Funder: Volkswagen Foundation
Scheme: Artificial Intelligence and the Society of the Future
Durham University PI: Dr Noura Al Moubayed
Collaborating institutions: University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, University of California Santa Barbara, Cambridge University, University of Kassel
Start date: Flexible in 2023
Department of Computer Science, Durham University, invites applications for a funded 3-year PhD studentship to conduct research within the AI Forensics project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. For more information on the project, please see the project description website: https://ai-forensics.github.io
Durham University is one of the world's top universities with strengths across the Arts and Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences. We are home to some of the most talented scholars and researchers from around the world who are tackling global issues and making a difference to people's lives. Department of Computer Science, which is ranked 6th in the UK according to the Complete University Guide 2022 (Durham University ranked 6th overall). The department holds an Athena Swan Bronze award, highlighting its commitment to promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Science, Engineering and Technology.
The PhD will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science, but applications are welcome from a wide range of technical disciplines including Natural Science, Mathematics and Physics.
Applicants are invited to propose their own PhD project within the project description and in line with their own research interests and expertise. Please note that if successful, an applicant's research plan will have to be reviewed after the start of the PhD, in terms of the objectives of the overall research project.
Applicants would preferably have a background in Computer Science and/or Mathematics disciplines (e.g., machine learning, image processing, natural language processing). Since both fields are relevant to the project, ideal applicants would have an interest in (or willingness to learn) any relevant areas they haven't yet formally studied. Applicants should have (or expect to be awarded) an upper 2nd or 1st class honours degree, or equivalent international qualification.
AI Forensics is a collaborative project between researchers at several international universities in Germany, the UK, and the US – and in disciplines including media theory, STS, design, computer science, and digital humanities.
The project attempts to design a new sociotechnical and political framework for the analysis and critique of visual AI systems. This includes the design and development of new tools, methods, and metaphors for the critical understanding of AI systems at three levels:
- Datasets: exploring and developing tools for examining large AI image datasets (such as ImageNet or Celeb-500k) that cannot be viewed ‘manually’;
- Models: uncovering biases and hidden assumptions in deep learning architectures and other ML/vision models.
Applications: understanding applied AI models in their wider social, political, and historical
The advert will close once a strong candidate application is successful. Please apply ASAP
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