Topic: design

Advance quantum integrated photonics within the Quantum Sensing and Computing Group. Develop quantum-sensing concepts and their practical implementation, with particular interest in the design, fabrication and testing of photonic devices and circuits. Applications are made on the employer’s recruitment portal; no closing date is stated. Initial appointment up to 24 months, with extensions dependent on performance and funding.

Shannon Vallor examines how code both conceals things of value and provides access to them, using that dual role to investigate what computing hides or reveals about humanity. The lecture challenges the values and purposes embedded in contemporary algorithmic automation. It asks how those aims could be reshaped to support humane futures, bringing philosophical analysis to the design and use of computational systems.

Engineering designers practice design-by-analogy (DbA) during concept generation to retrieve knowledge from external sources or memory as inspiration to solve design problems. DbA is a tool for innovation that involves retrieving analogies from a source domain and transferring the knowledge to a target domain. While DbA produces innovative results, designers often come up with analogies by themselves or through serendipitous, random encounters. Computational support systems for searching analogies have been developed to facilitate DbA in systematic design practice. However, many systems have f