Salary
£31,637 to £46,735 per annum, pro rata if applicable, depending on skills and experience (minimum £35,116 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Closing Date
Monday 31 March 2025
Reference
SCI96525
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate/ Fellow to join the Cyber-physical Health and Assistive Robotics Technologies in the School of Computer Science to work on a project led by the Institute of Mental Health at the University of Nottingham on the LEND (Lived Experience Narratives in Dementia) programme.
About the LEND Project: This project is an NIHR-funded initiative led by the School of Medicine, with a focus on improving the quality of life for people with dementia and their carers through the sharing of lived experience narratives.
Research shows people with mental health conditions find viewing, reading or listening to peers' personal stories ('narratives') helps their own well-being. The LEND project aims to develop an interactive web app that enables intuitive exploration and criteria-based search of the narratives, curated as multimedia files.
You will be working with the LEND project research team, and in particular with Prof Caleb-Solly (School of Computer Science) and Dr Stefan Rennick-Egglestone (School of Health Sciences) who are leading the work package on the Development of LEND Intervention.
Responsibilities:
1. Conduct research into, co-design, develop and evaluate with potential end-users, an interactive dementia-appropriate web app that will enable people to easily find narratives that are relevant to them.
2. Design and evaluate a machine learning based artificial intelligence recommender system to filter narratives based on a range of meta-data.
3. Investigate various approaches to developing and optimising the recommender system.
4. Involve in the design and user testing of the LEND intervention.
The role provides a unique opportunity to work with experienced researchers, to become actively involved with the CHART Research Group and Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, and to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders taking a leading role in shaping the future of dementia research to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia.
We are looking for a highly motivated research associate/ fellow, with a background in Computer Science or Software Engineering, with Human-Computer Interaction experience. You should have relevant knowledge of working on user-centred design projects, with knowledge and understanding of the latest machine learning methodologies and approaches for the task, interaction and accessibility design principles, and a passion to make a difference for people living with dementia.
Applicants must have good organisational skills and be able to work with all levels of stakeholders.
The candidate will primarily be based in the School of Computer Science, on our Jubilee Campus in Nottingham, working closely with the project team in the Institute of Mental Health, Jubilee Campus at the University of Nottingham.
Please include a CV as part of your application.
The post is offered on a full time (36.25 hours per week), fixed term contract from May 2025 until 31 May 2029.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Prof Praminda Caleb-Solly at praminda.caleb-solly@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
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