The University of Agder offers more than 150 study programmes and an active and leading research environment. We emphasize respect, openness and the ability to show commitment and pride concerning both your own and others' results. Our 1100 staff and 11000 students enjoy daily life and scholarly activities at our modern and functional campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad. 

The University of Agder invites applications for a full-time permanent position as Associate Professor at the Department of Information and Communication Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Science. The position is currently located in Grimstad, Norway. The starting date is negotiable.

The department has several large and active research groups in Information and Communication Technology including 12 Professors, 15 Associate Professors, 10 Assistant professors and about 15 Research Fellows on the PhD programme in ICT. The Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) pursues a variety of research interests, focusing especially on Wireless Communications and Embedded Systems, Data Analytics, Crisis management, eLearning and eHealth. The department has successfully led a number of large research projects funded by the Research Council of Norway; the EU research programmes FP7 and H2020, as well as national and international industries.

The responsibilities of the position include: a) research and PhD/master's student supervision in the area of data analytics (centralized and decentralized algorithms) for wireless sensor networks and cyber-physical systems, b) teaching on wireless sensor networks and/or optimization (theory, algorithms and implementation) at the master's level. Previous experience in teaching English-taught graduate master's programmes in ICT will also be a plus for this position.

The successful applicant will need to have:

• a PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering/Computer Science (or similar in the area of ICT). A PhD in Mathematics is also welcome as long as the area of research of the candidate intersects sufficiently with the relevant research areas for this position

The successful candidate must at least have competence in three of the following areas of research:

• advanced optimization techniques (theory, algorithms, implementation)
• theoretical foundations, optimization and implementation of resource-constrained algorithms for data analytics (centralized and decentralized)
• low-rank data modeling and representation, graph-structured data modeling, signal sparsity-based techniques for compressive inference
• signal processing on Graphs for statistical inference and machine learning
• semantic sensor knowledge management tools and processing of multimodal data streams

In addition, applicants must have:

• proven successful experience in the supervision of research in ICT-related areas
• a strong record of scientific publications at an international level in the mentioned relevant areas, with special emphasis both on the best Tier-1 journal publications (Level 2 in the Norwegian system) and top international conferences in these areas
• experience in the participation and cooperation within relevant scientific projects, either national or international projects (e.g. EU FP7 or H2020 projects), or both

Emphasis will also be given to the applicants' proven ability to contribute to the development of external sources of funding in research groups.

The position is ideally meant for candidates having 2 to 4 year junior postdoctoral research experience after PhD graduation, with the possibility of promotion later to a full professor position. However, this is not a strict pre-requisite.

The applicant must also have personal suitability, pr

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Agder

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Gimlemoen 25 4630 KRISTIANSAND S

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Aust-Agder

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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