Job id: 099766. Salary: £52,874 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance. Posted: 13 November 2024. Closing date: 04 December 2024. Business unit: Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sci. Department: Engineering. Contact details: Prof Bipin Rajendran. Bipin Rajendran Location: Strand Campus. Category: Research. Back to job search About us Recently re-founded, the Department of Engineering is rapidly expanding into a world-class research and teaching department. Research currently focuses on information processing systems, robotics, telecommunications, and biomedical engineering, but we are looking to establish new research themes. This post will be affiliated with the newly established Centre for Intelligent Information Processing Systems within the department. About the role The Centre for Intelligent Information Processing Systems (CIIPS) led by Professor Bipin Rajendran and Professor Osvaldo Simeone brings together interdisciplinary and diverse expertise synergistically to address future challenges in intelligent information systems, encompassing hardware-software co-design, nanoscale information systems, signal processing, information engineering, and quantum information processing. We are seeking a highly motivated and conscientious post-doctoral researcher to work closely with the NeuMatmul project team funded by ARIA. The goal of the NeuMatmul project is to combine the multiplicative advantages that arise from (i) event-driven, backprop-free learning algorithms, (ii) stochastic computing, and (iii) in-memory computing based on Si CMOS technology, to design and demonstrate a neuromorphic framework to reduce the cost of developing AI models. You will contribute to the design and development of hardware accelerators for training and fine-tuning of large language models implemented using a neuromorphic framework. You will also have the opportunity to mentor PhD and MSc students working in the group You will also have the opportunity to mentor PhD and MSc students working in the group. This is a full-time contract, and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/12/2026. About you To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Essential criteria 1. Post-Doc experience of over one year in industry or academia, with a PhD in Electronic or Computer Engineering 2. Strong publication record in AI hardware accelerator design in top-tier conferences and journals 3. Previous experience with large scale ML models and/or probabilistic, neuromorphic, Transformer, State space models 4. Experience in preparing or contributing to research grant applications 5. Effective communication (oral and written) skills, ability to write research reports and papers in style accessible to academic audiences 6. Ability to work independently and as part of a team on research programmes Desirable criteria 1. Previous experience with contributing to grant applications 2. Previous experience with designing mixed-signal circuits, tapeouts, and testing Downloading a copy of our Job Description Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “