[TYPES/announce] Assistant Professor (tenure track) and Postdoc Positions at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

[Pavel Parizek]

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Open Positions (assistant professor, postdoc) at the Department of 
Distributed and Dependable Systems, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, 
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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The Department of Distributed and Dependable Systems, Charles University 
is opening several positions at the ranks of assistant professor (tenure 
track) and postdoc to strengthen and complement the research at the 
department, especially in the frame of the department’s EU projects.

Areas of expertise (expertise in at least one is required):
- Software architectures, self-adaptation, modeling
- IoT/CPS and cloud/edge-cloud environments
- Evaluation and guarantees for non-functional properties (performance, 
latency, security, ...)
- Statistical methods for non-functional properties
- Performance engineering
- Formal methods of software engineering
- Software verification, testing, program analysis
- Programming languages

A PhD in computer science is required. Basic background in methods of 
big data analysis, machine learning, statistics, networks and hardware 
architectures is a plus. Candidates for the assistant professor position 
are expected to have a proven international research record and 
postdoctoral experience.

The candidate is expected to supervise undergraduate and graduate 
students, take care of day-to-day management of work on current research 
projects, and actively do research and development in the scope of these 
projects.

Further, in the assistant professor position, the candidate is expected 
to teach advanced and introductory classes in English (knowledge of the 
Czech language is not required).

The contract duration for the assistant professor position is three 
years. Potentially, the position is renewable; moreover, successful 
candidates are encouraged to apply for promotion to the associate 
professor rank (habilitation) and a permanent position.

The contract duration for the postdoc position is one or two years 
(potentially renewable).

A signed application in digital form, accompanied by a motivation 
letter, curriculum vitae, proof of education, list of publications and 
citations, description of pedagogical experience, description of coding 
experience, and a list of references should be sent to: 
positions at d3s.mff.cuni.cz.

Further inquiries can be sent to positions at d3s.mff.cuni.cz. For fullest 
consideration, apply by March 31st, 2018. Applications will be accepted 
until the positions are filled.

For the first round of applications for assistant professor (deadline 
March 31st, 2018), please CC your application (along with all the 
accompanying documents) to konkurzy at dekanat.mff.cuni.cz and arrange for 
two letters of recommendation to be e-mailed by their authors to the 
same address.

Charles University was founded in 1348, making it one of the oldest 
universities in the world. It is also a modern, dynamic, cosmopolitan 
and prestigious institution of higher education, and the best-rated 
Czech university according to multiple international rankings. Within 
the university, the Department of Distributed and Dependable Systems is 
responsible for research and education in the advanced techniques for 
building reliable component-based software, especially in the field of 
distributed and dependable systems. This comprises model-driven 
development, formal verification techniques, performance measurement and 
modeling, and other related fields. More details are available at 
http://d3s.mff.cuni.cz.