[AISWorld] Full or Associate Professor Position in Computer Science

[Giancarlo Guizzardi]

The Faculty of Computer Science of the Free University of Bolzano/Bozen
is seeking excellent candidates to fill the following permanent academic
position

Full or Associate Professor in “Computer Science” (01/B1 – INF/01)

Profile:

Candidates should have a strong research background, as the Faculty of
Computer Science puts a strong emphasis on foundational and applied
research, on experience in the development of scalable systems, and on the
co-operation with national and international research institutions and
companies.
Candidates should also be committed to teaching excellence. They are
expected to teach both introductory and advanced courses in Computer
Science, and they will be involved in PhD student supervision—as each year
the university funds several scholarships for the PhD program in Computer
Science. Management skills and a strong record of project funding from
companies and other public and private organizations are mandatory.

Position
The position offered is:

- permanent full-time position as Full (professore ordinario) or Associate
Professor (professore associato) in Computer Science (INF/01)


The normal teaching load for Full/Associate Professors is 120 hours/ year.
University of Bozen-Bolzano has an attractive salary model and pay is
commensurate with the scientific merits of the candidate. Re-location
benefits, post-doc contracts, and start-up budget are also offered.
While the teaching language for the Computer Science courses is mostly
English, at least an intermediate level knowledge of all the three teaching
languages (German, Italian and English) of the Free University of
Bozen-Bolzano is expected to be acquired in due course, as it is essential
for academic and everyday life.

Approximate starting date: September 2019

About the Faculty/University

The Faculty of Computer Science has been ranked in the fourth position for
the quality of research in Computer Science among the Italian universities.
The outstanding feature of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is its
trilingual approach to teaching and research and its international
ambience. With 5 faculties, 10 Bachelor, 15 Master and 6 PhD programs and
around 3000 students, this young independent University acts as a bridge
between the German and Italian cultural and economic areas. Most of the
teaching staff have an international professional background.

The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is committed to increasing the
proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore explicitly
encourages women to submit their expressions of interest.
With its almost 100,000 inhabitants, Bozen-Bolzano, as the capital of the
province of Alto Adige-South Tirol, is a multilingual business and tourist
center located in a beautiful setting in the Dolomite Alps.

Requirements
According to Italian legislation, only candidates already holding an
equivalent academic position (full or associate professor) at a foreign
university are qualifying for this “direct call”.

Candidates with expertise in the following areas of Computer Science will
be preferably considered: IT and system security, computer networks, as
well as data visualization and analytics.

Application procedure
Applicants must send their expression of interest, together with a detailed
curriculum vitae including research, teaching, and organizational records
and three references (optionally with letters of reference already
included) to the contacts listed below.

Expressions of interest will be considered from now until February 28th
2019.
Short-listed candidates will be invited to an interview.

Further information: hiringCS at unibz.it
Visit our web pages at www.inf.unibz.it