Department of Computing Science
University of Surrey – Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
(Ref: 7285)
The University of Surrey offers high-calibre teaching, a world-class research base, a thriving postgraduate community and a high quality of life in a beautiful campus setting. At the same time we have a strong eye for innovation and enterprise and are at the forefront of developments in teaching and research.
The Department of Computing is currently seeking an appointment at Professorial level to provide research leadership for the Computational Intelligence activity within the Department, and to develop collaborative and interdisciplinary links within the University and externally. Applications are particularly welcome in the areas of biologically inspired algorithms, image understanding and semantics, classification, bioinformatics, and information extraction. The successful candidate will also be involved in the subsequent recruitment of a Senior Lecturer/Reader to support this post.
Applicants will have a strong international research profile and a sustained record of attracting research funding. Applicants will also have experience in a leadership or development role in high quality teaching or research.
The Department is research-led with 35 RAs and PhD students, and is attracting growing research support from the UK Research Councils, the EU-IST, and industry. Major IT, telecommunication, and defence organisations are sponsoring research in the Department.
Informal enquiries may be made to Prof Steve Schneider, Head of the Department of Computing (s.schneider@surrey.ac.uk, tel: 01483 689637).
For an application pack and to apply on-line please go to our website: , if you are unable to apply on-line please contact Mrs Claire Trussler, Assistant HR Officer on Tel: +44 (0) 1483 686126 or email: c.trussler@surrey.ac.uk Please quote Post Ref No 7285.
Closing date for applications is 13th November 2009, with interviews planned for 8th December 2009.
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