[Job-offers-cs] Two Lecturer Positions (Assistant Professorships) at University of Leicester

[Pekka Orponen]

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Subject: [DMANET] Two Lecturer Positions (Assistant Professorships) at 
University of Leicester
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:14:44 +0000
From: Erlebach, Thomas R. (Prof.) <te17 at leicester.ac.uk>
To: dmanet at zpr.uni-koeln.de <dmanet at zpr.uni-koeln.de>

[Please note: One of the areas of interest for the job opportunities 
below is "Optimisation algorithms and Operations Research".]

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Lecturer in Informatics / Computer Science (2 Posts)

University of Leicester

College of Science and Engineering

School of Informatics

Salary Grade 8 - £40,322 to £49,553 per annum

Closing date: 14 November 2019

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About the School of Informatics
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The University of Leicester is ranked one of the top 200 universities in 
the world and top 25 in the UK according to the Times Higher Education 
(THE) World University Rankings 2020. Informatics is a School focussed 
on excellence in everything we do. Working hard together, our ambitious 
staff and students work in cooperation to deliver research, teaching and 
learning of the highest quality. The School provides a rich and 
culturally diverse environment where both students and staff can thrive 
in a demanding yet cooperative and friendly atmosphere.

In research, the School’s vision is to conduct internationally-leading 
discovery-led research in our research areas of core expertise in 
Applied Algorithms and AI, Foundations of Computer Science, Interaction 
Design and Evaluation of Socio-Technical Systems, Software Modelling and 
Evolution and Verification and Validation. These areas support 
interdisciplinary, applied and industrial research in the cross-cutting 
theme of “Data-Driven Application Engineering (DADA)”.

We also aim to apply the outcomes of our research to the benefit of the 
economy and society. Under the overarching DADA theme, the School 
currently prioritizes two cross-cutting research sub-themes, namely 
Trustworthy and reliable autonomous systems and Biomedical informatics. 
The school has research links with the Leicester Institute for Space and 
Earth Observation and the Leicester Institute for Precision Medicine, 
and is affiliated with the College of Science and Engineering’s Centre 
for AI and Data Analytics.

The excellence of the School’s research has been confirmed in the last 
two national research assessment exercises (in 2008 and 2014). In each 
exercise, 95% of our research was judged to be of international quality, 
65% was judged to be internationally leading, and over 20% of our 
research outputs world-leading.

In teaching, we aim to deliver an outstanding student experience, with a 
wide range of modern undergraduate and postgraduate programmes along 
with doctoral research, all responsive to a competitive and rapidly 
changing discipline. Our teaching is founded on strong pedagogical 
principles, together with a unique approach to staff/student engagement 
and active learning.

About the Role
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We will consider all candidates whose research focuses on one or more of 
the following areas:

- Cyber-physical systems
- Human Computer Interaction
- Machine Learning and AI
- Optimisation algorithms and Operations Research
- Software Engineering for Autonomous Systems
- Data Science

In this role you will conduct high-level research teaching whilst 
generating funding through grants, consultancy and knowledge transfer 
activities. You will give lectures, seminars and tutorials, especially 
in areas across the School’s undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum. 
Your research will result in significant contributions to papers in 
leading international conferences and journals, whilst helping to build 
your relationships with external partners to support knowledge transfer 
and impact outside academia.

The main emphasis for selection will be on research excellence, but the 
role also includes the development and delivery of excellent and 
innovative teaching in the respective areas as well as contributions to 
the administration and management of the School. You will work in a very 
supportive environment with research and teaching mentoring. At the 
heart of the UK, the University of Leicester is a research-intensive 
university. Different areas of activity are balanced by a departmental 
workload model to ensure fair and transparent balance between staff and 
different areas of activity.

There are two full time, open ended positions available.

About You
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In addition to being engaged in innovative learning and teaching that 
engages and inspires students, you will already have an established 
reputation for research, with a strong record of publications 
(appropriate to your level of experience) in peer reviewed journals and 
conferences of substantial international standing. You will have 
excellent networking skills which you use to seek out opportunities for 
collaboration and citizenship, both internally and externally. You will 
also be able to demonstrate the ability to generate external funding 
through research grants, contracts or other sources. Finally, you will 
have a track record of engaging with a range of communities related to 
your research and teaching interests, including external organisations 
and companies.

Additional information
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For informal enquiries, please contact Lu Liu, Head of School of 
Informatics on +44 (0)116 252 3813 or 
l.liu at leicester.ac.uk<mailto:l.liu at leicester.ac.uk>

To apply for this position, please see:
https://jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/1501/lecturer-in-informatics.html

We anticipate that interviews will take place in late November or early 
December 2019.

About Leicester
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Leicester is an ambitious and leading University committed to 
international excellence, world-changing research and high quality, 
inspirational teaching. We are strongly committed to inclusivity, 
promoting equality and celebrating diversity among our staff and 
students. Our strength is built on the talent of our scholars, drawn to 
us by a mutual passion for discovery. We seek to embed an adventurous 
and entrepreneurial spirit into our research culture, and to create an 
environment in which both disciplinary and interdisciplinary excellence 
thrive.

In return for your hard work, we offer a working environment that is 
committed to inclusivity, through promoting equality and valuing 
diversity. We offer a competitive salary package with excellent pension 
scheme and a generous annual leave allowance. Located close to Leicester 
city centre, our award winning campus benefits from a wide range of 
cafes, a fully equipped sports centre and nursery facilities. Further 
information regarding our extensive range of staff benefits is available 
here.