Post Summary:
The “Cliste” project intends to develop systems that leverage evidence-based research to help teachers create assessments at targeted difficulty levels, delivering individualised feedback to students, generating insights to inform practice, improving learning outcomes and reducing division between students who can afford outside help and those who can’t.
The project is funded through Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund and will develop, test and refine a commercially viable solution. The intention is to create a startup company at the end of the project to bring the solution to market.
We are looking for a candidate with deep knowledge of natural language processing and machine learning who will demonstrate the requirements for the role as outlined below and must satisfy all of the essential criteria.
Standard Duties and Responsibilities of the Post
1. Reporting to the Principal Investigator, work as part of a multidisciplinary team of edtech innovators, technologists and user experience experts.
2. Work closely with the Technology Lead to develop and implement the Cliste technology.
3. Participate in research and development of a novel architecture for generative AI, synthesizing extant LLM outputs with human evaluations.
4. Participate in research and development necessary to producing language models.
5. Engage in peer-reviewed dissemination of research results.
6. Collaborate with developers constructing a cloud-based infrastructure to support the development, testing and deployment of Cliste.
Application Procedure
Cover Letter: why you are a good fit for this dynamic research/startup-style role.
Resume: Detailed curriculum vitae, including formal education, publications, experience and previous project work. Please address all skills that you have that match the required experience list above.
Other details
Indicative start date for post: April 1st 2025.
Zoom interviews will take place the week of 10-14 March 2025.
Name: Tom Pollock - Email Address: tom.pollock@learnovatecentre.org
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