Kristiania University College

Westerdals Oslo ACT is owned by Kristiania University College - an accredited educational foundation with campuses in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and online. Together we have 10,000 students, 460 employees and an exciting educational offer. We offer study programmes within management, organization, marketing, communication, information technology, preventive health care, performing arts, creativity and innovation.

Department of Technology, previously known as NITH (The Norwegian School of Information Technology), has more than 50 years of experience within education in information technology. We have a bachelor of Information Technology and master programmes in Information Systems, HCI and Applied Computer Science, as well as research in similar areas. We have strong industry relations.

We seek one candidate to work as postdoc at Høyskolen Kristiania, on the topic of Search-Based Software Testing in the context of enterprise applications. The available position last 3 years, and will be located in Oslo, Norway. The postdoc will work with Dr. Andrea Arcuri. The starting date is at the earliest convenience (negotiable), but preferably no later than November 1, 2018.

The project is on automated system test generation for enterprise applications, including backends, web frontends and mobile apps. The postdoc will work on extending the EvoMaster tool for test case generation (www.evomaster.org), and write research papers in top-tier venues (e.g., TSE, TOSEM and EMSE).

The candidate for this position is expected to hold (or be close to complete) a PhD in a relevant area, like for example: search-based software engineering, automated test generation or web/mobile engineering.

The successful candidate is expected to have strong coding skills, preferably in one or more of the following languages: Java, JavaScript and Kotlin. Proof of such skills (e.g., open-source projects on GitHub) will be favorably considered.

Proficiency in the English language (written and oral) is a requirement. Knowledge of a Scandinavian language is a plus, but not a requirement.

The salary will be in the range between 490.000 - 569.000 NOK per year based on qualifications.

For inquiries, contact Dr. Andrea Arcuri at andrea.arcuri@westerdals.no.

How to apply

The application must include

• Cover letter including a brief outline of the motivation for the application
• CV (summarizing education, positions, research experience, teaching experience and other qualifying activities, such as experience with supervision of Master students)
• A list of publications
• Short-listed applicants may be asked to submit their PhD-thesis and other journal papers, reports or material of relevance for the evaluation. Short-listed applicants will also be asked to provide contact information to two colleagues we can ask for references, and they will also be interviewed. The final rank-ordering of applicants will take into account the total need for research in the areas outlined above.
• Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University’s grading system. Please note that all documents should be in English (or a Scandinavian language).

Applications will be screened continuously and a decision will be made as soon as we find the right candidate.

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