Associate Senior Lecturer in Computer Security

Karlstad University takes pride in combining active external cooperation with academic excellence. Karlstad University has around 16 000 students and a staff of over 1 200 members.

Democratic principles, equality and diversity are cornerstones of the University. We value the enriching presence of diverse backgrounds and competencies among students and staff.



Description
The Faculty of Health Science and Technology has an opening for an associate senior lecturer at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in the field of computer security.

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science consists of the two research subjects: Mathematics and Computer science. It has a research and teaching staff of more than 60 persons. In Computer Science, research and education are focused on computer networking and distributed systems, computer security and privacy, and software engineering, and are conducted in close cooperation with international, national and regional partners from both academia and industry.

Computer Science is currently in an expansion phase to further strengthen its focus areas and consolidate and develop its international position in research. It has recently been established as an excellent research group at Karlstad University and funding for the expansion is available through the University's strategic efforts to strengthen research. The Swedish KK-Foundation has also granted additional funds to develop a research profile within the Computer Science focus areas in close collaboration with industry.

Duties
The position is connected to the Privacy and Security (PriSec) research group within Computer Science. The main duty of the position is research within the field of computer security, specializing in efficient and usable security measures that lead to more trustworthy system operations for network services. This includes research on security control configuration, efficient and secure event data collection and transfer and secure event storage and privacy-enhancing transparency.

The candidate is expected to contribute to the development of the research group by carrying out high-quality research, strengthening its international network and expanding its external funding through applications for grants at the national and international level. The duties also include research administration, teaching in computer security and related subjects, course administration and development, course coordination, and supervision of thesis work at graduate and undergraduate levels.

The successful candidate is expected to teach and supervise partly in Swedish within a couple of years. Karlstad University will supply adequate training to make this possible. The position also includes interaction with other parts of the university as well as with the community and it is therefore important that the candidate has the ability to collaborate with other groups.

Requirements
To be eligible for the position, applicants are required to hold a PhD in Computer Science with a specialization in Computer Security or have corresponding qualifications. The candidate must have completed the degree no more than seven years before the last date for applications, unless special grounds exist.

The ability to teach computer security at basic and advanced level and software development at basic level is a further requirement. Good oral and written communication skills in English are required.

Assessment grounds
In the assessment procedure emphasis will be placed, first, on research skills and, secondly, on teaching skills. Special attention will be given to the quality of research, and to past experience with externally funded research projects involving industrial collaboration. Knowledge or experience in some of the areas of network security, intrusion detection, security metrics, usable security, privacy-enhancing technologies is an advantage.

Karlstad University values personal qualities such as the ability to cooperate and establish good relations with colleagues and students as well as the ability to work independently and to take initiatives.

Additional information
The position constitutes full-time employment limited to four years with starting-date at the earliest convenience. The position can after application, be transformed into a permanent position as senior lecturer. Promotion to senior lecturer requires completed suitable pedagogical training for teaching at university level or equivalent qualifications. Documented pedagogical experience and skills, well documented research skills of relevance for the subject area of the position, and demonstration of good collaborative abilities is further required. For further information about the requirements and assessment criteria relevant to a position as a senior lecture, please read the “Regulations for appointment and promotion of teaching staff” at Karlstad University, http://www.kau.se/en/about-university/staff-vacancies.

The application is to consist of

- a verified CV, preferably including the names of referees
- a detailed account of your academic and teaching activities
- an account of your experience from other activities, and experience in management, teamwork and administration
- list of published works
- copies of certificates, references and degree certificates
- copies of the works you wish to cite, a maximum of ten academic publications, and a maximum of five works intended to disseminate expertise, e.g. text books, computer programs for teaching or articles on popular science

More information on the application is avalilable in "applications guidelines for the appointment/promotion of teaching staff" at http://www.kau.se/en/about-university/staf-vacancies.

Application with reference number REK2014/77 should be made electronically via the University's web-based recruitment tool MyNetwork. Documents that cannot be sent eloctronically, such as books, publications, software, should be deliverede in three copies to:
Karlstad University
Human Resources Office
SE-651 88 Karlstad, SWEDEN

Last application date 31th of August, 2014.

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