The School of Science and Engineering has an international reputation for excellent teaching and research that addresses global challenges in energy, the environment, health care, technology, forensic science and infrastructure.

The Centre for Argument Technology (ARG-tech) is looking for a highly motivated Computer Scientist to join its team in the Discipline of Computing at the University of Dundee. The post is a fixed term contract to March 2025, with the intention of extending the post funding permitting.

ARG-tech is a world-leading research group in computational application of theories of argument. The inter-disciplinary team has attracted funding of over £15m, with over 200 peer-reviewed papers. It has the largest freely accessible corpus of analysed argumentation anywhere in the world. We have led in the development of robust, standardised file formats, as well as designing an open-source, argument analysis tool (OVA) with thousands of users.

The Computer Scientist will support the analysis, navigation, and exploitation of these datasets, by developing innovative computational solutions to process and manage the data. The Computer Scientist will work closely with PIs, PDRAs, and others in the group to provide added value where most needed.

Your priorities will include:

• Contribute to the application of algorithms in argumentation research


• Development of data analytic solutions for argumentation research


• Backend development using a range of languages, technologies, architectures, approaches and systems


• Coordinate documentation and maintenance standards


• Champion new initiatives in applied argument technology

Who we're looking for:

• Have (or working towards) an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in computing


• Excellent programming skills in various computer languages


• Excellent interpersonal skills, including evidence of team working and a proactive attitude


• The ability to generate well-written documentation


• Demonstrable experience with backend development and data analysis, in particular textual data

We are one of the UK's leading universities - internationally recognised for our expertise across disciplines, including science, medicine and engineering. Conveniently located on the banks of River Tay, our city-centre campus is at the heart of Dundee - an up-and-coming, friendly, compact and affordable city with a rich heritage in design and technology.

For further information please to Dr Jacky Visser (jacky@arg.tech) and visit www.arg.tech. The closing date for applications is in March 2024, interviews will take place soon after.

The diversity of our staff and students helps make the University of Dundee a UK university of choice for undergraduate and postgraduate. Family friendly policies, staff networks for BME, Disabled and LGBT staff, membership of Athena SWAN, the ECU Race Equality Charter, Stonewall as well a full range of disability services, create an enjoyable and inclusive place to work.