[AISWorld] Assistant Professor Position - Eindhoven University of Technology

[Reijers, H.A.]

The Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences of the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven has a vacancy for an

Assistant Professor (1,0 fte)

in Process Intelligence

Excellent candidates will be offered a tenure track to associate professor.

The department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences (IE&IS) engages in education and research in the area of operational business processes and transitions in societies in relation to technical changes. In the IE&IS department, scholars and students work together on critical problems at the interface of engineering, management, innovation, and human behavior. The department has two schools: the School of Industrial Engineering and the School of Innovation Sciences.

The School of Industrial Engineering is one of the leading IE schools in Europe, with a strong presence in the international research and education community. Within the School of Industrial Engineering five degree programs are taught: BSc in Industrial Engineering & Management Science, BSc in Industrial Engineering for Health Care, MSc in Operations Management & Logistics, MSc in Innovation Management, and PhD in Operations, Logistics and Innovation Management. The PhD program is embedded in the research school Beta.

The Information Systems group performs research and teaches in business information systems, focusing on automated support of operational business processes within and between organizations. Research aims at design methods, specification languages, design and analysis tools, and information system architectures, using advanced prototypes. The research approach is model-centric and engineering-oriented, integrating basic and applied research with contemporary real-world cases. Main application domains are the services industry, health care, supply chains and logistics, and high-tech manufacturing. The research of the group is organized in an open, topic-oriented, dynamic cluster structure. The group operates in a strong international research and industry network.


Job description

The assistant professor is a member of the Information Systems group of the School of Industrial Engineering. The assistant professor initiates, performs, and supervises high-quality research supporting process intelligence; teaches courses in Bachelor and Master Programmes of the School of Industrial Engineering; initiates and contributes to externally funded research projects of the group; assists in the supervision of PhD students and contributes to the management of the department.

The assistant professor of Process Intelligence specialises in computerized systems and computational models for decisions regarding business processes. These models are typically developed with the help of various computational modelling techniques (e.g. from computational intelligence) and simulation. 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 process intelligence.


Requirements

The candidate is expected to have the following qualifications:

·         A PhD 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 (preferably in information systems and process intelligence).


We offer:

·         a challenging job in a dynamic and ambitious university;
·         a full-time temporary appointment for a period of maximum 6 years;
·         a gross monthly salary of an assistant professor between €3.195 and €4.970 depending on experience and knowledge.
·         a yearly holiday allowance of 8% of the yearly salary;
·         a yearly end year allowance of 8.3% of the yearly salary;

·         broad, attractive package of fringe benefits (including an excellent technical infrastructure, child care, savings schemes, and excellent sports facilities);


Information

More information about this position is available from: http://www.jobs.tue.nl. Further information: E. van der Mierden, personnel officer IE&IS, (pz.ieis at tue.nl). Detailed information is available on request from prof.dr.ir. U. Kaymak (u.kaymak at tue.nl; +31-40-2472290).


Application

Your application must contain the following documents (all in English):

·         A letter of interest;
·         An extensive curriculum vitae;
·         List of publications;
·         Research and Teaching Statement

If you are interested, we invite you to apply before December 1st, 2011. To apply please use http://bit.ly/uwf4tt.