Tenure tracker in Software Analytics Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)

Tenure tracker in Software Analytics
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) seeks outstanding candidates to apply for a Tenure tracker in Software Analytics
Job description
The CWI software engineering research activity has a high reputation and visibility in the international research community, and is well connected to local and European industry. Our mission is to fundamentally understand software and software engineering better; to simplify software and software
engineering in order to predict software quality aspects such as maintainability, safety, energy consumption and information security which have a high societal impact.
Software Analytics is the study of all data related to software and its engineering processes, including code, in order to learn to understand software and software engineering and be able to predict and manipulate important quality factors of software artifacts.
The successful candidate is expected to grow a highly visible and successful research program in Software Analytics at CWI. The work will relate closely to the current research areas of forward and everse software engineering (language engineering, formal methods, and source code analysis).
The Software Analytics position both extends and completes our current research efforts:
- to include the study of different artifacts next to algorithms, languages and source code, namely requirement specifications, bug reports, test cases, execution traces, revision histories, etc;
- to emphasize a highly effective combination of experimental and formal research methods, including data analysis and mining;
- to independently study (in)validation of proposed theory and technology in forward and reverse software engineering.
It is expected the candidate will both initiate and maintain industrial partnerships and acquire research funding via European and national funding agencies. The candidate will also be responsible for the recruitment, selection and supervision of post-doctoral researchers and PhD students. Finally, the candidate will occasionally teach master-level software engineering (guest) courses at selected universities in The Netherlands and abroad.
Requirements:
We seek candidates holding a doctoral degree in computer science and having an outstanding record in software engineering research, exemplified by peer reviewed publications in the leading conferences and journals of the field. Next to this, candidates can show evidence of experience with large scale software engineering projects, preferably on different managerial levels (programmer, program manager, stakeholder).
CWI expects its tenure track researchers to speak Dutch at the end of the tenure track.
Terms and conditions:
The position is for three or five years depending on knowledge and experience. At the end of a successful tenure track term a permanent scientific staff position will be offered. Criteria for evaluation comprise a track record of publications that is well above average, and the ability to acquire funding and to build up an (inter)national network and reputation.
The terms of employment are in accordance with the Dutch Collective Labour Agreement for Research Centres ("CAO-onderzoeksinstellingen"). Depending on relevant work experience, the gross monthly starting salary for an employee on a full time basis ranges from ? 3,228 to ? 4,439. Employees are also entitled to a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary and a year-end bonus of 8,33%.
CWI offers attractive working conditions, including flexible scheduling and help with housing for expat employees.
Application & Information:
Applicants with at least two years of postdoctoral experience, should send:
- a motivation letter;
- a curriculum vitae with a list of publications;
- a copy of their thesis or of their three most prominent publications;
- the names of at least two prominent scientists who can provide letters of recommendation;
- a research statement and a research plan for the coming years, including plans on how to acquire additional funding.
We especially invite qualified women to apply.
Please send the application before 1-2-2015 to:
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Personnel Department, ms drs. A. Schilder,
P.O. Box 94079
1090 GB Amsterdam
the Netherlands
or email the application to: apply-AT-cwi.nl.
Additional information can be obtained from:
Groupleader: Prof.dr. J.J. Vinju, tel. +31 (0) 20 592 4102, e-mail: Jurgen.Vinju-AT-cwi.nl
For more information about CWI, please visit www.cwi.nl or watch our video “A Fundamental Difference” about working at CWI.
About Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) is the Dutch national research institute for mathematics and computer science and linked to the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The mission of CWI is to conduct pioneering research in mathematics and computer science, generating new knowledge in these fields and conveying it to trade, industry, and society at large.
CWI is an internationally oriented institute, with 160 scientists from approximately 27 countries. The facilities are first-rate and include excellent IT support, career planning, training, and courses.
CWI is located at Science Park Amsterdam that is presently developing into a major location of research in the natural sciences in The Netherlands, housing the sciences of the University of Amsterdam and of the Vrije Universiteit as well as several other national research institutes next to CWI.