[TYPES/announce] Reader (Associate Professor) Position in Programming Languages at the University of Kent

[Dominic Orchard]

We are seeking to appoint a Reader in Computing in our Programming
Languages and Systems research group based at our Canterbury campus,
University of Kent.

Job description / Additional Information / Please apply at

https://jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=CEMS-046-21

(In the UK, the standard academic career titles, and their progression, are
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, Professor. There is no tenure system
here but Reader is roughly equivalent to a senior Associate Professor
position).

Closing date for applications: 30 April 2021

The Programming Languages and Systems (PLAS) research group spans the
breadth and depth of practical and theoretical aspects of programming
languages and system building related to languages. Our work goes across
paradigms (imperative, object-oriented, functional, logic) and is
complemented by our systems research in concurrency, relaxed memory,
verified compilation, verification, language prototypes, garbage
collection, and tools. All our work is linked by a shared vision of the
power and impact of programming languages on the rest of Computer Science.
The PLAS group at Kent has a long history of contributions to the field and
continues to be a hotbed of programming language research in the South East
of England:

https://research.kent.ac.uk/programming-languages-systems/

The School of Computing [1] is a welcoming, supportive, and diverse
environment whose commitment to gender equality has been recognised with a
Bronze Athena SWAN [2] award. We are keen to enhance the balanced,
inclusive and diverse nature of the community within our School and would
particularly encourage female candidates to apply for these posts.

We are committed to delivering high quality research and education. The
School’s five broad research areas are Programming Languages and Systems;
Computer Security; Computational Intelligence; and Data Science. Full
details can be found at: https://www.kent.ac.uk/computing/research.

The School of Computing is based in Canterbury, and the University of Kent
has specialist postgraduate centres in Brussels and Paris. Overlooking the
city centre, and with 125 nationalities represented, the Canterbury campus
has a very cosmopolitan feel. Canterbury is a small city that retains parts
of its medieval walls (with Roman foundations). Famous for its heritage
(Canterbury Cathedral; Chaucer’s Tales; etc), Canterbury is a vibrant
community and UNESCO World Heritage site whose culture and leisure
facilities are enhanced by hosting three universities. The city and
surrounding region combines an attractive and affordable environment,
excellent schools, and fast transport links to London and mainland Europe.

Links:

[1] https://cs.kent.ac.uk/

[2] http://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan/
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