Open position: Full Professorship

Centre of Mathematics for Applications (CMA) was recently funded as a 'Centre of Excellence' by the Research Council of Norway. CMA is one of three such centres at the University of Oslo.

The departments of Informatics, Mathematics, Physics and the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics are involved, with collaboration from SINTEF Applied Mathematics. There will also be centre members from the universities in Bergen and Trondheim. Read more about CMA here.

We hereby invite applications for a full position as Professor

(Full Norwegian text can be found here.)

• The position is available from 1 January 2004, but the start date may be delayed if necessary.
• Applications with all necessary enclosures must be received by 15 July 2003.
• Relevant applicants will be contacted for interviews and trial lectures.
• Salary at scale of pay 62-75 (p.t. NOK 426.500 - 546.000), depending on qualifications.

The professor will have his/her office at CMA. There is a standard teaching load attached to the position, which will be managed by one of the four cooperating departments, depending on the academic profile of the candidate who is hired. If the Centre is terminated, the position will be transferred to this department.

The main vision of CMA is to create a national research centre in mathematics where top class scientists from different areas can work together with a joint perspective and common goals. The main focus will be on mathematics motivated from applications, with emphasis on problems arising from modern scientific computing. The activity in the centre will be built upon 4 different research areas: geometry, stochastic analysis, differential equations and applications in the physical sciences (mainly within astrophysics and computational quantum mechanics). In particular, the centre will focus on research activities that combine two or more of these areas.

Whoever is employed must be prepared to take part in the teaching at all levels, from beginning calculus to PhD- and Postdoc-supervision.

Applications must include complete information about education, former positions, and scientific, teaching and administrative experience (documented). Within the closing date, applicants must submit 4 - four - copies of:

• Applicaton, CV, and enclosures,
• Scientific papers, to which the applicant wants the committee to pay spesial attention (Note: The number of such papers should not exceed 10), and a statement discussing the selection of these.
• Full list of publications,
• A statement upon / documentation of pedagogical competence, public outreach, and other relevant qualifications.

Scientific papers which are not completed at the closing date for applications, may be delivered within 4 weeks thereafter if this is explicitly stated in the official application.

Applicants must hold a PhD or document similar qualifications (Minimum requirement for all permanent scientific positions at UiO).

Applicants will be evaluated and ranked with respect to the research plan of the centre. Whoever is employed must demonstrate scientific qualifications within the four research areas of the centre. Preference will be given to applicants with a research profile matching the core activity of the centre, and/or with experience in problems that combine aspects from two or more of the areas.
The full research plan of the centre can be found here.

The main emphasis of the evaluation and ranking will be based on the selected scientific papers. Research leadership and participation in research projects will also be considered if the activities are sufficiently documented. Finally, documented pedagogical competence, public outreach, and other relevant qualifications will be brought into consideration.

Women are especially encouraged to apply.

For more information on the position, please contact: Professor Ragnar Winther, telephone +47 22852422, email: rwinther@ifi.uio.no

Please use the following address for applications:

Universitetet i Oslo, Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet
v. personalkonsulent Grete Andresen
Postboks 1032 Blindern, 0315 Oslo, NORWAY
ATT: 03/4064

Applications may also be submitted electronically to grete.andresen@matnat.uio.no