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Faculty positions (Assistant/Associate/Full Professorships) in Computer Science, Edinburgh (Scotland), Deadline: 11 Apr 2021
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / PROFESSOR
in COMPUTER SCIENCE
HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UK
SALARY (for ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LEVEL):
£59,135 -£41,526 per annum
START DATE: FROM SEPTEMBER 2021 (NEGOTIABLE)
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 11 April 2021
Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class
teaching and leading-edge, relevant research, which has made it one of the
top UK universities for innovation, business and industry. To celebrate
our 2021 bicentenary of pioneering research, we have set ourselves the
target of recruiting one hundred outstanding research academics between
2018 and 2021.
As part of this prestigious programme, the School of Mathematical and
Computer Sciences (MACS) welcomes applications for the posts of Assistant
/ Associate Professor / Professor in Computer Science. We particularly
welcome applicants with expertise in either:
(i) Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (which includes pervasive and
ubiquitous systems, planning, data science and semantic web, autonomous
agents, human-robot interaction, human computer interaction and multimodal
interaction);
(ii) Security and Verification (including verification of system safety
and security, cybersecurity, automated reasoning, theorem proving,
programming languages and semantics, foundations of computer science).
In addition, and as part of the School?s on-going plans to open new joint
Mathematics-CS and Statistics-CS posts, we encourage applicants who have
interdisciplinary training or experience linking one of the outlined CS
priority areas and topics in Mathematics and Statistics (including, but
not limited to, algebra and category theory, discrete mathematics and
logic, financial risk, cyber risk, actuarial and statistical data science,
statistical machine learning, Bayesian computational methods).
The School strongly encourages and supports the generation of industry
impact from research, and we welcome candidates with experience of working
in industry on AI, data science, robotics, autonomous systems,
verification or security projects or a strong track record of
collaborating with industrial partners.
Exceptional candidates possessing an extensive track record of
internationally excellent research and leadership may be considered for
appointment at Chair level; candidates interested in the position at Chair
level should in the first instance contact the Head of School, Prof
Beatrice Pelloni, b.pelloni@hw.ac.uk<mailto:b.pelloni@hw.ac.uk>.
The School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences is committed to support
family friendly work practices and part-time working options as part of
our Athena Swan Bronze award (see
https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/mathematical-computer-sciences/about/athena-swan.htm).
We especially encourage women and members of underrepresented groups to
apply for this position. We welcome and will consider flexible working
patterns e.g. part-time working and job share options.
ABOUT OUR TEAM:
The Department of Computer Scienceis internationally renowned for its
world-class research across a number of areas, including artificial
intelligence and machine learning, data integration, knowledge
representation, visualization and analytics, natural language processing,
formal methods, logic, type theory, programming languages, parallel
computation, human-computer and human-robot interaction, and
cybersecurity.
Jointly with University of Edinburgh, we host the center for doctoral
training ?Edinburgh Centre for Robotics? and the UK?s first National
Robotarium, that together form a £129M joint venture, a center of
excellence for AI research on an international scale, and a research and
innovation hub with >150 staff and PhD students. In RCUK?s recent Grand
Challenges Scheme: Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS), our academics
form core teams in 2 out of 7TAS nodes (each node is supported by a £3M
research grant). The two nodes stand for?Trust? and ?Governance? in
Autonomous Systems. Our grant funding in this area has also grown through
being awarded jointly with another school at HWU an EPSRC Industrial
Strategy Challenge Strategy Fund for the Robotics Hub for Offshore
Robotics for Certification of Assets (ORCA) worth £14.6M, which is one of
the largest industrial strategy challenge funds awards in Scotland.
The department has strong collaboration with Industry. Since 2014, we have
undertaken 107 projects with industrial partners, through our doctoral
training centers (40 industrial partners), the ORCA hub (30 industrial
partners), and the TAS nodes. Among our collaborators are Amazon Research,
BP, Chevron, FiveAI, Horiba Mira, Imandra, Kawasaki, Kuka Robotics,
Lloyds, Schlumberger, and many others.
For further information, please consult the university job portal
(https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/about/work/job-opportunities.htm<https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/about/work/job-opportunities.htm>).
For informal discussions about the position or the department of Computer
Science please contact Prof. Ekaterina Komendantskaya (Head of Computer
Science) at ek19@hw.ac.uk<mailto:ek19@hw.ac.uk> Alternatively, you may
like to approach one of the members of the recruitment committee:
James McKinna (Logic, Semantics of Programming languages, Verification),
Ron Petrick (AI planning, Symbolic AI),
Sasa Radomirovic (Security)
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