Academic Positions

Assistant Professor

Applications are invited for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in the areas of software engineering or communication networks. The successful candidate should have a strong software systems background. Responsibilities include research as well as teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

The Department consists of 33 academic and 22 support staff, and offers a graduate program with over 100 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. Current computer equipment consists of a network interconnecting several multiprocessor Sun servers, two multiprocessor SGI servers, four Sun file servers delivering 60 GBytes of storage, and over 160 Sun, SGI, HP, DEC, and IBM workstations in research laboratories and offices. The Department is well connected via the Campus FDDI network to remainder of the Campus units and the Internet via Arnet. There is also a connection to the WURCnet ATM testbed. Instructional facilities include eight UNIX workstation (Sun, SGI and Xterm) laboratories, two of Macintoshes and one Intel 486. There are well supported research laboratories in: artificial intelligence, cognitive science, communication networks, computer graphics, computer vision and robotics, database, distributed/parallel programming systems, software engineering, and theory and scientific computation.

The current salary minimum is $39,230 with the appointment level being commensurate with qualifications and experience. Send curriculum vitae, the names of three references and up to three reprints or copies of important publications. A Ph.D. or equivalent is the minimum qualification; new Ph.D.'s should include a copy of their transcript. Applications will be accepted until 1 April 1996 with employment commencing on 1 July 1996.

Please send applications to:

Dr. Paul G. Sorenson, Chair
Department of Computing Science
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
T6G 2H1

E-mail: sorenson@cs.ualberta.ca

In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

The University of Alberta is committed to the principle of equity in employment. As an employer we welcome diversity in the workplace and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities.