Subject: Tenure-track Westerdijk Fellow for young female researchers at Utrecht University From: Anja Volk <a.volk@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:27:49 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_35C17FE0-51D1-4EBC-8FAD-0DF94A4A9E5F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" (with apologies for cross-posting) Dear colleagues, the Department of Information and Computing Sciences at Utrecht = University is offering a Tenure Track position for a female assistant = professor ("Tenure-track Westerdijk Fellow=94). The Westerdijk = fellowship is a very prestigious position for young female researchers = offered jointly by the Faculty of Science and the department. Beside the = standard employment conditions the Westerdijk fellowship offers the = following benefits: - A (fully financed) PhD position; - Technical and/or secretarial support; =20 - Additional budget of =80 50,000 for personal development, facilities = and travel. The department is looking for an outstanding candidate with = complementary yet connectable research interests to those of the current = departmental research staff. Short description: We are searching for female candidates with expertise in the foundations = of Computer Science, preferably in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, = Interaction Technology, Software Systems and Virtual Worlds. We are = looking for outstanding candidates who will invigorate and enrich the = scope of expertise of our department and can enhance its involvement in = interdisciplinary research projects within and outside the university. = Current areas of interdisciplinary research include Game Research, = Foundations of Complex Systems and Integrative Bioinformatics. The = department has close collaborations with the University Medical Center, = the departments of Physics and Mathematics, and the Faculties of = Humanities and Geosciences. Qualifications : Appointees are expected to play an active role in all aspects of = academic life. Ideally, your eligibility is exemplified by: Research PhD in computer science or another relevant science discipline; Track record of international publications in leading conferences and = journals; Experience with or perspective on acquisition of external research = funds; Vision on future research directions in own area of expertise; Experience with or readiness to supervise PhD projects; Active role in (inter-)national scientific and/or societal communities. Teaching & Leadership Enthusiasm for teaching and student supervision; Ability to teach in departmental BSc and MSc programmes; Willingness to organize scientific events, such as research seminars; Willingness to partake in departmental committees. Application deadline: 30 September 2016 More information and link to application website: = https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UU/vacancy/35436/lang/en/ Please spread the word! Best wishes, Anja Volk = **************************************************************************= ******* Anja Volk,=20 VIDI-laureate, Project leader MUSIVA=20 Assistant Professor, MA, MSc, PhD Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University PO Box 80.089 3508 TB Utrecht, the Netherlands http://people.cs.uu.nl/volk/ Tel.:+31 (30) 253 5965 email: a.volk@xxxxxxxx --Apple-Mail=_35C17FE0-51D1-4EBC-8FAD-0DF94A4A9E5F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1252" <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><div><div>(with apologies for = cross-posting)</div><div><br></div><div>Dear = colleagues,</div><div><div><br></div><div>the <b>Department of = Information and Computing Sciences</b> at Utrecht University is = offering a Tenure Track position for a female assistant professor = ("Tenure-track Westerdijk Fellow=94). The Westerdijk fellowship is a = very prestigious position for <b>young female = researchers</b> offered jointly by the Faculty of Science and the = department. Beside the standard employment conditions the Westerdijk = fellowship offers the following benefits:</div><div><br></div><div>- A = (fully financed) PhD position;</div><div>- Technical and/or secretarial = support; </div><div>- Additional budget of =80 50,000 for personal = development, facilities and travel.</div><div><br></div><div>The = department is looking for an outstanding candidate = with <b>complementary</b> yet <b>connectable research = interests</b> to those of the current departmental research = staff.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Short = description:</b></div><div><div>We are searching for <b>female = candidates</b> with expertise in the foundations of Computer = Science, preferably in the areas of <b>Artificial = Intelligence</b>, <b>Interaction Technology</b>, <b>Software = Systems</b> and <b>Virtual Worlds</b>. We are looking for = outstanding candidates who will invigorate and enrich the scope of = expertise of our department and can enhance its involvement = in <b>interdisciplinary research projects</b> within and = outside the university. Current areas of interdisciplinary research = include Game Research, Foundations of Complex Systems and Integrative = Bioinformatics. The department has close collaborations with the = University Medical Center, the departments of Physics and Mathematics, = and the Faculties of Humanities and = Geosciences.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Qualifications</b> :</div><d= iv>Appointees are expected to play an active role in all aspects of = academic life. Ideally, your eligibility is exemplified = by:</div><div><br></div><div><b>Research</b></div><div>PhD in computer = science or another relevant science discipline;</div><div>Track record = of international publications in leading conferences and = journals;</div><div>Experience with or perspective on acquisition of = external research funds;</div><div>Vision on future research directions = in own area of expertise;</div><div>Experience with or readiness to = supervise PhD projects;</div><div>Active role in (inter-)national = scientific and/or societal communities.</div><div>Teaching & = Leadership</div><div><br></div><div>Enthusiasm = for <b>teaching</b> and <b>student = supervision</b>;</div><div>Ability to teach in departmental BSc and MSc = programmes;</div><div>Willingness to organize scientific events, such as = research seminars;</div><div>Willingness to partake in departmental = committees.</div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Application deadline: 30 = September 2016</b></div><div>More information and link to application = website: <a = href=3D"https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UU/vacancy/35436/lang/en= /">https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UU/vacancy/35436/lang/en/</a>= </div><div><br></div><div>Please spread the = word!</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Anja = Volk</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px;"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; = ">************************************************************************= *********<br>Anja Volk, <br>VIDI-laureate, Project leader <a = href=3D"http://www.cs.uu.nl/research/projects/vidi-volk/">MUSIVA</a> = <br>Assistant Professor, MA, MSc, PhD<br><br></div><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Department of Information and = Computing Sciences, Utrecht University<br>PO Box 80.089<br>3508 TB = Utrecht, the Netherlands<br><a = href=3D"http://people.cs.uu.nl/volk/">http://people.cs.uu.nl/volk/</a><br>= Tel.:+31 (30) 253 5965<br>email: <a = href=3D"mailto:a.volk@xxxxxxxx">a.volk@xxxxxxxx</a></div></span></span> </div> <br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_35C17FE0-51D1-4EBC-8FAD-0DF94A4A9E5F--