Swedish-Speaking Professor or Assistant / Associate Professor in Computer Science

The University of Helsinki (https://www.helsinki.fi/en ) is an international scientific community of 40,000 students and researchers. It is one of the leading multidisciplinary research universities in Europe and ranks among the top 100 international universities in the world. We are an equal opportunity employer and offer an attractive and diverse workplace in an inspiring environment with a variety of development opportunities and benefits.

As a part of the Faculty of Science, the Department of Computer Science (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/computer-science ) is a leading unit in Finland in its area and responsible for the teaching and research in computer science at the University of Helsinki. The number of professors at the department has grown in recent years and there are now 32 professorships. The main research fields at the department are artificial intelligence, big data frameworks, bioinformatics, data analysis, data science, discrete and machine learning algorithms, distributed, intelligent, and interactive systems, networks, security, and software and database systems. The department has extensive international collaboration with companies and universities. Within teaching, the department’s professors and staff are in charge of the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral Programmes in Computer Science, as well as the separate Master’s Programme in Data Science, in which other departments also participate.

The Department of Computer Science at the Faculty of Science of the University of Helsinki invites applications for a

SWEDISH-SPEAKING PROFESSOR OR ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

aiming to strengthen research areas in computer science at the university. We are looking for a new professor or assistant/associate professor to carry out research into the field of computer science in the department’s current focus areas. More specifically, we welcome applications in the field of artifical intelligence (especially AI with societal relevance) but highly qualified candidates in other fields of computer science that are related to AI can also be considered.

The person to be chosen must have a strong scientific track record in their specific field of computer science evidenced by publications in top tier forums of the field. The selected candidate must possess excellent skills in Swedish language as the teaching duties of this position are to be carried out in Swedish.

For more information on the position, qualifications and applying, please check the Swedish version of the job announcement .

The deadline for applications is October 25, 2022.