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Closing date for applications is Wednesday 23 January 2013, click here to apply
We are currently targeting the following areas and in particular where there are multi-disciplinary opportunities, however we also welcome applications from any research area appropriate for the College of Art, Science and Engineering:
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Dundee Fellowship Academic Champions
Stephen Partridge, Elaine Shemilt, Tracy Mackenna
This group has led major archival investigations into three specific areas: early video art in the UK and Italy (REWIND); expanded cinema; and the Richard Demarco photographic collection. These projects have established web-based archives and collections that stimulate curatorial activity by the research group, and curators in the contemporary gallery and museum sector from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Rome, London, Milan and Singapore. Window to the West and Ossian Hall, Stereoscopy, Natural Magic, investigated visual aspects within Gaelic culture, and Poetry Beyond Text explored relationships between the word and image. The Centre for Artists’ Books established by Alec Finlay, is a key collection for study and curation of artists’ publishing. DJCAD Exhibitions is also a component of the group with four galleries (Centrespace, Cooper, Matthew and Foyer) and a lively annual programme that attracts external funding from Creative Scotland, British Council, and Henry Moore Foundation.
Artist researchers foster innovation within creative practice, employ creative practice as a methodology to enhance other disciplines and domains, and contribute towards explicit and transparent knowledge bases that further our discipline. Individual creative practice plays a major role in our research culture, alongside collaborative and interdisciplinary research. A multidisciplinary approach extends far beyond traditional strengths in art, in interdisciplinary projects in the arts, humanities, social sciences, physical and life sciences and technology. Foci include cultural identity and values, constructed photography, museum culture, envisioning the oral ephemeral, visual publishing, perception, performance, ecology, physical and digital place-based practice and technologies.
Partners are located across the world and the UK and in our local region and include arts agencies, museums and galleries, UK Research Councils, NHS, European Union, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, local/regional/national and multinational companies, and charities. This research group has been successful in attracting substantive (over £1.5m) and continuous funding for over eight years from the AHRC, Creative Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Henry Moore Foundation and Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.
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Dundee Fellowship Academic Champions
Mike Press, Hazel White, Sandra Wilson, Georgina Follett
Craft in a Digital World: Diverse practices and inquiries that centre on the issue of Craft in a Digital World contribute directly to our theme of Design Innovation. We aim to explore and define new domains of maker-led innovation that connects craftmakers based in traditional processes and materials with the opportunities offered by digital manufacture, smart materials and communications technologies. Current research in these areas conducted within DJCAD is providing evidence of a new value for craft in terms of developing new digital making tools, enhancing the quality of the digital worlds we live in and contributing to innovation in product development, healthcare and other services.
Design for Services represents an integrated cross-disciplinary cluster of expertise that is internationally distinctive and innovative in scope. Embracing service design, design ethnography, strategic innovation and design management, we believe in breaking down boundaries between teaching, research and consultancy, between students, faculty and those 'outside the academy', between thinking and doing. Our mission is to create a vibrant space where all with a stake in the future of design for services can gather, act and reflect, consolidate knowledge and share. We are looking for an adventurous, open-minded, critically aware thinker with an enthusiasm for understanding the possibilities of the design for services in transforming public, private and third sector organisations and their offerings.
Innovation using design as strategy uses a different set of design skills, those traditionally undervalued by the discipline. Innovation methods are constantly evolving both inside and external to the academy, with unfavourable economic conditions innovation is rising on the agenda of industry. It is now viewed as a way to develop a company’s products to give them an edge within a highly competitive market. Universities are now seen as a catalyst occupying the interface between research knowledge and economic growth. We are seeking an individual who has a sound knowledge of design and its application in a variety of forms where it can act as a transdisciplinary facilitator building conceptual models that are both generic and discipline specific to harness the energy of academic research and ensure that it is applied in external contexts with the aim of delivering economic growth and sustained company development.
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Dundee Fellowship Academic Champions
Jon Rogers
The Product Research Studio at the University of Dundee explores the impact of digital technology made physical. We are excited about the current trend towards low-cost open-source hardware that can connect anything to the web and we want to know how this can benefit society. Taking on some of the world’s most pressing problems, from democracy, news and journalism, to inclusive society to exploring data from space, we learn through prototyping, and making. We are currently working with Mozilla, Microsoft, NASA, NCR, EMI, and BBC R&D to understand and demonstrate a future of a web that looks beyond the screen and into the way we live our lives.
Dundee Fellowship Academic Champions
Mel Woods, Chris Rowland, John McGhee
The SerenA project - Chance Encounters in the Space of Ideas (RCUK) combines multidisciplinary research with the role of serendipity in creative practice and design technologies to support connections between people and ideas. It investigates how mobile technology, data visualisation and affective interface design can support people to identify things that they did not know they needed to know and within this the ways in which the design of affective interfaces can influence perception, communication and interaction. SerenA is being designed and implemented as a physical presence in the British Library and the working environment, and via smartphones. This work has resulted in publications and exhibitions nationally and internationally, and across art forms including Live Art, Digital Art, Interface Design, Interaction, Sound and Site Specific Installation.
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Dundee Fellowship Academic Champions
Chris Reed, Karen Petrie, Ekaterina Komendantskaya
Argumentation Technology covers a broad range of computationally oriented research covering techniques in philosophical logic, artificial intelligence, jurisprudential theory, distributed computing, economics, rhetoric, cognitive and social psychology, marketing and linguistics which focus on understanding, representing, modelling and evaluating processes of reasoning, argument and persuasion. The Argumentation Research Group is looking to further strengthen its research profile which currently balances excellent publications with practical high impact applications with partners such as the BBC.
In addition to computational work in argumentation, the research group collaborates with two further research themes in which applications are also invited:
Constraint Programming covers a wide range of AI research from the intensely theoretical to the very applied. One focus is on interdisciplinary research which applies constraint programming to other scientific disciplines, and a particular interest is on how constraint programming can be used to solve problems in computational group theory. Recent work has also looked at how constraint programming can be used to create the levels in computer games and educational software.
Computational Logic focuses on programming language semantics and theorem proving. Interactive theorem provers provide a rich programming environment for formal verification in mathematics (such a verifying proofs of the Four-Colour theorem) and industry (such as verifying the correctness of Intel processors and mobile phone operating systems). We develop both coalgebraic and machine learning methods to improve the efficiency and power of such techniques.
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Dundee Fellowship Academic Champions
Peter Davies, Jonathan Knappett
Fluid Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering and Concrete and Construction groups are responsible for the key research programmes in this thematic area. The aim of all groups is to understand the fundamental processes affecting the response of the environment to anthropogenic activity and to seek engineering solutions that maximise the impact of the activity without significant disturbance to the existing conditions. Near-shore applications currently under investigation include the disruption of coastal zone dynamics by marine turbines, the structural and subsea integrity of offshore wind platforms, marine pollution due to wastewater discharges, the durability of coastal structures and the protection of coastal shorelines from natural erosion.
Further from the shoreline, multi-disciplinary approaches are being applied:
(i) to develop novel foundation systems for the deployment of renewable energy devices in deeper water,
(ii) to investigate problems associated with seafloor installation and in-service performance of oil and gas pipelines and power cables,
(iii) to model the hydrodynamic loading on offshore installations and
(iv) to develop advanced cementitious materials for subsea applications.
Specialised expertise is sought in theoretical and/or physical modelling in any of the areas covered by the above specialised groups, or the interfaces between them.
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Dundee Fellowship Academic Champions
Vicki Hanson, Annalu Waller
Informatics for Social Inclusion encompasses diverse themes in Computing, all of which are united by the common thread that being human provides everyone with a special bond – a bond that technology can facilitate. We take social inclusion seriously, emphasizing that technology design should consider not just those who are early adopters of technology, but also those who through age or disability may have difficulty using technology. In addition, we consider the important role that technology can play in enabling enhanced quality of life through the use of technology supports.
Working within the tradition of Human-Centred Computing, general research approaches include:
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Dundee Fellowship Academic Champions
Mark Chaplain, Tim Newman, Zhihong Huang
A significant area of current research is multiscale mathematical modelling of cancer growth and treatment through the development of a variety of original mathematical models for all the main phases of solid tumour growth – avascular, tumour-induced angiogenesis, vascular, invasion, metastasis. Recently Professor Chaplain has developed novel multiscale models of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment of cancer and spatio-temporal models of intracellular signalling pathways. In collaboration with cancer specialists in the College of Life Sciences and the College of Medicine, his research develops highly original and novel mathematical models which are beginning to impact on clinical decision making for optimising individual patient treatment. He has also contributed to the numerical analysis of systems of mixed hyperbolic-parabolic equations, helping to develop new, efficient techniques for their solution.
The University has a long-standing history of research excellence in the area of Mathematical Biology going back to Professor Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, which it seeks to develop further through these appointments. The successful candidates will take their places in a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment following substantial University investment in this area, which has recently seen the addition of a new chair in Systems Biology and five lecturers in Mathematical Biology. There is also an expected commitment to interact with colleagues in the Colleges of Life Sciences and Medicine (Ninewells Hospital) and the James Hutton Institute, and develop interdisciplinary collaborative research projects in the areas of computational biology, biophysics and bioengineering. The successful candidates should therefore have a PhD in Applied Mathematics/Computational Mathematics/Numerical Analysis/Physics/Engineering (or cognate discipline), and have either an outstanding research record in these areas, or display a clear potential to work at the highest level within the field. They must also demonstrate enthusiasm for genuinely inter-disciplinary research.
Through a long-standing collaboration with the James Hutton Institute (JHI), the Geotechnical Engineering Research Group is actively researching the potential uses of biological systems (such as plant roots and microbes) geotechnical engineering design. A particular focus is paid on the potential benefits of plant roots to slope stability and erosion protection, and the ability to numerically model root-soil interaction for design use. Within the University, the group has access to a 3.5m beam centrifuge with controlled-environment capability, supporting laboratory soil element testing equipment and numerical modelling software/expertise. Glasshouse facilities, advanced microscopy and biological laboratories can be accessed at JHI.
Bioengineering is a strong multidisciplinary group, which has strong cross-College and international collaborations. By exploring the properties of single-crystals and light, tissue, and their interactions, we developed state of art facilities and research in high power, high intensity ultrasound for diagnosis and surgery, multi-modality imaging guided robotic assisted high intensity ultrasound for cancer treatment, surface-wave sensing of elastic properties of tissue, full-range complex Fourier domain optical coherence tomography, phase-sensitive optical coherence vibrometry, Photothermal OCT and their applications in imaging tissue morphology, blood flow, and regeneration medicine.
Research in bioengineering group is associated with strong collaboration with the School of Medicine and Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. The research areas in the group include optical coherence tomography (OCT), Photothermal OCT, photo acoustic imaging, Laser Doppler vibrometry, high power ultrasonics, high intensity focused ultrasound, material/tissue characterization, and their applications in medical diagnosis and surgery (skin disorders, vascular diseases, applications in regeneration medicine, biopsy, anesthesia procedures and treatments for cancer). Preferable applicants must hold a doctoral degree in Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Physics, Electrical Engineering, Optics, Ultrasonics, or closely related fields. Programming skills in C++, Labview, or advanced Matlab are desirable. A background in biomedical optics or ultrasonics is a plus. Ability to work in a team, contribute to publications and grants, and maintain meticulous records is required.
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Dundee Fellowship Academic Champions
Amin Abdolvand,
Maria Ana Cataluna,
Tim Newman
Photonics is one of the key research strengths at CASE, encompassing a range of themes which include ultrafast photonics, optical manipulation, biophotonics and non-linear optics). Across these themes, cutting-edge research activities include, for example, the development of a new generation of miniature and versatile semiconductor ultrafast lasers, optical trapping of aerosols and novel modalities of optical microscopy for biomedical applications. The Photonics research groups have also established extremely fruitful collaborations with other disciplines where Photonics acts as a catalyst for generating further ground-breaking research, particularly in Life Sciences and Medicine.
From medieval stained glass windows through to all-optical computer chips, an understanding of the interaction of light with a complex medium has been a key to designing and tailoring the properties of optoelectronic devices. Our research in Photonics and Materials Science and Technology combines the strengths of nanomaterials and micro/nanoscale laser manufacturing, two important strands of technology at extreme scales that make it possible to develop and deploy processes and materials at the cutting edge of technology. Our focus is on the importance of miniaturization - to develop components, devices and systems of increasing efficiency and smaller size - and advanced laser techniques that emerged as the key enabling technologies in the field of micro and nano processes for the fabrication of such components and devices.
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Dundee Fellowship Academic Champions
Steve Parkes,
Antonia Wilmot-Smith
The Space Technology Centre is a world leading research centre with the results of its work being used on or designed into over 100 international spacecraft costing well over $15 billion. The centre collaborates with the world’s space agencies and international aerospace industry in the areas of spacecraft onboard data-handling and instrument processing, planetary lander guidance systems, and satellite data reception and processing for environmental Earth Observation applications. The group is leading global research on the SpaceWire and SpaceFibre standards for spacecraft onboard networks and is a key partner in the ESA Lunar Polar Lander and Marco Polo-R missions working on crucial vision-based navigation technology.
The Magnetohydrodynamics/Solar Physics group in the Division of Mathematics was established in 2005 and is expanding as a priority research area for the University. We are a lively group of applied mathematicians carrying out fundamental research into the structure and dynamics of magnetic fields. Our methods combine numerical simulations (HPC) with mathematical analysis based on dynamical systems theory, braid theory and differential geometry. Our main areas of application are in astrophysical plasmas, particularly solar plasmas. Our work is also aimed at understanding laboratory plasmas and other fluid dynamical systems, including superfluids.
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