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Full professorship in Communication and Cognition, Tilburg (The Netherlands), Deadline: 1 Feb 2012

The Tilburg center for Communication and Cognition (TiCC) is 
looking for an enthousiastic and competent colleague for the position of 
Full Professor.

 	Excellent young candidates who do not yet qualify for a full 
professorship, are also invited to apply, and will initially be offered an 
associate professorship.

 	Full details can be found here 
[http://erec.uvt.nl/vacancy?inc=UVT-EXT-2011-0517] .

 	MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES The candidate is expected to initiate and 
conduct fundamental and applied research in the Creative Computing (CC) 
research program. Within the program, the research currently focuses on 
computational modeling of cognitive processes, with application domains in 
language, vision, games and social signal processing. Furthermore, the 
candidate contributes (both in terms of teaching and organization) to the 
teaching program Communication and Information Sciences, in particular in 
the track Human Aspects of Information Technology (HAIT) and in the new 
track Data Journalism. The candidate has an important task in acquiring 
external projects and in managing tasks on the department and faculty 
level. Experience with applying computational techniques to humanities 
research in general is considered a bonus.

 	PROFILE The responsibilities that come with this function call for 
a scientist with a strong research and teaching background, preferably in 
computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, data mining or other 
relevant areas.

 	THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE:
- has a PhD thesis in a relevant discipline and has published in top international publication media;
- has shown the ability to raise external funding for research;
- has expertise in one or more of the domains covered by the research program Creative Computing, with a preference for Language and Communication as application area;
- has clear and proven managerial and leadership qualities;
- is willing to stimulate and support the development of collaboration across departments within the Tilburg School of Humanities;
- has proven experience and affinity with research using different methodologies within a multidisciplinary context;
- has proven academic teaching experience;
- is able or willing to learn to communicate in Dutch.

 	TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT Initially the selected candidate will apply 
for a temporary full-time contract during five years (starting with a one 
year contract which can be continued with four years). After three and a 
half years the performance will be evaluated with respect to the quality 
of research, education and management as well as with respect to the 
results and future expectations of acquiring sufficient external funding. 
A permanent and full-time position after five years is dependent on the 
positive outcome of this evaluation. The level of the position will depend 
on the experience of the candidate. Tilburg University is rated among the 
top of Dutch employers and has excellent terms of employment. Selected 
candidates will be ranked in the Dutch university employment system. The 
starting gross salary is (minimal) 4.902,- up to (maximal) 7.142,- euro 
per month (for a full-time appointment as full professor). Researchers 
from outside the Netherlands may qualify for a tax-free allowance equal to 
30% of their taxable salary. The university will apply for such an 
allowance on their behalf. The Tilburg School of Humanities will provide 
assistance in finding suitable accommodation. The university offers very 
good fringe benefits (it is one of the best non-profit employers in the 
Netherlands), such as a holiday allowance, an options model for terms and 
conditions of employment and excellent reimbursement of moving expenses.

 	INFORMATION Requests for information regarding this vacancy can be 
directed to the chair of the application committee, prof.dr. E. Krahmer 
(e.j.krahmer@uvt.nl, tel +31 13 466 3070), or to the Director of TiCC, 
prof.dr. H.J. van den Herik (h.j.vdnHerik@uvt.nl, tel + 31 13 466 3569). 
Your application including curriculum vitae must be submitted before 
FEBRUARY 1, 2012.

 	APPLICATION Applications including curriculum vitae and names of 
three referents must be submitted before February 1, 2012. You can apply 
for this vacancy only online through our vacancy site ( 
www.tilburguniversity.edu/about-tilburg-university/working-at/wp/ 
[www.tilburguniversity.edu/about-tilburg-university/working-at/wp/] ).