LEDIG STILLING VED UIT NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computer Science – Systems support for next-generation application
Deadline: 03.06.2025
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UiT The Arctic University of Norway is a multi-campus comprehensive university at the international forefront. Our vision is to be a driving force for developing the High North. The Northern Sami notion eallju, which means eagerness to work, sets the tone for this motive power at UiT. Along with students, staff and the wider community, we aim to utilise our location in Northern Norway and Sápmi, our broad and diverse research and study portfolio and interdisciplinary advantage to shape the future.
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We will demonstrate adaptability and seek good and purposeful utilisation of resources, so we are ready to meet the expectations and opportunities of the future. We will strengthen the quality and impact of our disciplines and core tasks through the following three strategic priority areas.
The position is a fixed term position for a duration of 4 years. Appointment to the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow is mainly intended to provide qualification for work in top academic positions. It is a prerequisite that the applicant can carry out the project over the full course of the employment period. No person may hold more than one fixed term position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the same institution.
The position will additionally be assigned to teaching and related work for UiT in an amount equivalent to a maximum 25 % of a full-time employment.
Goal: The overriding purpose of this position is to support the department’s research quality in experimental distributed systems areas where the department has ongoing and planned projects. The candidate will particularly contribute broadly to research on systems support for next-generation applications with related master student supervision tasks.
Education ability and interest in advanced distributed systems are key for this position as the candidate will be involved in teaching courses at higher levels in this topic.
Start date: Preferably during summer 2025. The workplace is at UiT in Tromsø. The candidate must be able to start in the position in Tromsø within a reasonable time after receiving the offer.
The position's field of research
The candidate will be researching a wide range of fundamental distributed systems problems related to performance, trust, and dependability. Our research is focused on developing and investigating robust and efficient software infrastructures, trusted data management and storage, secure networking, multimedia support, and support for privacy-preserving algorithmic analysis. The focus of this position will be on experimental development and scientific evaluation of concrete software artifacts, and the candidate must demonstrate skills and experiences with architecting, designing, developing, and experimentally evaluating distributed systems.
The candidate will construct low-level distributed systems computing and storage platforms, particularly in edge computing environments. This research includes collaborating with end-user cohorts, and particularly in two select applied areas.
One is in the sustainable fisheries area related to combating of potential economic crime in commercial fisheries. The other main cohort includes elite soccer athletes. Soccer has been one of our target domains for over a decade, and our current focused attention is on developing artificial intelligence edge computing analytics software targeting precision, efficiency, compliance, and real-time properties.
Project description:
Applicants must submit a project description outlining ideas for research focus and how this will strengthen the research activity in the research team. The proposal must include a progress plan. The project description must not exceed 2 pages.
Working environment
The candidate will work in an experimental distributed systems team in the Cyber Security Group researching complex problems in the development of the whole vertical distributed system software stack. The Cyber Security Group carries out experimental distributed systems and undertakes high-impact inter-disciplinary research and innovation at the intersection of computer science, mathematics/statistics, law, sports sciences, psychology, and medicine.
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A PhD degree in computer science, either completed or submitted for evaluation
Documented strong technical skills
Solid expertise in developing complex experimental distributed systems.
Teaching experience in distributed systems and advanced systems topics are required for this position.
Documented fluency and good communication skills in English. Nordic applicants can document their capabilities by attaching their high school diploma.
Candidates in the final stages of a PhD education may still apply if a PhD thesis has been submitted for evaluation within the application deadline. The thesis must be submitted with the application. The candidate must have received a PhD degree before the start-up date of the position.
Desired qualifications:
Systems research experience
Relevant publications in conferences and journals
Experience with distributed systems developed in the select domains
Documented experience in scientific development and evaluation of complex back-end distributed systems, particularly in edge computing domains.
Working knowledge of Norwegian or a Scandinavian language. If the candidate does not document proficiency in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish at level A2, then the doctoral fellow must complete a language course equal to 15 ECTS before the end of the fixed-term period. UiT will facilitate this.
During the assessment emphasis will be put on the candidate’s motivation, potential for research, and personal suitability for the position. We are looking for an interested, active, and highly motivated candidate who enjoys working in collaboration with researchers and students. The position will be involved in inter-disciplinary projects, and close interaction with project participants from other sciences will be required.
During this assessment process, emphasis will be put on the potential for experimental systems research as shown by the submitted academic works, project description, and documented teaching ability. In addition, we may consider work experience or other activities of significance.
In the assessment the main emphasis will be attached to the submitted works and the project proposal for the qualifying work. Emphasis shall also be attached to experience from popularization/dissemination and academic policy and administrative activity.
As teaching duties or equivalent work is attached to the position, emphasis will also be attached to teaching experience and qualifications.
At UiT we put emphasis on the quality, relevance and significance of the research work and not on where the work is published, in accordance with the principles of The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
Inclusion and diversity
UiT The Arctic University i Norway is working actively to promote equality, gender balance and diversity among employees and students, and to create an inclusive and safe working environment. We believe that inclusion and diversity is a strength, and we want employees with different competencies, professional experience, life experience and perspectives.
If you have a disability, a gap in your CV or immigrant background, we encourage you to tick the box for this in your application. If there are qualified applicants, we invite least one in each group for an interview. If you get the job, we will adapt the working conditions if you need it. Apart from selecting the right candidates, we will only use the information for anonymous statistics.
We offer
Involvement in an interesting research project
Participation in an excellent research group and a productive, collaborative, internationally oriented academic environment with dedicated colleagues.
Good career opportunities
Flexible working hours and a state collective pay agreement
Pension scheme through the state pension fund
If you have to relocate to Tromsø then the Faculty of Science and Technology may reimburse your moving costs. Further details regarding this matter will be made available if you receive an offer from us.
Norwegian health policy aims to ensure that everyone, irrespective of their personal finances and where they live, has access to good health and care services of equal standard. As an employee you will become member of the National Insurance Scheme which also include health care services.
More practical information for working and living in Norway can be found here.
Application
Your application must include:
Application letter, with a summary of personal motivation for applying for this position.
A two-page project description outlining ideas for research focus and how this will strengthen the research activity in the research team.
CV, with complete overview of education, supervised professional training, professional experience, and list of scientific publications.
Diplomas and transcripts (all degrees)
Description of academic and software production, stating which works are considered most important. A brief description of the other listed works should also be included to demonstrate breadth of production. These descriptions shall be an attachment to the application.
Documentation of proficiency in Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish at a minimum of level A2 (if available)
Contact information to 2-3 references
Documentation of teaching experience and qualifications, if applicable
Up to five academic works. The doctoral thesis is regarded as one work.
Potential link to any personal GitHub page or other repositories with code written.
If you’re at the final stages of your PhD, you may still apply if you have submitted your PhD thesis for doctoral degree evaluation within the application deadline. You must submit the thesis with your application. Documentation of your completed PhD degree must be submitted before commencement.
All documentation to be considered must be in a Scandinavian language or English. We only accept applications and documentation sent via Jobbnorge within the application deadline.
Assessment
The applicants will be assessed by an expert committee. The committee's mandate is to undertake an assessment of the applicants' qualifications based on the written material presented by the applicants, and the detailed description draw up for the position. A copy of the assessment report will be sent to all applicants.
The applicants who are assessed as best qualified will be called to an interview. The interview should among other things, aim to clarify the applicant’s motivation and personal suitability for the position. A trial lecture may also be held.
General information
The appointment is made in accordance with State regulations and guidelines at UiT. At our website, you will find more information for applicants.
The engagement is to be made in accordance with the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment.
After the appointment you must assume that there may be changes in the area of work.
The remuneration for Postdoctoral research fellow is in accordance with the State salary scale code 1352. A compulsory contribution of 2 % to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund will be deducted. You will become a member of the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, which gives you many benefits in addition to a lifelong pension: You may be entitled to financial support if you become ill or disabled, your family may be entitled to financial support when you die, you become insured against occupational injury or occupational disease, and you can get good terms on a mortgage. Read more about your employee benefits at: spk.no.
The successful candidate must be willing to get involved in the ongoing development of their department and the university as a whole.
UiT wishes to promote gender equality. If two or more applicants are found to be equally qualified, the university will rank applicants from the underrepresented gender ahead of others.
According to the Norwegian Freedom and Information Act (Offentleglova) information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, also in cases where the applicant has requested non-disclosure.
