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PhD fellowship in Software Engineering at the Department of Computer and Information Science, NTNU

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Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical EngineeringDepartment of Computer and Information Science

Jobbnorge ID: 121364

The Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering (http://www.ntnu.edu/ime) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has a vacancy for one PhD research fellow position in Software Engineering at the Department of Computer and Information Science (http://www.ntnu.edu/idi).

 

The appointment is for a term of 4 years, with duties equivalent to 25%, or 3 years without duties. This is a researcher training position aimed at providing promising researcher recruits the opportunity of academic development in the form of a doctoral degree.

 

Information about the department

 

Currently there are 22 professors and 16 associate professors at the department. In addition there are 16 adjunct associate professors, 15 postdoctoral researchers, approx. 65 active PhD students, and 18 technical/administrative staff. Five of the tenured scientific positions are held by women, and eight are from other countries than Norway. Research activities are organized into groups and strategic European and National projects as documented here http://www.ntnu.edu/idi/research.

 

Work description

 

The position is related to the research project SoS-Agile, which is led by SINTEF ICT, funded by the Norwegian Research Council and has participation of Norwegian Companies such as Telenor, FARA and Lånekassen. See more information about the project at http://www.sintef.no/en/information-and-communication-technology-ict/sos-agile/. The project will establish research-based knowledge about software security in agile software development. It is expected that the PhD candidate will work on topics related to software security risk management in agile software development.

 

The grantee will be part of a project team that will work with action research and other kinds of empirical studies in the Norwegian software companies, with a goal to publish in recognized journals and conferences. The PhD candidate will be responsible for conducting its own studies as well as participate in the project team.

 

Qualifications

 

Startup in the PhD fellowship requires a completed master's degree in information systems or telematics, or education of an equivalent level, where the weighted average grade of the two years of the Master program is of B or higher in accordance with NTNU's grading system. Background and experience in the field of information security, and especially information security risk management, is desired, as well as knowledge of software security and experience with empirical studies and scientific publishing.

 

The main working languages are Norwegian and English; therefore the candidate is expected to possess strong skills in oral and written English. As the research approach of SoS-Agile is centered on empirical studies in Norwegian companies, skills in a Scandinavian Language is desired.

 

If the applicant's mother tongue is not English or a Scandinavian language, and the Masters Degree is not from an English speaking co

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelig

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Sem Sælands vei 7-9 7491 TRONDHEIM

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Sør-Trøndelag

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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