[Job-offers-cs] Tenure-Track Professor in Discrete Optimization at the University of Bremen

[Pekka Orponen]

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Subject: [DMANET] Tenure-Track Professor in Discrete Optimization at the 
University of Bremen
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 21:25:38 +0100
From: Nicole Megow <nicole.megow at uni-bremen.de>
To: dmanet at zpr.uni-koeln.de <dmanet at zpr.uni-koeln.de>

The University of Bremen is distinguished by its high desire for 
innovation. This creates a multifaceted research and teaching 
environment with clearly defined career paths, particularly for young 
researchers. As part of the Federal State Program for promoting young 
talent, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (Faculty 3) is 
hiring a

Tenure Track Professor (f/m/d) (W1 with Tenure-Track to W2)
Reference number: JP397/19

in the field of

Discrete Optimization

to be filled at the next possible date. It is planned that this 
professorship will be a part of the Center for Industrial Mathematics.

The professorship will be initially offered for the duration of three 
years, as a temporary civil servant. Following a positive interim 
advisory review, the professorship will be extended for a further three 
years. Provided that the performance evaluation after at the latest six 
years is positive, the position will become a tenured professorship 
(W2). To allow for developing an academic profile, a gradual entry into 
the teaching duties of a Junior Professor is ensured.

We are looking for someone who has already gathered initial experience 
in university-level teaching and independent research and whose 
development can be expected to achieve national and international 
visibility.

The appointed person will independently advance the field of discrete 
optimization with his or her teaching and research and facilitate the 
scientific and academic development of the students they mentor. The 
ideal candidate will be someone with experience and potential in the 
area of integer or mixed integer optimization or combinatorial 
optimization with an evident connection to developing methods and 
algorithms.

As a part of the Center for Industrial Mathematics this professorship is 
expected to support and develop the many research collaborations of the 
center, including the industrial partnerships. These collaboration 
activities should be connected with obtaining third-party funding. 
Experience with applying mathematical methods to problems in natural and 
engineering sciences is also expected. Involvement in the DFG 
Postgraduate Program "π^3: Parameter Identification - Analysis, 
Algorithms, Applications" is desired.

In addition to research productivity and obtaining third-party funded 
collaborations, other tasks include teaching in the degree programmes 
Mathematics and Industrial Mathematics as well as participating in 
service courses for degree programmes in the natural and engineering 
sciences. A willingness to offer courses in English and, after at most 
three years, in German is expected.

German language skills are not required at the time of hiring.

Requirements for this position are a completed mathematical university 
degree and an exceptional doctoral degree granted within the last five 
years. Further scientific performance, which can have been obtained 
outside of academia, as well as experience in teaching at a university 
are desired.

The appointment to this professorship will be done in accord with §§18 
and 18a BremHG and §117 of the BremBG. Applicants already holding a 
doctorade in Bremen should have changed university after completing 
their doctorade or have worked outside Bremen University for at least 
two years. Irrespective of the distance in time to the doctorade (a 
maximum of five years), previous employment phases at German 
universities and research institutions should not in total exceed six 
years (see § 117 BremBG).

The university offers many services to support new professors, including 
a Welcome Center, child care facilities and dual career as well as 
personal and career development programs.

The University of Bremen is committed to equal opportunities and 
anti-discrimination and strives to increase the number of women in 
science. The university has received multiple awards for its gender 
equality policy and is certified as a family-friendly university. Female 
candidates are explicitly encouraged to apply. International 
applications as well as applications from scientists with a migration 
background are expressly welcomed. Applications from handicapped 
candidates will be given priority in case of equivalent personal and 
professional qualification.

Applications including a cover letter, CV, publication list, copies of 
degree certificates, should be submitted by 31 December 2019 to:

Universität Bremen
Fachbereich 3 - Mathematik und Informatik
Reference number: JP397/19
Fachbereichsverwaltung
Bibliothekstraße 5
28359 Bremen

or electronically in a single PDF file: JP397-19fb3.uni-bremen.de

Comprehensive information on all aspects of the hiring process can be 
obtained here: www.unibremen.de/berufungsverfahren