[TYPES/announce] PhD Research Fellowship position in ICT Engineering / Model-driven Software Engineering

[Adrian Rutle]

http://hib.easycruit.com/vacancy/1346899/41311?iso=no

BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (HØGSKOLEN I BERGEN – HiB) is one of the largest university colleges in Norway, with about 7000 students and 700 academic and administrative staff. HiB offers high quality study programmes directed towards specific professions within health and social sciences, engineering, teacher and preschool teacher education. R&D activities of particular strength are organized in programmes in order to promote research-based education. A new campus is under construction where all faculties will be localized in 2014.
PhD Research Fellowship position in ICT Engineering / Model-driven Software Engineering

Bergen University College, Faculty of Engineering and Business Administration has 1-2 open positions for PhD research fellows within model-driven software engineering and software verification.

The PhD research fellows will be affiliated with the faculty’s ICT-oriented strategic research programme on ICT engineering (http://prosjekt.hib.no/ict ) which currently includes 20 professors and associate professors, eight PhD students, and a number of master’s students.  The ICT engineering research environment at Bergen University College has a strong focus on use-inspired and applied research, and cooperation with national and international research groups, and with industry partners. The ICT engineering programme is organized into four main research themes: software engineering, engineering computing, communication systems, and the applications of ICT in engineering.

The PhD research fellows will be part of the research group on model-based software engineering (http://prosjekt.hib.no/ict/research/model-based-software-engineering/). The group is conducting research ranging from theoretical foundations to software tools and technology transfer activities aimed at the practical application of model-driven engineering for software development. The PhD projects will be on the development of an approach combining model-driven software engineering with software verification for the engineering of reliable distributed systems. The PhD project will involve topics such as domain-specific modelling languages, meta-modelling, model-transformations, domain-specific verification techniques and property languages, development of software tools, and practical case studies.

The ICT engineering research programme is a joint research undertaking of the Department of Computing, Mathematics and Physics, and the Department of Electrical Engineering with research links to other departments and faculties at Bergen University College. The two departments are responsible for a bachelor programmes in software engineering, information technology, communications technology, electrical engineering, and automation as well as a master’s programmes in software engineering and in communication systems. The Faculty of Engineering and Business Administration has approximately 2000 students and 180 staff members. Six departments and one research centre on innovation are located at the faculty.

Qualifications

The successful applicant must have earned a master's degree or equivalent in computing/informatics/software engineering or in a closely related field, or have submitted the master's thesis before the application deadline. In the latter case, it is required that the master's degree be awarded within 4 weeks after the application deadline. A solid background in software engineering, formal foundations for software modelling, concurrent and distributed systems combined with practical software development skills and experience will be considered an advantage when candidates are ranked.

In addition to the required educational background, the following criteria will be evaluated: competence and grades on completed course work, quality of the master's thesis, publications (if any), research and teaching experience, practical software engineering skills and experience. A possible outline of a research plan for a potential PhD project will also be taken into account. The candidate must be diligent and display the ability to work independently, supplemented with regular guidance, and is expected to carry out high-quality research and to publish the results in international workshops, conferences, and journals.

The PhD research fellow must enroll in an approved 4 years PhD programme. 25% of the period will be designated to duties such as teaching, development and administrative tasks. The employment period may be reduced if the successful applicant has held previous employment as a research fellow.  Bergen University College does not formally award the PhD degree itself, and will develop a detailed plan for the PhD studies together with a degree awarding institution (nationally or internationally). The degree awarding institution will be chosen by Bergen University College. The successful candidate must meet the formal admission requirements for the PhD programme at the awarding institution. The PhD candidate will be assigned academic supervisor(s) at Bergen University College in addition to a supervisor at the degree awarding institution. An application for enrolment should first be submitted after an appointment is made (the supervisor(s) will help with this procedure). The candidate must be enrolled as a PhD student within 3 months from the start of the employment.

Evaluation of applicants

Applicants for the position will be evaluated by a committee consisting of three members. In addition to the electronic application, copies of a written application, CV, diplomas, transcripts, publications and a publication list must be submitted in three complete sets within a week after the deadline. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the submitted sets are complete.

The documents will be returned when the case is closed. Send all documents to: Høgskolen i Bergen, SA / HR Department, PO Box 7030, NO-5020 Bergen, NO- 5020 Bergen, Norway.

Certified English or Scandinavian translations of supporting documentation, such as diplomas and transcripts, are required. The transcripts must specify the topics the course work and grades on the bachelor and master’s level.

Salary scale

Initial salaries will be offered at grade 50 (code 1017) in the Civil Service pay grade table scale; currently NOK 429 700 gross p.a.; following ordinary meriting regulations. There is a compulsory 2 % deduction to the pension fund. The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time.

General information

State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at large to the highest possible degree. Bergen University College has therefore adopted a personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and sex composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic backgrounds. Information about the applicant may be made public even though the applicant has requested not to be named in the list of applicants. The applicant will be notified if his/her request is not respected. Applicants may be called in for an interview.

Region:Hordaland
Job type:Contract
Working hours:Full-time
Working days:Day
Application deadline:03.06.2015
Location:Inndalsveien 28
Reference Number:2015/01615
Home page:http://www.hib.no/om-hogskolen/avdeling-for-ingenior--og-okonomifag/institutt/institutt-for-data--og-realfag/
Contacts:Associate Professor Volker Stolz
Telephone: +47 55587586

Professor Lars M. Kristensen
Telephone: +47 55 58 71 64
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