The University of Skövde is a modern university offering modern, socially relevant education and research. Our students and staff have the prerequisites for success through our innovative thinking, openness to strategic collaborations with the surrounding world and because we take good care of our students and employees. The University has approximately 500 employees and about 11 000 students and is an important asset in the development of the region.
The School of Informatics is looking for a
Post-Doctor in Informatics
Ref nr HS 2014/704
The position is offered within the area of Informatics which at the University of Skövde is defined as the study of how information is represented, processed and communicated in artificial and natural systems as well as how IT systems are used and developed to ensure usability for individuals, organizations or society. The positon has a specialization in Computer Science, which at the University of Skövde entails study of basic theory and methodology for use of computers. The concept includes, among other, algorithms, data structures, programming, as well as complexity and formal languages.
This position mainly concerns research. The research is conducted within the TOCSYC project, a distributed research environment with focus on testing of critical system properties. The research environment extends over a several universities and a research institute.
As Postdoc in the project you will be involved in research and development of effective and efficient methods to test non-functional properties such as performance efficiency and robustness in embedded systems using model-based and mutation-based approaches. The area of research can be adapted partly after the expertise of the applicant.
Collaboration between the partners in TOCSYC is close, which means that flexibility and willingness to collaborate are paramount. As Postdoc in the project you will connect two work packages within the distributed research environment, at University of Skövde and Mälardalen University, and thus contribute to the coupling between these nodes in the area of model-based testing and mutation-based testing.
TOCSYC provides a strong international research-intensive environment with focus on testing non-functional properties in embedded systems, which is a critical issue for Swedish export industry. You can read more about TOCSYC at www.tocsyc.se.
The qualification requirements are:
- PhD in Informatics or equivalent subject or have a foreign degree deemed equivalent to a PhD, and have obtained the PhD not longer than three years prior to the application deadline. If there are special circumstances the PhD could have been obtained earlier
- ability to communicate well, orally and in writing, in English.
In addition to the qualification requirements, the bases of evaluation for this position are:
- Degree of proficiency that is required for the employment (see the qualification requirements).
- Good collaboration ability.
- Good knowledge in software testing and mutation-based techniques.
- Good knowledge in programming.
- Good knowledge in statistical analysis.
- Good knowledge in UML and/or aspect-oriented development.
For this position, special emphasis will be placed upon good collaboration ability, good knowledge in software testing and mutation-based techniques as well as good knowledge in programming and statistical analysis, respectively.
The University of Skövde strives towards ethnical and cultural diversity and equal gender distribution within all employment categories. As the majority of the employees in the research environment are men, the University especially invites women to apply for this position.
The position as Post-Doctor is fulltime and done accordingly to the collective agreement between the Swedish Agency for Government Employers OFR-S, SACO-S and SEKO. The position is a temporary position for two years.
Information about the position is provided by Gunnar Mathiason, Head of Division, and Birgitta Lindström, Senior Lecturer in Informatics. Union information is provided by Anders Johansson (SACO-S), Rosa Christiansen (ST) or Helen Jern (the Swedish Teacher’s Union). These persons may be reached through the University’s switchboard, 0046-(0)500-44 80 00. Your application must be marked with ref nr HS 2014/704and reach the office of the Registrar, University of Skövde, Box 408, SE-541 28 Skövde, Sweden or by e-mail to registrator<στο>his.se no later than March 30th 2015. The application must be submitted with an attested list of qualifications, certificate of degree and other certificates, a brief written account of scientific, pedagogical and other activities, a list of (all) publications and the work referred to, no more than five scientific publications (a minimum of two published during the last three years). Information about employment at the University is provided in our Terms of Employment (Anställningsordning).
According to the regulations of the National Archives the University is obliged to keep application documents for two years after the appointment of the position. Applicant requesting documents to be returned will have them returned after the two years, otherwise they will be eliminated.