[AISWorld] Assistant Professor of Business Analytics

[Flavius Frasincar]

The Econometric Institute at Erasmus School of Economics has a position for an

Assistant Professor of Business Analytics


Job description

The assistant professor will initiate, supervise, and perform high-quality research supporting business analytics; teach courses in Bachelor and Master Programmes of the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE); initiate and contribute to externally funded research projects of the group; assist in the supervision of Ph.D. students and contribute to the management of the department. The candidate will be embedded in a group of enthusiastic scientists at the Econometric Institute of the ESE.

Position profile: Business Analytics

The assistant professor of Business Analytics specialises in computerized systems and computational models for business decisions with the help of techniques from computational intelligence, text mining, Semantic Web, Big Data, simulation, and agents. Such techniques are studied both from a theoretical perspective as well as from an applied perspective as far as they contribute to improved decision making within the context of business analytics. Close cooperation is expected with other researchers in the Econometric Institute and the ESE.

Together with the colleagues of the Econometric Institute, the candidate will contribute to the Bachelor and Master programmes in Econometrics and Management Science, as well as to the Logistics and Information Systems programme of ERIM. The main characteristic of these programmes is the interaction between theory and practice. This is guaranteed by the fact that the staff members of the Econometric Institute are active researchers and that the institute maintains close contacts with many companies and other organizations.

Job qualifications

The candidate is expected to have the following qualifications:
* A Ph.D. degree in a relevant field such as computer science, computational intelligence, information systems or a related quantitative field;
* High quality publications in international journals and conference proceedings;
* Excellent communication, organization and management skills;
* Strong cooperation skills and ability to work in a team;
* Experience in teaching academic courses (especially programming courses on Excel, Access, Matlab, and Java);
* Fluent (written and spoken) Dutch and English.

Conditions of employment

The initial contract will be running for a period of two years. The salary for a full-time Assistant Professor is based on scale 11 and 12 (max. € 5,070 gross per month) excluding 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end of year. The conditions of employment are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU), with a 38 hours working week and an extensive package of fringe benefits. The ESE offers many opportunities to maintain professional skills and knowledge. The fringe benefits include an employment conditions selection model and participation in a salary savings scheme or a life-course savings scheme. On site, a child day-care is available as well as sports facilities.

Organization

The Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam has a long tradition of scientific and applied research, and is a leading academic institution, hosting some of the world’s foremost economists in all major areas of economics and business economics. The School has approximately 4500 students and over 300 employees. In order to be able to deliver top quality, a team of professional and motivated staff is essential. The Econometric Institute provides students with high quality educational programme in Econometrics & Management Science. It enables the faculty to do fundamental and applied research in econometrics, management science, and related fields.

The Computer Science Group within the Econometric Institute focuses on the interplay between computer science and economics. On one hand, members of the group study economic phenomena by using computational techniques originating from computer science. On the other hand, the transformation of business processes through ICT is investigated. The research of the group takes place within the context of Intelligent Systems for Decision Support. The research activities are combined in the Erasmus Centre of Business Intelligence. Members of the group are involved in teaching in the programme as mentioned above.

Additional information

For more information, please contact Prof.dr.ir. Rommert Dekker: email rdekker at ese.eur.nl, phone +31-10-4081274 or dr. Flavius Frasincar: email frasincar at ese.eur.nl, phone +31-10-4081340.

For more information on the Erasmus Centre of Business Intelligence, please visit:
http://www.erim.eur.nl/research/centres/business-intelligence/

For more information on the Econometric Institute, please visit:
http://www.eur.nl/ese/over_ese/capaciteitsgroepen/econometrie/

For information on the ESE, please visit:
http://www.eur.nl/ese/

Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, recent publications, and a minimum of two letters of recommendation. The deadline for applications is 01 May, 2014. Applications (preferably electronic and referring to the vacancy Assistant Professor of Business Analytics) should be sent to:

Carien de Ruiter-Coopmans
Econometric Institute
Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam
P.O. Box 1738
NL-3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail: deruiter at ese.eur.nl


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