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

[Tomas Bures]

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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.

-- 
Tomas Bures, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Distributed and Dependable Systems
Charles University
Malostranske nam.25
11800 Prague 1, Czech Republic
http://d3s.mff.cuni.cz
Phone: (+420) 95155 4236
Fax:   (+420) 95155 4323