Alistair Grant

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science with 8 years of academic experience and 25+ peer-reviewed publications. Research expertise in machine learning and natural language processing with £1.2M in research funding secured. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Edinburgh, UK

Languages

Skills

Work Experience

Senior Lecturer — Computer Science

University of Edinburgh

Sep 2020 — PresentCurrentEdinburgh, UK

Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Machine Learning and NLP to 300+ students annually
Secured £1.2M EPSRC research funding for 3-year project on explainable AI for healthcare
Published 15 papers in top-tier venues (NeurIPS, ACL, EMNLP) with h-index of 18
Supervise 4 PhD students and 8 MSc dissertations annually with 100% completion rate

Lecturer — Computer Science

University of Glasgow

Sep 2016 — Sep 2020Glasgow, UK

Designed and delivered new MSc module in Deep Learning attracting 80+ students per cohort
Published 10 peer-reviewed papers and presented at international conferences across 4 countries
Achieved Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) through Teaching Excellence programme

Skills

Research

Machine LearningNatural Language Processing

Academic

Research Funding (EPSRC)PhD SupervisionPeer Review

Teaching

Curriculum Design

Technical

Python / PyTorch

Certification

FHEA

Education

PhD Computer Science, Machine Learning

University of Cambridge

2012 — 2016

MEng Computer Science, Computer Science

University of Cambridge

2008 — 2012First Class

Languages

English

Native

German

Conversational