussian
process models that incorporate domain-knowledge *about diffusion and
advection of air pollution.
We are looking for someone with a PhD in statistics or
theoretical/computational physical sciences, ideally with some experience
of machine learning.
This is an international multi-party collaboration, and will *involve
travel to Kampala* (approximately one trip per year). This is project is
funded by the EPSRC Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), which supports
cutting-edge research to addresses the challenges faced by developing
countries.
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Best wishes,
Richard
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