Stilling:

Professor / Associate Professor in Computer Science – Energy Informatics

Deadline: October 15, 2018

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

UiT, The Arctic University of Norway has in 2016 established the Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy (ARC). This is an interdisciplinary centre focusing on Arctic challenges and conditions within renewable energy and greenhouse gas management. The centre will combine expertise in physics, humanities, chemistry, social sciences, applied mathematics, marine biology, computer science, and electrical engineering. The initiative will permeate the university in its entirety and will strengthen existing research activities at UiT within the scope of the centre.

The announced position will strengthen ARC and the Department of Computer Science by recruiting an excellent researcher within Energy Informatics. The successful candidate will perform research in close collaboration with other members of ARC.

The Department of Computer Science at University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) has a position vacant for a highly qualified full professor in the area of energy informatics. A start-up package will be offered, with one doctoral and one postdoctoral position at the professor’s disposal.

Further information about the position is available by contacting Head of Department Alexander Horsch, phone +47 7764 6735, e-mail: alexander.horsch@uit.no.

For administrative questions, please contact the Department’s administration; phone +47 7764 4036, email: svein.tore.jensen@uit.no.

Research at the Department of Computer Science focuses on fundamental computer systems research, systems software, application software, and system prototype development. We are concerned primarily with technical aspects of computer science systems research of mobile, distributed and parallel systems and applications. The research covers experimental development, application, analysis and testing of models, architectures, and mechanisms for mobile, embedded, distributed and/or parallel applications. Scaling, performance, handling of large feature-rich datasets, heterogeneity, energy-efficiency, autonomy, and componentization are examples of concerns that we address.

The announced position is attached to the Arctic Green Computing (AGC) group, http://site.uit.no/arcticgreen/. This research group aims at addressing the key challenges of energy-efficient cyber-physical systems (CPS) and applying new CPS technologies in different disciplines such as renewable energy (e.g., smart grids). The group was a work-package leader in EU FP7 ICT project EXCESS on energy-efficient computing systems (2013-2016) and is PI and Co-PI of several national research projects funded by the Research Council of Norway through prestigious funding programs such as FRIPRO Young Research Talents, Research Infrastructure and IKTPLUSS ICT Initiative. The group is the Norwegian representative in the management committee of the EU COST Action Euro-TM on concurrent computing abstractions (2011-2015) and a member of EU network of excellence HiPEAC on high performance and embedded architecture and compilation.

The position’s area of research and teaching

The candidate will strengthen the research on energy informatics at the department. Close collaboration with the Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy (ARC) building interdisciplinary excellence will be mandatory in the position.

The focused area will be energy informatics, including fundamental research on energy-efficient cyber-physical systems (CPS) and interdisciplinary research on applying energy-efficient CPS for renewable energy systems (e.g., smart grids). CPS consists of massive autonomous embedded devices (smart IoT) interacting with high-performance computing systems (HPC, Cloud) and with each other without human intervention. The successful candidate on this position will be an expert in the fundamental research addressing the key challenges in CPS such as energy efficiency, system complexity and dependability. Experience of applying CPS to smart grids is considered an advantage.

We expect the receiver of the position to provide high-quality teaching, offering courses that attract major portions of our student body. We also expect contributions to dissemination of science to the public, as well as activities directed towards innovation and contact with industry.

Qualification requirements

The candidate must hold a PhD, have demonstrated continued potential for conducting high quality research, and have a strong commitment to engagement outside of academia in ways that foster significant commercial or societal impact. We are looking for a candidate that has documented increasing scientific maturity in the selection of issues, application of methods, validation by experiments and studies, and reporting of results.

For a position as associate professor, applicants should have a good publication record in terms of papers in peer-reviewed journals and other relevant international publication channels. Documented external funding, experience with research leadership and relevant collaboration with industry will be rated positively. An associate professor is expected to aim at developing further to a full professor. The department supports associate professors in their professional development.

For a position as professor, applicants should demonstrate international experience and have a strong publication record in terms of papers in peer-reviewed journals and other relevant international publication channels. Applicants should document the ability to obtain external funding from relevant sources, and be able to initiate and lead research at a high international level. We will also assess outreach, network and teaching and supervision activities.

UiT follows national guidelines for professorial promotion within Mathematics, Science and Technology disciplines when evaluating candidates for professorships.

  • We ask the applicant to provide a 2-page research plan describing his/her anticipated research activities over the next 3-5 years. The plan should be realistic and also make clear where the applicant expects internal collaboration at the department as part of the plan, and which external partners are meant to be involved, including information on how well collaboration with these partners has already been established.
  • In the documentation of external research funding raised during the career applicants should clearly state her/his role in the acquisition and conduction of the project.
  • We will emphasize personal suitability in our assessment. We expect the candidate to actively contribute to academic culture, think beyond the core of the own research interests, and have good collaboration skills necessary for joint interdisciplinary projects. The candidate must be willing to participate actively in the ongoing development of the discipline, the department, and the university as a whole.
  • Applicants must be fluent in oral and written English. The candidate who is not fluent in a Scandinavian language must learn Norwegian within 3 years and pass the language exam level C1 (“Bergenstesten” or equivalent).

Teaching qualifications

Teaching qualification must be documented by submitting a teaching portfolio, see the website for basic pedagogical competence.

In the case of documented teaching experience but lacking teaching portfolio, the applicant should develop a portfolio within a three-year period. Interim appointment based on lacking documented teaching qualifications can be considered, as described below.

For further information about the teaching portfolio and requirements for teaching qualifications, see the website for basic pedagogical competence. By exception, the committee may determine that the applicant’s practical teaching skills is of equal value to formal teaching qualifications.

Interim appointment

If there are no fully qualified applicants for the position, we may make an interim appointment to qualify during a period of three years. If the interim appointment is based on lacking teaching qualifications, the applicant must document such qualifications through developing a teaching portfolio within three years. Based on a new application before the three year period elapses, a permanent appointment shall be made if the new assessment find the candidate suitably qualified.

Working conditions

The successful applicant must be willing to participate actively in the ongoing development of the discipline, the department, and the university as a whole.

The candidate must participate in teaching computer science at all levels and formats offered by the department. This includes supervision of undergraduate and graduate projects.

The professor must contribute to enhance the department’s research within the described areas. There are excellent opportunities to develop research projects in collaboration with other faculty members across the groups. The professor is expected to be successful in raising external research funds.

In general, the professor shall spend an equal amount of time on teaching and research and development work, after time spent on other duties has been deducted. As a norm, the time resources spent on administrative duties constitutes 5 % for academic staff in this category of position. The allocation of working hours shall be flexible and allocated on a case-by-case basis.

Details are found in the Guidelines for distribution of working hours for employees in teaching and research positions.

We offer

  • A good working environment
  • Broad opportunity to participate in shaping research and education at the department
  • A start-up package with one doctoral and one postdoctoral position at the professor’s disposal
  • Employees in permanent positions as professor have the right to apply for a paid sabbatical (research and development) every fifth year; an arrangement considered to be among the best in the country. Requirements are set in UiT’s Guidelines for the allocation of R&D sabbatical.
  • Good arrangements for pension, insurance and loans in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund

The remuneration for Professor is in accordance with the State salary scale code 1013 and Associate Professor in accordance with code 1011. A compulsory contribution of 2 % to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund will be deducted. In addition to the salary; UiT pays approx. 12,35 % directly to the Pension Fund.

Assessment

An expert committee will assess the applicants. The committee’s mandate is to undertake an assessment of the applicants’ qualifications based on the material presented by the applicants, and the detailed description drawn up for the position.

The applicants who are assessed as the best qualified will be invited for interview. The interview shall among other things, aim to clarify the applicant’s personal suitability for the position. A trial lecture may also be held.

Application

The application must be submitted electronically via the application form available on www.jobbnorge.no and shall include:

  • Letter of application
  • Diplomas
  • CV including information relevant for the qualifications and a full list of publications with bibliographical references
  • Brief research plan (1 page) for the next 3-5 years, also identify internal and external collaboration partners.
  • Documentation of external research funding raised during the career. This documentation should be clear about what type of roles the applicant had in the projects.
  • Up to ten top scientific publications. The doctoral thesis is regarded as one work.
  • Description of own research stating which works the applicant considers most important, and a brief description of the other listed works.
  • Teaching portfolio of minimum three pages to inform about work with students, describe and reflect on own teaching, and present contributions to development of teaching. It will typically contain teaching philosophy, documentation of teaching activities demonstrating planning, accomplishments and assessment, evaluations of the teaching, and experiences in developing courses and curricula. Attach certificates, reports, and other relevant documents.

All documentation that is to be evaluated must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

General

We make the appointment in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and guidelines at UiT. At our website, you will find more information for applicants.

UiT wishes to increase the proportion of females in senior research positions. In the event that two or more applicants are found to be approximately equally qualified, female applicants will be given priority.

UiT has human resource policy objectives that emphasize diversity, and therefore encourages qualified applicants to apply regardless of their age, gender, functional ability and national or ethnic background. The university is an IW (Inclusive Workplace) enterprise, and emphasize making the necessary adaptations to the working conditions for employees with reduced functional ability.

Personal data given in an application or CV is processed in accordance with the Personal Data Act. You may request not to be registered on the public list of applicants, but the University may decide that your name will be made public. You will receive advance notification in the event of such publication.

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