Associate Professor (TF) of Theoretical Computer Science

Salary on a scale from £45,562 per annum (plus college benefits, including a housing allowance of £10,503 p.a. or single accommodation in college if available, a responsibility allowance of £1,527 p.a., and private medical insurance. An allowance of £2,655 p.a. would be payable upon award of Full Professor title).

Applications are invited for the post of Associate Professor (or Professor) of Theoretical Computer Science to be held in the Department of Computer Science, with effect from October 2017 as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will also be appointed to a Tutorial Fellowship at Jesus College. The appointment will be based at the Department of Computer Science, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QD and Jesus College, Oxford, OX1 3DW.

The appointee will join one of Europe’s leading computer science departments. The department supports a wide variety of research in theoretical computer science and continues to expand both in theory and in areas related to theory (e.g. machine learning, verification). The Associate Professor’s research will focus on Theoretical Computer Science, and they will contribute to teaching on the Department’s highly successful undergraduate and graduate programmes. At the same time the appointee will have many opportunities to interact with academics in other disciplines as part of Oxford’s unique collegiate system.

The Associate Professor will be a member of both the University and the College community. They will be part of a lively and intellectually stimulating research community which performs to the highest international levels in research and publications and will have access to the excellent research facilities which Oxford offers. They will have a role to play in the running of the College as a member of the Governing Body and a trustee of the College as a charity.

The successful candidate will hold a doctorate in Computer Science, or a related subject, will have the ability to teach across a range of computer science subjects, and will also have a proven research record of high quality at international level in the area of Theoretical Computer Science, and experience of research collaborations at both national and international level.