Research Fellow in Best-Practice AI-Supported Code Development (2 Positions)

Applications are invited for the following position:

Title of Post: Research Fellow in Best-Practice AI-Supported Code Development (2 Positions)

JOB SYNOPSIS

The successful candidates will be senior team members within Lero (the Irish Software Research Centre). Their primary responsibility will be to work on the Lero-funded ABCD project (AI-Based Code Development) to identify and improve upon the state-of-the-art in terms of pedagogy for commercial, AI-supported software development. They will identify current state-of-the-art approaches in pedagogoy and practice through extensive literature reviews and through feedback from a network (they derive) of software-developing practitioners/third-level educators. Subsequently, they will assess the approaches identified empirically in terms of (efficiency, software quality, developer-experience and developer advancement), towards possible refinement and optimization, disseminating their work in both academic and grey-material fora.

Faculty of Science & Engineering

Department of Computer Science & Information Systems

Contract Type: Specific Purpose

Salary Scale: €65,237 - €71,085 p.a. pro rata (maximum starting salary €69,078 p.a. pro rata)

University of Limerick is a research-led, energetic and enterprising institution with a proud record of innovation and excellence in education and scholarships. We value creativity, curiosity and excellence in our inclusive community which is committed to social good. Our motto Eagna chun Gnímh translates as Wisdom for Action reflecting our mission to contribute to the discovery of new knowledge for a better world.

Informal enquiries regarding the post may be directed to:

Professor Jim Buckley

Department of Computer Science & Information Systems

University of Limerick

Email: jim.buckley@ul.ie