Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Computer Science, Hertford College

Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford 

Salary from: £50,300 per annum, with an additional allowance of £2,931 per annum upon award of the title of full Professor The post includes substantial additional benefits, including a housing allowance (currently £9,946 p.a.) if the postholder does not occupy College residential accommodation, and other college benefits and allowances.

Applications are invited for the post of Associate Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science, to start by 1 September 2023. The successful candidate will also be appointed as a Fellow and Tutor in Computer Science at Hertford College. Tutors are responsible for the organisation and teaching of their subject within the College.

The successful candidate will join the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning theme within the vibrant and rapidly growing Department of Computer Science, which has a research profile across the entire spectrum of contemporary computer science.  You will be expected to engage in independent and original research in Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning. You will be expected to secure funding, to engage in the management of research projects, and to disseminate your research through publications in high-quality scholarly journals and conferences.  You will also contribute to teaching on the Department’s highly successful undergraduate and graduate programmes.

In the College you will undertake the work of a Tutorial Fellow: you will teach and take responsibility for the academic progress of undergraduates, act as College Adviser to graduate students, take part in the undergraduate admissions process, contribute to the intellectual life of the College, and serve as a Trustee, sitting on the College’s Governing Body and on other committees and working groups.

You will hold a doctoral degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, have the ability to teach across a range of topics in Computer Science, and will also have a proven research track record of internationally high quality in Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning.

The Department is advertising four Associate Professor or Professor positions in Computer Science during this academic year. Candidates are encouraged to apply for multiple posts. Due to Oxford's procedures, you need to apply separately for each post. Details are available at http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/aboutus/vacancies/vacancy-faculty-hiring.html

We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, Living Wage and Mindful Employer, holding an Athena Swan Bronze Award, HR excellence in Research and Race Equality Charter Bronze Award.

Demonstrating a commitment to provide equality of opportunity, we would particularly welcome applications from women and black and minority ethnic applicants who are currently under-represented within the Computer Science Department. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.

Our staff and students come from all over the world and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diversity groups and champions, for example http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/aboutus/women-cs-oxford/index.html, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working, support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, to apply for funding from the carer’s fund. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive interview process and will reimburse up to £250 towards any additional care costs (for a dependent child or adult) incurred as a result of attending an interview for this position, which may not be applicable if the interviews are held remotely.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 14 December 2022.

Shortlisted candidates will give research talks online during the period 14-17 February 2023 and will give online teaching presentations during the period 21-24 February.

Interviews will be held in person, in the Department at Oxford, on the 16th of March.

For further details and to apply please visit:

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