Applications are invited for a Chair of Software Engineering in the Computing Department at Lancaster to lead and enhance our world class activities in this area. Research in the department covers a wide range of activity related to comtemporary computer systems including networked and distributed systems, mobile and ubiquitous systems and human-centric computing. Our work in software engineering sits at the heart of this spectrum of activity addressing tools and techniques for the construction of such complex systems with emphasis on areas such as requirements engineering, aspect-oriented software development, system dependability and component- and service- based software engineering. We also have a proud tradition of taking a human-centric approach to the subject, e.g. with our groundbreaking work on the role of ethnography in software engineering. The successful candidate will have an outstanding international reputation for research in software engineering, will be able to provide distinct leadership for our work in this area, will complement and add considerable value to our existing activities, and will also ideally have strong industrial links and be able to build large collaborative projects.
The department offers a highly collegiate and stimulating environment with around 30 faculty, 53 researchers and a team of technical and administrative support staff (including research support). We also have a very large PhD programme with over 100 participants, and hold approximately £10m in research funding from a diverse range of sources including from EPSRC and EU sponsored research projects and direct from industry. The department is housed in InfoLab21, a state-of-the-art building dedicated to world class research and technology transfer in ICT (http://infolab21.lancs.ac.uk/).
Note that, as an added incentive, a permanent lectureship (equivalent to assistant professorships in the US system) is associated with this position and the successful candidate will be involved in the recruitment process for this additional post.
Informal enquiries can be made to the Head of Department, Professor Gordon Blair (tel: +44 1524 510303, e-mail: gordon@comp.lancs.ac.uk).