Research Assistant, Applied Research Group (ARG)

The Alan Turing Institute Named in honour of Alan Turing, the Institute is a place for inspiring, exciting work and we need passionate, sharp, and innovative people who want to use their skills to contribute to our mission to make great leaps in data science and AI research to change the world for the better. Please find more information about us here BACKGROUND The Defence and National Security (DandNS) theme at the Turing is looking to expand its Applied Research Group (ARG). As a team, ARG applies cutting edge research to real-world problems. Impact takes multiple forms: the fast development of a proof-of-concept to show what s possible; candid technical discussions to highlight what s not; and longer-term projects to deliver bespoke capabilities. Day-to-day, ARG collaborate closely with partners technical and subject-matter experts. The ARG is a cross-disciplinary team therefore able to respond to a wide variety of problem sets and encourage applications from both generalists and specialists including those who self-identify as statisticians, software engineers, machine learning practitioners, data scientists or data engineers. CANDIDATE PROFILE Please note that successful candidates will need to be eligible to undertake the DV clearance process once in-post and be willing to go through this process. Eligibility criteria and further information on the process can be found on the UK Government security vetting website . In terms of the ideal candidate, we encourage ..... full job details .....