Hello all, Here is an announcement for a new opening for a full-time tenure track position in our department in the field of big data analytics. We are looking for excellent candidates in this research field. Best regards, Tom Mens. ==== Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Big Data Analytics at the Computer Science Department of the University of Mons The University of Mons announces the opening of a full-time tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level. This position has a start date of September 1, 2018. In a first stage, the person will be appointed for a period of three years, which can be extended with two extra years. The definitive appointment will be decided during or at the end of this period. The appointed person will take the lead of a new research group in the Department of Informatics in the Faculty of Sciences. Qualified candidates must have a doctorate in disciplines related to computer science or computer engineering, and should have an outstanding research record in the field of Big Data Analytics. The selected person will develop research and teaching activities in this domain, will collaborate with existing research groups of the Department of Informatics, and will be active in fundraising for industrial and governmental projects. The teaching duties include the following: • teaching activities in big data analytics (30 hours of lectures + 15 hours of practical work) at the Bachelor level in Computer Science; • teaching activities in big data analytics (30 hours of lectures + 30 hours of practical work) at the Master level in Computer Science; • teaching activities in seminars in Computer Science (30 hours of seminars) at the Bachelor and Master levels in Computer Science. Some of these teaching activities are also part of the curriculum in Mathematics, both at the Bachelor and Master level, and can be taken by students in other disciplines. Additional teaching duties will be assigned so that the appointed person will eventually have the same teaching load as other faculty members in the Department of Informatics. The appointed person will also be active in teaching activities at the campus of the University of Mons in the city of Charleroi, in the evening Master program in Computer Science. The appointed person should be capable to teach in the French and the English language. An appointed person who is not francophone, should be capable of teaching in the French language within a period of at most two years, starting at September 1, 2018. Candidate letters, written in the French language, with a summary of titles, should be sent, by registered letter with request for acknowledgement of receipt, to: Monsieur le Recteur de l’Université de Mons, Place du Parc, 20, B-7000-Mons, Belgique within 30 days of the official publication of this position in the “Moniteur belge”. (See IMPORTANT NOTE below.) Candidate applications should include the following documents: a motivation letter, curriculum vitae, a list of publications (which should be electronically accessible), a plan for research in Big Data Analytics (maximum five pages), a statement outlining the candidate’s view on teaching (maximum five pages), transcripts of diplomas, a copy of the five most important publications, the names and addresses of three international experts that can serve as references. All additional information can be obtained from Prof. Christian Michaux, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences (doyen.fs(a)umons.ac.be), and from Prof. Véronique Bruyère, Head of the Department of Informatics (veronique.bruyere(a)umons.ac.be). IMPORTANT NOTE: According to the Belgian law, the preceding announcement will be published, in French, in the “Moniteur Belge” (i.e., the Belgian Official Gazette) around mid-January 2018. Applications should be made within a period of 30 days following this official publication. The Department of Informatics will announce the exact date of the official publication in the Moniteur Belge at the following web page: http://informatique.umons.ac.be/job_offers