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Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Fixed term until 30 April 2019
The Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering are looking to recruit a Research Associate in Service Analytics and Optimisation.
This Adaptive Informatics for Intelligent Manufacturing (AI2M) project is a collaborative project with Industry and Academia funded by ESPRC as part of their ICT in Manufacturing Research Call. The aim of the project is to develop an on-demand intelligent product lifecycle service system for increased yield for products and processes that can bridge the information gaps associated with inefficient supply chain integration and a lack of knowledge on product usage throughout lifecycles.
The project involves a team of Research Associates and PhD students across four Schools within the University, Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, School of Business and Economics, School of Science: Computer Science department and the School of Aeronautical and Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering: Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering department. The researchers will be working in four main areas: Utilisation of Embedded Distributed Components, Information Services, Services Gateway, and Business Decision Support Services. The project is supported by a number of business partners, focused on the UK's automotive, defence and aerospace electronics manufacturing domains.
This position advertised is to be based within the Aeronautical and Automotive department and will focus on the Business Decision Support Services.
Application closing date: 7 March 2018
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