Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Specialisation in AI Engineering

Description

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science hereby invites applications for a senior lectureship in Computer Science with a specialisation in AI Engineering.

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science consists of two research subjects, Mathematics and Computer Science, and has a staff of around 100 people. The research and education in Computer Science is focused on distributed systems and communications, security and privacy, and software quality. The Department works closely with international, national, and regional partners from the academic community as well as private businesses. Close collaboration between research groups and focus areas is vital to the Department.

The senior lecturer in AI Engineering will be an important person for further extending the expertise in the research group on Software Quality and Digital Modernization (SQuaD) and the overall department.

The SQuaD group specialises on software engineering aspects related to software quality. For example, software quality assurance, software architecture and software process improvement, toward applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning. 

Duties

The position includes contributions to both teaching and research in the AI domain. You are expected to conduct innovative research in AI Engineering contributing to SQuaD as well as to the overall department in collaboration with its other research groups. You are expected to expand the department’s research competencies related to engineering AI-based systems by expertise in relevant areas, such as MLOps, quality assurance and evolution of  AI-based systems, or optimizing architectures of models and AI-based systems.

Striving for research collaboration with other colleagues at the Department, industry, and other academics is of paramount importance. The candidate is expected to expand our international networks and contribute to an increase in research funds on a national and international level.

You are expected to actively contribute as a lecturer for first-cycle and second-cycle courses, with a focus on delivering cutting-edge AI/ML content. This includes teaching courses that align with your research expertise, such as MLOps, quality assurance and evolution of AI-based systems, and optimizing architectures of models and AI-based systems. Lecturing in other areas in the broader computer science curriculum can also be expected. Duties also include course administration and development, and degree project supervision on first-cycle and second-cycle levels.

You are expected to collaborate with the wider community for a mutual exchange, as well as work towards ensuring that the knowledge and expertise available at the university is of benefit to society.

To contribute to a positive work environment and further the department’s activities, you are expected to be a present and active part of the day-to-day operations and workplace community. 

Qualification requirements

To be eligible for the position of senior lecturer in Computer Science with a specialisation in AI Engineering, applicants are required to have documented pedagogical skills.  In addition, a doctoral degree or equivalent scientific qualifications in Computer Science or corresponding qualifications in AI engineering, or equivalent professional qualifications deemed relevant to the nature of the position and the duties included therein.

The position requires proficiency in Swedish and English. Candidates who are not proficient in Swedish may still be hired provided they work actively to acquire proficiency in Swedish. 

Pursuant to Karlstad University’s Appointments Procedure, teachers must have the personal qualities required to perform the duties included, as well as completed training in higher education pedagogy.

Candidates who have not completed courses in higher education pedagogy may still be hired, provided that they use the time allotted to continual professional development to complete the required courses within two years of employment, or that they apply for validation of prior learning. For other eligibility requirements, refer to Karlstad University’s Appointments Procedure 

Assessment criteria

In the assessment of scientific and pedagogical excellence, equal weight will overall be given to pedagogical and scientific excellence.

Special weight will be given to

• Merits in teaching in computer science applied to AI Engineering in terms of range, depth and quality of an applicant's teaching work.
• Recent research and development in computer science applied to AI Engineering in terms of range, depth and quality of an applicant's scientific and development work.

Considerable weight will be given to

• International work experience or experience from national and international networks.
• How well the applicant can be expected to contribute new knowledge and experience to the Department.
• Current experience in collaborating with the wider community, as well as communicating research findings and results of development work.
• Potential and desire to collaboratively drive future development of education and research.
• Personal qualities such as the ability to cooperate, sound judgement, sense of responsibility, dedication, and a positive attitude towards colleagues and students.

Terms

This is a permanent full-time position. Start date as agreed upon by both parties.
A probationary period may be applied.

Application

Submit the application via the University’s web-based recruitment tool, Varbi. For advice on how to draft your application, refer to “What should be included with my application?”
Applicants are responsible for submitting a complete application in accordance with the advertisement, for providing translations of any documents written in a language other than Swedish, Norwegian, Danish or English, and for ensuring that the documentation allows for objective and qualitative assessments. A complete application should be submitted by the application deadline. An incomplete application may jeopardise a fair assessment of qualifications.

The application should include:

• CV
• cover letter describing the applicant’s qualifications in relation to the duties of the position
• an in-depth account of teaching experience
• certificate to verify completed courses in higher education pedagogy or an account of equivalent skills
• an in-depth account of research experience
• an account of other relevant experience for the position
• an account of managerial and administrative experience
• plans for future work
• an account of collaborations, international network experience, etc.
• a list of publications (in multi-authored publications, describe your contribution)
• language proficiency certificates
• copy of PhD degree certificate or documented equivalent academic expertise, or equivalent professional qualifications deemed relevant to the nature of the position and the duties included therein.
• no more than 10 scientific publications and no more than 5 materials intended to convey knowledge, such as textbooks, computer programs for teaching, or popular science articles
• two references, at least one of which is a current or former supervisor/manager

Attach all the documents and publications you wish to be considered to the electronic application (do not just provide links). Name each uploaded document to clearly indicate its content.

Documents that cannot be submitted electronically, such as books or publications, should be sent in triplicate to the following address:

Karlstads universitet
Hanna Ljungdahl
651 88 KARLSTAD

Application deadline: 2025-06-08                                                

State the reference no: REK2024-86

We look forward to your application!

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