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Department of Computer Science
Faculty Position – Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Sciences

The Department of Computer Science of the University of Texas at Dallas invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and related areas at the full professor level, starting Spring, Summer or Fall 2008. Candidates must have a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or Bioinformatics-related fields. Candidates should have a strong record of research, teaching, and external funding. This position may involve a joint appointment with one of the departments in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and preference will be given to candidates who can collaborate with researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. A significant start-up package has been budgeted for this position.

The Department offers Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Software Engineering; M.S. degrees in Computer Science with emphases (tracks) on Networks and Telecommunications, Traditional Computer Science, Intelligent Systems, and a Major in Software Engineering; and B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Software Engineering (the first in the State of Texas). In addition, the department is part of Ph.D. and master’s programs in two interdisciplinary fields, Computer Engineering and Telecommunications Engineering, whose faculty consists of members from Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

Currently the Department has a total of 45 tenure-track faculty and 9 senior lecturers. In addition to individual faculty workstations, the department has many computer/research laboratories, equipped with around 300 high performance workstations and high-end PCs. The Academic Computer Center supports both UNIX based workstations and PCs as well as high-speed access to campus computing facilities.

The University is located in the most attractive suburbs of the Dallas metropolitan area. There are over 900 high-tech companies within 5 miles of the campus, including Texas Instruments, Nortel Networks, Alcatel, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Fujitsu, MCI, EDS, and Perot Systems. Almost all the country's leading telecommunications companies have major research and development facilities in the area. Opportunities for joint university-industry research projects are excellent.

The Jonsson School has experienced very rapid growth in recent years and will become a top-ranked engineering school within five years.  Based in large part on a 5-year, $300 million initiative involving the State of Texas, the University of Texas System and Texas Instruments, the School is strengthening and expanding its programs (including Bioengineering) by recruiting outstanding faculty and Ph.D. students, increasing funded research, and establishing new programs (see www.ecs.utdallas.edu/welcome.html ).

For more information, contact Dr. D.T. Huynh, Department Head, at 972-883-2169, or send e-mail to cs-search@utdallas.edu, or view the Internet Web page at http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/cs/. The search committee will begin evaluating applications as soon as possible and will continue until the positions are filled.

Applicants should mail their resume with a list of at least five academic or professional references as soon as possible to:

Academic Search # 7086
The University of Texas at Dallas
P.O. Box 830688, M/S AD 42
Richardson, TX 75083-0688

 

UTD is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages application from candidates who would enhance the diversity of the university’s faculty and administration.