Associate Professor in Computer Communication with specialization in distributed systems

Uppsala University’s tenure track system grants associate professors the possibility to be assessed for promotion to the position as professor. The university provides support in various areas, such as scientific and educational development, leadership development as well as patent and innovation support.

The position will be in the Emerging Communication Systems (ECoS) group that investigates the intersection of wireless communications, machine learning, low-power design, and security. Our research explores the synergies between these domains to enable future distributed communication systems that are energy-efficient, robust, and secure. As an associate professor, you will become part of a leading and growing research environment. We publish in leading international journals and conferences and collaborate internationally with funding both from Swedish and European agencies.

Description of subject area of the employment: The subject area Computer Communication refers to protocols, software and hardware for exchange of data. Within this subject, distributed systems refer to protocols and methods to collaborate toward a common task. Important research issues are performance, resource efficiency, security and dependability, as well as synchronization of computers and protocols for data consistency. Typical systems range from interconnected servers providing cloud services over wide area networks to constrained wireless IoT-systems with collaborating sensors.

Duties: 

• Teaching, research and administration. Teaching duties includes course responsibility and course administration as well as supervision of second- and third-cycle students, mainly in computer communication and distributed systems.
• Follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the university.
• Establish your own research group within the Department by defining and planning research activities within the framework of the above-described subject area, actively applying for and obtaining external research grants, supervising doctoral students and administration at the Department.

Qualifications Required:

• PhD in Computer Systems or another subject relevant to the position.
• Research Expertise and Teaching Expertise. It is necessary that the pedagogical skills, the research expertise and the professional skills are relevant to the content of the employment and the tasks that will be included in the employment.
• Applicants must have completed teacher training of relevance to operations at the University, comprising ten weeks, or have acquired the equivalent knowledge. If special circumstances apply, this training for teachers in higher education may be completed during the first two years of employment.
• Documented ability to teach in Swedish or English is a requirement unless special reasons prevail.
• Personal capabilities necessary to carry out fully the duties of the appointment.

Assessment Criteria/Ranking of applicants that fulfil the above-mentioned qualifications required

The ranking of eligible applicants will be based primarily on research and teaching expertise, which will be given equal weight.

Research Expertise comprises research merits. In addition to academic merits, research merits from other activities, including technology development, may also be taken into account including research merits obtained outside the academy, which includes for example technology development and innovation ability. In assessing research expertise, research quality must be the prime consideration. The scope of research, primarily in regard to depth and breadth, must also be afforded consideration. In assessing research expertise, special weight will be attached to research merits in; distributed communication systems in combination with performance analysis, AI-based methods, resource efficiency, or security.

Furthermore, consideration must be given to the capacity to plan, initiate, lead, and develop research and education in the third cycle, the ability to acquire funding for research in competition, as well as the demonstrated capacity to interact with others both within academia and in the wider community.

Teaching Expertise comprises educational and teaching qualifications. This expertise can have been achieved outside the academy through supervision, internal training, mentoring programs, etc. In assessing teaching expertise, teaching quality must be the prime consideration. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, must also be afforded consideration. In assessing teaching expertise, special weight will be attached to experiences in teaching either distributed systems, computer communication or distributed operating systems. Special weight will be given to experience in renewal of teaching methods.

Furthermore, consideration must be given to the capacity to plan, initiate, lead, and develop teaching and instruction, as well as the ability to connect research to teaching in respect to research in the subject at hand, subject didactics, as well as teaching and learning in higher education. The ability to interact concerning issues of teaching and learning in higher education with actors inside and outside the University is also included in teaching expertise.

Administrative Expertise is important for the employment and will be given high consideration. Administrative expertise is demonstrated, for example, through the capacity to plan, organise, and prioritise work in an efficient and task-related manner as well as through the ability to assign and observe time frames. Expertise includes overall operational planning and the capacity to manage resources in a way that reflects operational priorities as well as the ability to work in a structured manner based on an awareness of goals and quality. Administrative expertise also includes entrepreneurship.

Management Expertise is important and will be afforded high consideration. Management expertise is demonstrated through the capacity to lead operations and personnel, make decisions, take responsibility, and motivate others, providing them with what is needed for the efficient achievement of common goals. The abilities to coordinate the group and help create a sense of involvement, participation, and enjoyment in work and to deal with conflicts constitute further examples of demonstrated expertise.

Collaboration Expertise is important and will be afforded high consideration. Collaborative expertise is demonstrated by the ability and skill of planning, organizing and implementing interaction with the surrounding community. Popular publications, public debate and lectures are examples of forms of interaction with the surrounding community. Other examples of collaboration are patent applications, commercialization and industrial cooperation. The ability to translate knowledge sharing with the surrounding community into activities of importance to the education's development and quality is part of the collaboration expertise.

All merits must be documented in a manner that makes it possible to assess both quality and scope.

In filling this position the university aims to appoint the applicant who, following a qualitative holistic assessment of her/his competence and expertise, is judged to have the best potential to carry out and develop the relevant duties and to help advance operations.

Further information

In an overall assessment of the applicant’s qualifications, parental leave, part-time work relating to care of children, union assignments, military service, or the like are to be regarded as work experience.

University appointment regulations

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Instructions for application

For further information about the position, please contact Professor Christian Rohner, christian.rohner@it.uu.se, +46 70 167 9361

About the Position

The position is permanent, probationary period may be applied. The position is full time. Start date by agreement. Location: Uppsala.

Please submit your application by 2 March 2026, UFV-PA 2025/3710.

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