Research Fellow

Classification: Academic Level B1

Salary Package: $103,841 per annum plus 17% superannuation

Term: Full time, Fixed Term (3 years)

We invite applications for a three-year Research Fellow position working with Assoc. Prof. Yuan-Sen Ting's research group at the Australian National University. We welcome applicants working in any of the fields of interest to the research group, including natural language processing, computer vision (machine learning) and/or stellar astrophysics, galaxy formation, cosmology (astronomy); in particular, applicants with a strong background in machine learning will be considered, with or without experience in astrophysics.

Specifically, the appointee will join the Australian National University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, School of Computing’s Astro-Machine-Learning group under Assoc. Prof. Yuan-Sen Ting. The group is part of the Computational Science Cluster of the School. The Astro-Machine-Learning is a close-knit research team, specialising in tackling cutting-edge problems in big-data astronomy through the lens of machine learning planning, with multiple research collaborations across disciplines at ANU, CSIRO and Data61. This setting allows us to focus on fundamental research while leveraging the expertise and domain knowledge from both the Research School of Astrophysics and Astronomy and the School of Computing at the ANU.

The successful candidate will have priority access to the research group’s 16 A100 GPUs and the group's large allocation on the National Computational Infrastructure (40M service units or >100,000 GPU hours per year) to explore any large-scale machine learning problems.

ANU is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, and particularly welcomes applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Furthermore, it is practice in the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science to actively seek a gender mix of shortlisted candidates for interview. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion.

We welcome and develop diversity of backgrounds, experiences and ideas and encourage applications from individuals who may have had non-traditional career paths, who may have taken a career break, had career disruptions or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of the higher education sector. We support applicants who require flexible arrangements in their work environments or patterns. If your experience looks a little different to what we’ve described, but you’re passionate and motivated by this position, we welcome your enquiry and application. 

The ANU provides attractive benefits and excellent support to maintain a healthy work/life balance and offers generous remuneration benefits, including four weeks paid vacation per year, assistance with relocation expenses and 17% employer contribution to superannuation. This also includes generous parental leave, the possibility of flexible and part time working arrangements, a parental and aged care support program, dual career hire programs, ANU school holiday programs, and childcare facilities on campus. For more information, visit: https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources.

To enquire about this position, please contact Assoc. Prof. Yuan-Sen Ting via email at [email protected].  

Application information 

Please use the below link to apply:

https://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/543706/research-fellow

Applications close: 4 March 2022 11:55:00 PM AUS Eastern Daylight