Tenure-track position in Databases at the University of Western Ontario

The Department of Computer Science in the Faculty of Science at the University of Western Ontario is pleased to announce a search for a probationary (tenure-track) position in databases at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. The rank and salary will be commensurate with the successful applicant’s qualifications and experience. The anticipated start date will be 01 July 2019.
** The Department will start considering applications on December 1st, 2018. ***
More information including how to apply is found in:
https://www.uwo.ca/facultyrelations/careers/pdf/Sc...
The Department of Computer Science is a research-intensive department in Western’s Faculty of Science, with both undergraduate and graduate programs. Established research areas within the Department include algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning, bioinformatics, computational neuroscience, distributed systems & networks, software engineering and theoretical computer science.
The Department has strong ties to industry and strongly encourages and supports participation in interdisciplinary research. The Department jointly offers an undergraduate data science program and a professional Masters program in data analytics with the Department of Statistical and Actuarial Science and is in the processing of establishing a collaborative Masters program in Artificial Intelligence.
Research is supported by the high performance computing facilities of SHARCNET and the Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Platform (SOSCIP)
This position is one of the significant investments in Western Science is making in large-scale data analytics and management. As part of this investment, Western Computer Science
has recently hired a Western Research Chair in Cyber-Physical Systems and a Western Research Chair in Computational Neuroscience. The Departments of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering are looking to building upon their current strengths to become a center of IoT, networking and digital services. There are many opportunities to participate in collaboration with researchers in different applications domains including advanced manufacturing, autonomous systems, and cyber-physical systems.
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