Research Associate in AI

King’s College London is hiring a Research Associate in AI in its Department of Infectious Diseases. The role develops and applies AI and computational methods to analyze large, heterogeneous datasets and investigate changes in the gut microbiome, infection, and antimicrobial resistance.

Responsibilities:

• The research associate will be responsible for developing, implementing and applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and data-mining methods to address complex research questions
• They will lead the analysis of large-scale, heterogeneous datasets, including sequencing, sensor, biological and medical data, and ensure robust, reproducible computational workflows
• The postholder will be responsible for developing and applying AI methods across the following areas, demonstrated through scientific publications or other academic/industrial achievements:
• Generative AI (text and numerical data; excluding image, audio, video generation)
• Agentic AI, orchestration, and adaptive systems (continuous feedback, dynamic reasoning, self-optimisation)
• AI methods for mining, classifying, and forecasting from heterogeneous data sources
• Spatial-temporal statistics/modelling from heterogeneous data (Bayesian hierarchical models, autoregressive models, random fields)
• Sequence/time-series modelling and language models, particularly transformer architectures
• Explainable AI methods
• Causal AI methods
• Machine learning