The research group of Dr Christopher Cooney
(https://www.cooneylab.co.uk/) in the School of Biosciences at the
University of Sheffield (UK) is recruiting a research technician.

Summary
The post is part of a funded project titled 'Unlocking the complexity
of organismal colour patterns using artificial intelligence' that aims
to develop new approaches for extracting and analysing high
dimensional colour pattern information from images. Capitalising on
extensive photographic datasets of animal colouration
(https://www.projectplumage.org/), the project aims to use machine
learning and computer vision techniques to produce a 'next generation'
software toolkit for characterising organismal colour pattern
information with wide applicability.

The role
The main responsibilities of the role are to assist with creation of
annotated training datasets for machine learning models, and the
organisation and maintenance of large phenotypic trait databases of
animal colouration. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a
project bridging biological and computer science research and to
contribute to the development of cutting-edge AI based research tools.

The researcher will join the Cooney Lab which sits within the
world-class Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research Cluster at
Sheffield. The project has strong collaborative links with other
Sheffield academics including Dr Gavin Thomas (School of Biosciences),
Dr Steve Maddock and Prof Jungong Han (Department of Computer
Science). The role will also involve collaboration with international
partner Dr Julien Renoult (University of Montpellier) and there is
scope for a multi-day research visit to Montpellier as part of the
role.

The post is full time for a period of 12 months and available immediately.

How to apply:

Full details of the role and how to apply can be found at this link:
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFY181/research-technician

The closing date for applications is 8 March 2024 at midnight.

Any queries should be directed to Dr Chris Cooney (c.cooney@sheffield.ac.uk)

The University of Sheffield is committed to equality and valuing
diversity and all applicants will be judged on merit according to the
selection criteria.

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NERC Research Fellow
School of Biosciences
University of Sheffield
www.cooneylab.co.uk

Chris Cooney <c.cooney@sheffield.ac.uk>

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