Uppsala University, The Department of Information Technology

The Department of Information Technology has a leading position in both research and education at all levels. The department currently has about 280 employees, including 120 teachers and 110 graduate students. Each year more than 4000 students take one or more courses at the department and c. 30 research groups are attached to it. More information: http://www.it.uu.se.

The research at the Division of Systems and Control is ranging from Signal Processing, Automatic Control, System Identification and Statistical Machine Learning. Information about ongoing research areas is found here: http://www.it.uu.se/research/systems_and_control.

Duties: the candidate will work on the further integration of information technology (IT) related competences for (observational) astronomy related challenges. Especially, this project is focussed around themes as machine learning, image processing, interdisciplinarity, citizen science and other outreach activities. The candidate will work under the umbrella of the VASCO project, described in more detail at https://vasconsite.wordpress.com. For more information, contact kp@it.uu.se.

Requirements: the candidat has to have a Ph.D. degree in a mathematical oriented disipline, preferably directed towardcomputer science or astronomys .

Uppsala University strives to be an inclusive workplace that promotes equal opportunities and attracts qualified candidates who can contribute to the University’s excellence and diversity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people of all backgrounds.

Salary: Individually negotiated salary.

Starting date: As soon as possible or as otherwise agreed.

Type of position: Temporary part-time position (50%) ending in 7 months.

For further information about the position please contact
Kristiaan Pelckmans, kristiaan.pelckmans@it.uu.se

Please submit your application by the 28th of February 2018, UFV-PA 2018/489

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Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Part-time
First day of employment Snarast
Salary Fixed salary
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 50%
City Uppsala
County Uppsala län
Country Sweden
Reference number UFV-PA 2018/489
Union representative
  • Ellena Papaioannou, Seko, 018-471 3315
  • Suzanne Borén Andersson, TCO/ST, 018-471 6251
  • Per Sundman, Saco-rådet, 018-471 1485
Published 15.Feb.2018
Last application date 28.Feb.2018 11:59 PM CET

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