[TYPES/announce] Two Assistant/Associate Professors in Programming Languages - TU Delft

[Jesper Cockx]

The TU Delft Department of Software Technology has open positions for two
Assistant or Associate Professors in Programming Languages.

Deadline for applications: July 15, 2020
Job Description

We are seeking to strengthen the Delft Programming Languages research group
with two ambitious and enthusiastic assistant or associate professors. The
successful candidates are expected to contribute significantly to the
research portfolio of the Programming Languages research group and are
encouraged to develop their own research line in a viable and promising
subfield of programming languages. We welcome applications from candidates
in all subfields of programming languages, but we are particularly
interested in the following topics: language engineering, compilers,
programming systems, software verification, type systems, program analysis,
program synthesis, programming languages for security, probabilistic
programming, programming languages for AI, AI for programming languages.

Responsibilities of the position will include:

   - Conducting high impact research in the area of programming languages
   - Supervising PhD students and helping them to become top researchers in
   programming languages
   - Teaching courses on programming and programming languages topics at
   the bachelor and master’s level in the TU Delft Computer Science curriculum
   - Supervising bachelor and master’s students in their graduation projects
   - Acquiring and managing externally funded research projects in
   programming languages
   - Collaborating with industry to ensure that the group’s research
   results have a lasting impact in software development practice
   - Strengthening the contacts between the group and industry as well as
   other international academic institutions
   - Taking responsibility for management and committee work within the
   section and the department

Requirements

Applicants must have a PhD degree in the broad field of programming
languages, a proven track record of research excellence, the ambition to
strengthen and expand the research and teaching of the programming
languages research group, a team player mentality, and good communication
and social skills. Preferably, the successful candidate has experience in
teaching at university level.
The Position

For tenure track assistant professors:

A tenure-track position is offered for six years. Based on performance
indicators agreed upon at the start of the appointment, a decision will be
made by the fifth year whether to offer you a permanent faculty position.
For circumstances as having children or parental leave during the tenure
track, it is possible to delay the definitive assessment and extend the
Tenure Track appointment to a maximum of 8 years.

For all positions:

Each position comes with a start-up package including funding for research
travel and a four year PhD student position.

The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for
health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs
contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged. Coming to Delft
Service and Partner Career Advice can support with advice for you and your
accompanying partner about your individual settling needs in the
Netherlands. Once arrived you can be supported with individual consults and
diverse workshops. Located on campus are the International Children’s
Centre and an international primary school which are subject to
availability as well as several bilingual schools in the nearby
surrounding. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective
Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

The TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the
teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency.
Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. If you have less than
five years of experience and do not yet have your teaching certificate, you
get the chance to obtain this within three years.
The Organization

The Programming Languages Research Group
<http://pl.ewi.tudelft.nl/index.html> is an internationally leading
research group in programming languages, and active in areas such as
language engineering, language design, domain-specific languages, type
systems, software verification, and program logics. The group is growing to
five full-time faculty positions. The group is responsible for programming
and programming languages education at the bachelor and master’s levels in
the TU Delft Computer Science curriculum.

The Software Technology (ST) Department <http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/> is
one of the leading Dutch departments in research and academic education in
computer science, employing over 150 people. The ST Department is
responsible for a large part of the curriculum of the bachelor’s and
master’s programmes in Computer Science as well as the master’s programme
Embedded Systems. The inspiration for its research topics is largely
derived from technical ICT problems in industry and society related to
large-scale distributed processing, embedded systems, programming
productivity, and web-based information analysis.

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
(EEMCS) <https://www.tudelft.nl/en/eemcs/the-faculty/> is known worldwide
for its high academic quality and the societal relevance of its research
programmes. Offering an international working environment, the faculty has
more than 1100 employees (including about 500 PhD students) and more than
3000 bachelor’s and master’s students. Together they work on a broad range
of technical innovations in the fields of electrical sustainable energy,
microelectronics, intelligent systems, software technology, and applied
mathematics.
Additional Information

For more information about the Delft PL group see http://pl.ewi.tudelft.nl.
For more information about the position and the selection procedure,
contact Prof. Dr. Eelco Visser (http://eelcovisser.org, e.visser at tudelft.nl)

To apply for the position send an email including application letter,
research statement, teaching statement, and CV to secr-pl-ewi at tudelft.nl.
Arrange for at least three reference letters to be sent to the same
address. Applications for which no reference letters have been received
will not be taken into consideration.
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