Information and communication technology have become ubiquitous. Sensors and mobile devices are everywhere. This internet of things has become an integral part of our life and its growth will continue. The omnipresent mutual interaction between people, information technology, and the environments in which they live, work, and play, generates deep scientific challenges.

Are you interested in addressing these challenges? The University of Amsterdam's Informatics Institute (IvI) is seeking a candidate to create and lead a new research group in human factors in the context of the internet of things.

We are looking for colleagues who have an excellent record of internationally recognized research that complements our existing expertise in artificial intelligence, data science, systems, and computational science. Examples of your expertise include, but are not limited to, human computer interaction, computer supported cooperative work, social computing, ubiquitous computing, large-scale interactive systems, analysis of human-system interaction, context-aware computing, human data interaction, and intelligent user interfaces.

Are you a candidate with vision and thoughtfulness? Let us know how your research can tackle the exciting challenges generated by the pervasiveness and intelligence of technology. Do you value practice-informed and interdisciplinary research and outreach? Come work with us and help extend a collaborative academic environment in which teaching, research, and innovation go hand-in-hand. As our colleague, you can contribute to our vibrant undergraduate and graduate programs in information studies, data science and artificial intelligence

We particularly encourage those of diverse backgrounds to apply. We strongly believe that diversity of education, experience, career, and perspectives will lead to a better environment for the researchers in our institute and a better intellectual environment for the team as a whole. This is something we value deeply.

What do we require of you:

• a PhD in computer science or a related discipline;
• proven ability to engage in cutting-edge research;
• demonstrated to have creative and inspiring skills with excellent leadership capabilities;
• a strong track record in the acquisition of funded research;
• proven teaching and supervision skills, preferably with a certificate of academic teaching quality and excellent didactic qualities;
• willingness and ability to perform administrative, organisational and managerial tasks.

We offer a challenging job at a dynamic and ambitious university, a permanent appointment and an attractive package of fringe benefits, for instance: generous leave arrangements, application for attractive fiscal arrangements are possible for employees from abroad, attractive retirement benefits, collective health insurance and excellent parental leave packages.

We offer a challenging job at a dynamic and ambitious university, a permanent appointment and an attractive package of fringe benefits, for instance: generous leave arrangements, application for attractive fiscal arrangements are possible for employees from abroad, attractive retirement benefits, collective health insurance and excellent parental leave packages.

The gross monthly salary of the Full professor will range from €5,582 up to a maximum of €8,127 (salary scale HL2) effective 1 February 2019. The salary is based on a full-time appointment (38 hours per week) and depending on qualifications, expertise and on the number of years of professional experience. The total salary includes an additional 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% end-of-year bonus, under the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities.

University of Amsterdam

With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.  

The UvA’s students and employees are independent thinkers, competent rebels who dare to question dogmas and aren’t satisfied with easy answers and standard solutions. To work at the UvA is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.

http://www.uva.nl/en/home

Informatics Institute (IvI)

The Faculty of Science ooccupies a leading position internationally in its fields of research and participates in a large number of cooperative programmes with universities, research institutes and businesses. The Faculty has a student body of around 7,000 and 1,500 members of staff, spread over eight research institutes and a number of faculty-wide support services. A considerable part of the research is made possible by external funding from Dutch and international organisations and the private sector. The Faculty of Science offers 11 Bachelor's degree programmes and 18 Master’s degree programmes in the fields of the exact sciences, computer science and information studies, and life and earth sciences.

Within the Faculty, the information sciences are organized in two research institutes, the Informatics Institute and the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation. The Informatics Institute (IvI) encompasses around 270 members, organized in eight research groups that cooperate intensively, both formally and informally.

http://ivi.uva.nl/