Outline
Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science at University of Tsukuba invites applications for an international tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level who will conduct international research in Interactive Information Retrieval. Upon appointment, a successful candidate will stay in School of Computing Science at University of Glasgow (UK) as a faculty member of University of Tsukuba, and carry out international collaborative research [with Prof. Jose in the Information Retrieval (IR) group] for two or more years. After the visiting period, the candidate will perform research, teaching, supervision, and committee work at University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Department of Library, Information and Media Stuides at University of Tsukuba is a member of iSchool, and one of the largest iSchool institutions in Asia with more than 60 interdisciplinary faculty members. A successful candidate will join the department to strengthen the research in Information Retrieval by developing international collaboration with IR group at University of Glasgow.
Contract
Full-time (Fixed-Term, 5 years)
A candidate may obtain a tenured position before the end of contract.
Institution
University of Tsukuba
Department
Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science
Number of positions
One
Qualifications
1) PhD (or equivalent) degree in a relevant field
2) English fluency that is sufficient to conduct international research
3) Track record of peer-reviewed publications in Information Retrieval (IR)
4) Experience with test collection based evaluation of IR systems
5) Experience with user-based research method such as user studies
6) At least 4 peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years
Treatment
Annual Salary Scheme (6,480,000 JPY/Year)
Other working conditions are based on the regulations of University of Tsukuba
Deadline for applications
June 30, 2014 (JST)
Starting date
After October 1, 2014
Selection process
Screening of Application Materials and Interview
Contact
Prof. Hidehiko Hasegawa
Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science
University of Tsukuba
Job Opportunities at University of Tsukuba
Official Information (PDF)
Hideo Joho <hideo@slis.tsukuba.ac.jp>
Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science
University of Tsukuba
Tel: +81 (0)29 859 1337 Fax: +81 (0)29 859 1093
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