Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering > KU Leuven > Joboolo BE :
Société : KU Leuven Lieu : Bruges Flanders Site source : Talent BE
You have the ambition to contribute to the valorization of research in industry and in society. You have demonstrable qualities related to academic education, in particular in computer science / informatics and in artificialintelligence.
Teaching experience is an advantage.You possess organizational skills and have a cooperative attitude.
You also possess leadership capacities in a university or industry context.A good command of English and Dutch is required (C1 level or higher), as part of your teaching duties is organized in both these languages.The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch.
If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of your employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in meetings and to acquire the level of Dutch that is required for tenure. Before teaching courses in Dutch or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch resp.
English to the required standard. KU Leuven has a vacancy at Bruges Campus for a full-time professor in ArtificialIntelligence and SoftwareEngineering.
We are looking for internationally oriented candidates with both educational competence and an excellent research record in computer science, and with extensive expertise in the domain of the vacancy.The successful applicant will be appointed in the Faculty of Engineering Technology, which offers academic, implementation-oriented engineering programs at six campuses across Flanders.
The main teaching duties will be situated at Bruges Campus.
The Faculty is part of the Science, Engineering and Technology Group of KU Leuven, and this position is an appointment in the Department of Computer Science.
The new professor is expected to collaborate with the researchers of the interdisciplinary M-Group at Bruges Campus.
The M-Group addresses innovative and practical mechatronic developments.
The faculty, the department, and the campus can build upon a solid research infrastructure, extensive international networks, connections with companies and non-profit organisations, a stable offer of talented PhD students, and a supportive work environment.
As one of the 10 most innovative universities in the world, KU Leuven has been very successful in cooperation with companies as well as the creation of spin-off companies, illustrating the socio-economic relevance of its research.
Many of these spin-off companies are technology leaders within their domain, and their products and services are renowned internationally.We offer full-time employment in an intellectually challenging environment.KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally-oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research.
It has a strong interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary focus and strives for international excellence.
In this regard, it collaborates actively with research partners in Belgium and abroad.
It provides its students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research.You will be affiliated with KU LeuvenBruges Campus, in a historic city with a seaport and modern industrial activities.
Bruges has a 70 minutes rail connection to Brussels, capital of the European Union, and about three hours to Paris, London and Amsterdam.Depending on your record and qualifications, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the senior academic staff:
assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor.
In principle, junior researchers are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years.
At the end of this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed (or tenured) as associate professor.To facilitate scientific integration and research in the first phase, a research position equivalent to a PhD fellowship for 4 years is made available.
If you have no other substantial funding available, you can also apply for a start-up grant, on the condition that you are appointed for at least 50%.KU Leuven is well equipped to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration and administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, etc. KU Leuven BrugesFlanders
