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<div class="rm_pageheader1">2 Assistant Professors in Functional
Programming</div>
<p>The Functional Programming group at Chalmers University is
seeking two outstanding young researchers for four year
Assistant Professor positions Ref 2011/231.</p>
<p><strong>Group description<br>
</strong>Functional programming is enjoying an unprecedented
surge of interest, with languages such as Erlang, Scala and
Haskell seeing high-profile applications in companies large and
small. A major reason is the much improved productivity that
software developers can enjoy, by adopting functional
programming. With intense competition from emerging economies,
productivity improvements are vital if the West is to retain its
software industry. We have secured a large, five-year strategic
research grant to bring these benefits to two new areas: signal
processing and low-level control in the system layer of products
such as radio base stations for mobile broadband, and real-time
automotive software built around the AUTOSAR standard.</p>
<p>Our approach is to combine domain-specific languages embedded
in Haskell or Erlang with rapid verification based on
property-based testing (QuickCheck) and automated proof tools.
Our work is carried out in close cooperation with industry, and
has the potential to make a real impact in key industrial
sectors.</p>
<p>Our group is a leading centre of functional programming
research, the source of the QuickCheck testing tool (awarded
Most Influential Paper of ICFP 2000 by ACM SIGPLAN), the Equinox
theorem prover and Paradox model finder, and of domain specific
languages like Lava and the Feldspar signal-processing language
(embedded in Haskell, funded by Ericsson, the world's largest
supplier of radio base stations). We combine strong links to
industry with high academic standards, and thus receive funding
from both basic and strategic research agencies<strong>. </strong>We
are currently four professors (Hughes, Sheeran, Claessen,
Jansson), five postdocs, and eight doctoral students; our new
strategic grant will fund a significant expansion and a stream
of visiting international researchers. The proposal that
attracted the funding for these positions is available at <a
href="http://www.cse.chalmers.se/%7Ems/SSF10Final.pdf">http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~ms/SSF10Final.pdf</a></p>
<p>Although some changes have been made to the plan, the proposal
gives a good indication of the research areas to which we expect
successful candidates to contribute.</p>
<p><strong>Job description<br>
</strong>These are attractive four year full-time positions in
one of the strongest Functional Programming groups anywhere. You
will work at the cutting edge of research in Functional
Programming, and will strengthen your qualifications, both for
advancement in academia and for industrial research positions.
After two years, progress will be assessed. After four years, an
Assistant Professor who has been appointed in open competition
may, under certain circumstances, be considered for appointment
to a permanent position as Associate Professor.</p>
<p>You will be expected to take part in teaching and masters
project supervision (to a maximum of 25%) and also in doctoral
student supervision. The working language in the research group
is English. The undergraduates are normally taught in Swedish,
but the graduate level teaching is in English. You will gain
experience of grant proposal writing, as we strive to find
funding for our long term research. You will most likely be
involved in industrial collaboration.</p>
<p>The positions are available from October 2011, although the
start date is negotiable.</p>
<p><strong>Required qualifications</strong><br>
We are looking for researchers with a strong record in
functional programming research and practice, preferably related
to domain specific languages, testing and/or automated
reasoning. You should have a doctorate in computer science
(normally completed at most five years before deadline for
application), and ideally also post-doctoral experience. We have
promised much in the above proposal, and you will be expected to
help us to deliver! You should have a strong publication record
for your academic age. We place particular emphasis on the
communication of research results and the quality of your
writing will strongly influence our assessment of you. Please
make sure to include your three best papers in your application.</p>
<p><strong>Application procedure</strong><br>
<em>The application shall be marked with Ref 2011/231 and
written in English. The application shall be sent
electronically and be attached as <strong>three </strong>pdf-files,
as below:</em></p>
<ol>
<li>Application: <br>
- a first page containing name, reference number 2011/231 and
a list of all documents that have been enclosed,<br>
- description of the applicant's research and pedagogical
qualifications, as well as other qualifications,<br>
- CV,<br>
- complete list of publications,<br>
- plans for future work within the area of the announced
position, both scientific and educational, if appointed,<br>
- two reference persons who can be contacted by Chalmers
(describe association with them and give their contact
addresses).</li>
<li>letter of application detailing your specific qualifications
for the position.</li>
<li>Publications:<br>
- copies of the applicant's best scientific publications (not
more than 5),<br>
- copies of a maximum of 5 other publications (such as
pedagogy, and popular science) in support of pedagogical and
other merits.<br>
The application should be sent electronically. Please use the
button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
The files may be compressed (zipped).</li>
</ol>
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<strong>Application deadline: 2011-10-18</strong></p>
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<p><strong>For questions, please contact:<br>
</strong>Professor John Hughes, <a
href="mailto:rjmh@chalmers.se">rjmh@chalmers.se</a><br>
Professor Mary Sheeran, <a href="mailto:ms@chalmers.se">ms@chalmers.se</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Department level:</span><br>
Head of the Department, Catarina Coquand, <a
href="mailto:catarina.coquand@chalmers.se">catarina.coquand@chalmers.se</a></p>
<p>All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00</p>
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