On Mendeley Careers, we’ve just published an interview with Professor Paul Chung of Loughborough University; we’re looking at the future of science, research, work and society as Artificial Intelligence research advances:

Artificial Intelligence is one of the ‘hot topics’ in science; recently, Tesla’s Elon Musk announced he was beginning a new venture, Neuralink, to “merge the human brain with AI”. But apart from visions of cyborgs dancing the heads of science fiction writers, what are the implications of Artificial Intelligence? For the general public? For researchers? And for the future of employment?

Click here to read the full interview.

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Country	Organisation	Opportunity
USA	NASA	Artificial intelligence for human space exploration applications
USA	Department of Defence	Spectrum allocation using Artificial Intelligence for software defined radios in a tactical environment
USA	Department of Defence	Joint Program Committee-1 (JPC-1)/Medical Simulation and Information Sciences (MSIS) research program utilizing Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Medical Training Needs (MACH Learning) award
USA	Oak Ridge Associated Universities	ORNL Critical infrastructure modeling post-master’s research associate
USA	National Institutes of Health	BRAIN Initiative: Team-Research BRAIN circuit programs – TeamBCP
USA	Oak Ridge Associated Universities	Imaging, signals and machine learning post-master research associate
USA	Department of Defence	Robotic following using deep learning
UK	University of Southampton	PhD Studentship: Enhancing Autonomous Guidance & Navigation with Deep Learning AI Technologies
UK	Coventry University	Associative Neural Networks Model for Developing Emotional Communication for a Robot Buddy
UK	Coventry University	An Empathic Robot Companion to Improve User Mood and Well-Being
UK	Coventry University	Robot Homing Deeply Reinforced by Another Robot
EU	Horizon 2020	Interfaces for accessibility – RIA Research and Innovation action
EU	Horizon 2020	Advanced robot capabilities research and take-up – RIA Research and Innovation action
EU	Horizon 2020	Advanced robot capabilities research and take-up – IA Innovation action
Australia	University of Newcastle, Australia	PhD Scholarship – Power Engineering, Sensor Technology, Artificial Intelligence