Professor in High Performance Computing, Umeå University

Umeå University welcomes applications for a permanent position as full Professor in High Performance Computing at the Department of Computing Science. We are seeking a strong academic leader with a clear strategic vision that can complement existing expertise and link activities to other strong research areas at Umeå University. This includes to form new networks within and outside Umeå University, participate in the planning of research projects and actively apply for research funding.

Deadline: March 2, 2017

Full position posting and application details

Position Details:

• familiarity with the subject area of high performance computing.
• during the first six years of employment at least 75 % of the time will be assigned to research
• research-informed teaching and supervision at basic, graduate and postgraduate levels
• some administrative and managerial tasks
• collaboration with or an active role in leadership within the national center for scientific and parallel computing, HPC2N, is also an opportunity
• the successful candidate will have an important role and large freedom in developing the area of high performance computing at the department, both in research and in undergraduate and graduate education
• In teaching, focus will be on teaching and supervision on advanced and postgraduate level. Experience in teaching (preferable in HPC) at basic and advanced level (first and second cycle) is required.

Qualifications:

• documentation to demonstrate scientific and research-informed teaching skills
• administrative, leadership qualities and the ability to initiate collaborations outside of academia
• particular emphasis will be put on the degree of scientific expertise relating to the core of high performance computing
• the ability to develop and lead personnel
• pedagogical skills will be taken into account
• administrative abilities and the ability to initiate collaborations outside of academia is also a factor
• topicality, excellence and originality of your research and the ability to carry out research projects will be assessed.
• Significant emphasis will be put on scientific work published in internationally well-respected scientific journals and conference proceedings of scientific conferences. Documented experience from applying that expertise in at least two application areas is an advantage. Documented ability to competitively obtain research funding is important.

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