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Join the PHAWM team as a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow!
Working with Information Retrieval experts Prof Iadh Ounis, Prof Craig Macdonald and Dr Graham McDonald, the post holder will be responsible for carrying out research and developing workbenches for the auditing of AI-driven information retrieval approaches in information seeking & search settings.
The successful candidate will work on a specific PHAWM use case focussing on understanding and measuring harm within a search context. They will also actively collaborate with the larger PHAWM consortium on other AI use cases. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to the formulation and submission of research publications and research proposals as well as assist in managing and directing this complex and challenging project as opportunities allow.
To apply or for more information: https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-associate-21
Closing date: 26 March 2025
We have an exciting opportunity in our Digital Humanities Institute (DHI) for a fixed-term Research Associate to make a leading contribution to the Participatory Harm Auditing Workbenches and Methodologies (PHAWM) project.
With proven, exceptional research abilities in the field of digital humanities, you will be responsible for carrying out research related work to investigate the systematic and participatory auditing of current and evolving AI technologies within the Cultural Heritage sector, with a focus on Museums, Archives and Libraries. This will involve literature reviews, workbench development, scoping work, horizon scanning, feasibility studies, pilot projects, grant application development, project administration, and workshop administration, and undertaking single and jointly authored publications and conference presentations in line with the DHI’s publication plans.
Closing Date: 20/2/2025
For more details please visit the University of Sheffield Jobsite
PHAWM Launch Event
On 25 October 2024, we kicked off the PHAWM project with a Launch and Networking Event at the University of Strathclyde’s Technology and Innovation Centre. The event brought together project researchers, partners, and stakeholders from across the UK and beyond.
Professor Dame Muffy Calder set the tone with an inspiring welcome, drawing on her expertise as RAI UK Skills Pillar Chair and Vice-Principal of the University of Glasgow. Our project team then took centre stage, sharing insights into our key objectives and an overview of our first of the health and cultural heritage use cases that the project will explore.
This was followed by an interactive Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) activity which you can also take part in HERE. Our approach to RRI has been inspired by UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub’s approach of building it into the core of our activities.
The afternoon finished with a networking event with our stakeholders, connecting with other RAi-funded projects, researchers (including early-career and PhD), and the wider AI ecosystem across the UK.
A big thank you to everyone who participated and supported our project!
£12 million for UK projects to address challenge of rapid AI advances
A series of breakthrough AI projects has been awarded £12 million to address the challenges of the rapid advances in artificial intelligence. Three initiatives in the UK will look to tackle emerging concerns of generative and other forms of AI currently being built and deployed across society.