applications for:
TENURE TRACK OR TENURED POSITION IN INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
(ESPECIALLY MACHINE LEARNING, PROBABILISTIC MODELLING, DATA MINING)
Aalto University ("http://aalto.fi/en/") is a new university created in
2010 from the merger of the Helsinki University of Technology TKK, the
Helsinki School of Economics, and the University of Art and Design
Helsinki. The University's cornerstones are its strengths in education
and research, with 20,000 basic degree and graduate students, and a
staff of 4,500 of whom 300 are professors.
The position is located at the University's Department of Information
and Computer Science ("http://ics.tkk.fi/en/"), and is open to
outstanding individuals who hold a doctorate and have excellent
potential for a successful scientific career. On the basis of their
experience and competence, applicants will be placed at one of the four
levels of the tenure track system: Assistant Professor (1), Assistant
Professor (2), Associate Professor, and (Full) Professor. Applicants to
the junior positions (levels 1 and 2) are required to have carried out
at least one successful postdoctoral period after their doctorate.
Successful candidates at the two first-mentioned levels will be
appointed for a fixed term, whereas appointments at the Associate
Professor level are either permanent (tenured) or for a fixed term. Full
Professor positions are always tenured.
The focus of the Information and Computer Science Department's research
and teaching activity is on advanced computational methods for
modelling, analysing, and solving complex tasks in technology and
science. The research aims at the development of fundamental computer
science methods for the analysis of large and high-dimensional data
sets, and for the modelling and design of complex software, networking
and other computational systems.
- In the Aalto Research Assessment Exercise 2009, covering all the 46
academic units of Aalto University, the Department was identified as
one of the select two highest-ranking performers (RAE score 24/25)
and as "one of the top five centres in the world in their research
area". The full report "Striving for Excellence, Aalto University
Research Assessment Exercise 2009" is available at
"http://aalto.fi/en/research/rae/".
- In a recent ranking of world universities according to their
publication performance, computer science research at Aalto
University was ranked #83 world-wide: #22 in Europe and #2 in the
Nordic countries. (For the full listing, see
"http://taiwanranking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/Default-EN.aspx",
"By Subject" -> "Engineering" -> "Computer Science".)
- The present call for applications is targeted particularly to the
fields of machine learning, probabilistic modelling, and data mining.
A joint appointment with the Helsinki Institute for Information
Technology HIIT ("http://hiit.fi/") can be negotiated.
The closing date of the call is 13 January 2012. Should there be a
lack of eligible outstanding applicants, the application period may
be extended. While all applicants who have submitted an application
by the deadline will be appropriately considered, Aalto University
reserves the right to consider also other candidates for the announced
position.
Further details of the positions and the application procedure are
available at:
"http://www.aalto.fi/en/current/jobs/" and
"http://dept.ics.tkk.fi/calls/tenuretrack2012/".
For additional information, please contact Professor Olli Simula
(departmental information), tel. +358 9 470 23271, or HR Coordinator
Stefan Ehrstedt (application process), tel. +358 50 340 7662. E-mails:
firstname.lastname@aalto.fi.
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