Professor of Artificial Intelligence

Duties and responsibilities

• Coordinating research and teaching in the field of Artificial Intelligence, ensuring the availability of future Estonian-language academic staff in the field.
• Popularizing the field of Artificial Intelligence.
• Conduct research on Artificial Intelligence.
• Successful application for new research grants, management, and implementation of research and development projects.
• Developing the capacity for industrial collaborations and seeking and participating in collaborations.
• Teaching attractive advanced courses in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
• Supervising Master's and PhD students.
• Participation in the work of academic and administrative decision-making bodies.

Required qualifications
PhD or an equivalent qualification.

Required experience

• Previous work experience as a professor, associate professor, research professor or senior research fellow or in an equivalent position in foreign countries. 
• Ability to organize teaching and teach at all levels of higher education in the area of specialization.
• Previous teaching experience at least at the first two levels of higher education, incl. effective supervision of Master's and PhD students. 
• Internationally recognized professional research in the field of Artificial Intelligence, demonstrated by a track record of publications at top Artificial Intelligence venues. The total volume of publications is equivalent to at least three doctoral theses. 
• Ongoing active engagement in research: internationally recognized research in the last five years at least in the volume equivalent to that of 1.5 doctoral theses.
• Success in applying for research funding as well as managing and performing R&D contracts in the last five years. 
• Participation in working groups or expert councils related to the promotion and implementation of the specialization at the international level.

Required language skills
Excellent command of English required; Estonian recommended.

Additional information on remuneration
Remuneration according to UT salary rules.

Number of vacancies
1

Documents required for applying

1. A letter of application to the Rector.
2. A curriculum vitae.
3. A list of research publications (if necessary, enclosing copies or offprints of more important publications).
4. A copy of a document (including its annexes) which shows the candidate to hold the required qualification (with authorized translation into Estonian, English or Russian if the credential is not in Estonian, English, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, French, Italian, Ukrainian and Belarussian languages). A candidate can be required to submit the original or a certified copy of the document (including its annexes) showing the candidate to hold the required qualification. If the candidate has acquired the higher education in question abroad, he or she may be required to submit an assessment issued by the Academic Recognition Information Centre (the Estonian ENIC/NARIC) of his or her qualification in respect of the qualification requirements for the position.
5. A statement not exceeding 1500 words of the aims to be achieved during the term in the position, and the outline of an action plan for achieving these.
6. Other materials considered relevant by the candidate (a list of such materials must be included in the application or annexed to it).

Additional information

Competitive salary packages of 100-130K p.a. minus all national taxes (ca 41% total) is foreseen, dependent on qualification and experience.

Job description, incl. requirements for academic staff.

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