Professor in Fuzziness and Uncertainty Modeling - Gent, België - Universiteit Gent

Universiteit Gent

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Gent, België

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Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

Discipline:

Fuzziness and Uncertainty Modeling**:
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100% Associate professor / Full professor / Senior full professor:

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Reference number:202301/WE/ZAP/001**
ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY
Ghent University is one of the most important education and research institutions in the Low Countries. On a daily basis, over 9,000 staff members and 41,000 students implement its motto "Dare to Think". Ghent University's mission statement is characterised by qualitative education, internationally renowned research and a pluralistic social responsibility.

ASSIGNMENT

Fuzziness and Uncertainty Modeling is an important sub-domain of AI in which Ghent University has built up a strong tradition over the past decades, both on a fundamental-mathematical and on an applied level.

To further embed and strengthen the scientific foundation of fuzziness and uncertainty modeling in the department, a 100% ZAP mandate is being declared open in this field.

Academic education

You provide education to a large group of students at the level of Bachelor (in Dutch) within and/or outside the faculty and you lecture course units at the level of Master in the field of fuzziness and uncertainty modeling.

Academic Research

Academic services

You take part in the internal and external service provision of the department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics.

PROFILE

Experience

You have already conducted eminent academic research in the given discipline, which is clearly reflected in publications in highquality academic journals and peerreviewed books;
You are capable of initiating, supervising and acquiring the necessary funding for academic research;
You are didactically skilled to teach university students to develop academic competences;
Recommended are:
International mobility, among other things thanks to research stays at institutions external to the one where you acquired your highest academic degree;
Experience in heading a research team and/or supervising PhD students;
Experience in organizing workshops and/or conferences in your field;
Experience in acquiring research projects and research funding;
Positively evaluated experience in provided or organised academic lecturing;
Professionalisation of education;
Interest in educational innovation in your field.
You must master the language of instruction in which you will teach a course at CEFR level C1.You can demonstrate this by means of a language certificate or a diploma obtained from an institution in which that language is the language of instruction. In addition, Article II.270, 1 of the Codex of Higher Education requires that: (i) you must master the Dutch language at least at CEFRlevel A2 within two years after the start of the appointment. (ii) you must be able to master the Dutch language at least at CEFRlevel of B2 within five years after the start of the appointment.

More info:
Language requirements at Ghent University for professorial staff — Ghent University )

Skills / Attitude

You are qualityoriented;
You take initiative;
You have good communicative skills;
You have excellent interpersonal skills, making you a team player and efficient communicator with colleagues, students, collaborators and external partners.

Admission requirements

You hold a thesisbased doctorate or a diploma or certificate that is recognised as equivalent (article V.20 Codex Higher Education).

Upon evaluation of a foreign (non-EU) diploma, a certificate of equivalence may still have to be requested at NARIC. If this is the case, we advise you to initiate this recognition procedure as soon as possible. You are required to have the recognition no later than on the date of your appointment.

You have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on 1 September 2023. This term of two years is determined by the date written on the abovementioned required diploma.

APPOINTMENT INFORMATION

We offer you a permanent appointment in the starting grade of associate professor, full professor or senior full professor, without prejudice to the possibility of a temporary appointment offered in article V.28 of the Codex of Higher Education.

The recruitment is from 1 September 2023.

OUR OFFER
Ghent University is committed to properly welcoming new professorial staff members and offering them appropriate guidance.

The basic teacher training and courses of 'Dutch' and 'English' for foreign-speaking lecturers are only a few examples of our wide range of training and education opportunities.

Furthermore, each Ghent University staff member can count on a number of benefits such as a bike allowance, reimbursement of public transport commuting costs, daycare, a wide range of sports facilities and EcoCheques.

A complete overview of all our employee benefits (in Dutch).

Ghent University also invests in welcoming international professorial staff. It offers various housing options, a relocation bon