Post-Doctoral Researcher in Empirical Software Engineering University of Oulu, Department of Computer Science

Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (http://www.oulu.fi/tol/) and M3S (Empirical Software Engineering in Software, Systems and Services) research unit (http://www.oulu.fi/mgroup/) at the University of Oulu, Finland, is seeking a post-doctoral research fellow in Empirical Software Engineering, starting preferably at Sep 2016. Application deadline is Aug 08, 2016. The successful applicant will carry out their postdoc in the research areas of mining software repositories, affective computing, and behavioral software engineering. This research is part of a recently granted Academy of Finland grant, led by Professor Mika Mäntylä. The public description of the project is available here: http://goo.gl/AAQf5i M3S research unit’s research theme is empirical software engineering. M3S’s collaboration with industry provides the empirical environment for the research. Software Factory and the related ecosystem with companies and other software factories provides an environment in which the research unit can carry out student experiments as well as industrial experiments and case studies. M3S has a long tradition in international collaboration. The research unit is a member of the software engineering research network ISERN (M3S director Prof. Oivo is one of its six founding members) and has actively participated in large European research projects since the 1990’s. Over 30% of the research unit is international members. There are two world-class FiDiPro professors working in the research unit. Members of the research unit have published their research in leading software engineering journals and conferences, e.g. IEEE Transactions on SE, IEEE Software, Empirical SE, Information and Software Technology, Journal of Systems and Software, and International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE). Conditions, requirements, and benefits We require: A Completed Doctoral degree in a related field, e.g. Computer Science, Software Engineering. Students near completion can also apply. Good English skills (writing, speaking) Expertise in any of the following: Affective Computing, Mining Software Repositories, Behavioral Software Engineering, Natural Language Processing. A promising publication record We appreciate: Interest to gain independence and to build an academic career Interest to co-supervise PhD students and to supervise Master’s thesis students We offer: Possibility to focus on research with minimal teaching and administrative duties. Possibility to do a post-doctoral research fellowship in a top-level research group Research Unit has excellent collaboration with industry International environment and projects, English as a working language Health care benefits provided by the employer Benefits of the Nordic welfare state, e.g. well functioning child care, safety, beautiful nature. The post-doc positions is available for a minimum of 2 years (extension negotiable). Starting salary will be based on the job specific level 5 or 6 according to the university salary system for teaching and research staff of Finnish universities. In practice, the salary will be about 3300-4000 EUR at the start of the period. The salary is paid for 12 months in a year. Additionally, the post-doctoral researcher is entitled to health care benefits. Application Procedure Applications, including any attachments, should be submitted using the electronic application form by 8 August 2016. The following documents must be attached to the application: 1) Brief curriculum vitae in English, 2) Motivation letter, 3) Doctoral dissertation document or a link for online access (preferred) 4) Three publications that are deemed relevant to the postdoctoral position 5) Contact information for two references For further information regarding the filling of this post: Professor Mika Mäntylä, e-mail: mika.mantyla@oulu.fi, http://mikamantyla.eu/ If you apply for this position please say you saw it on Computeroxy

Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (http://www.oulu.fi/tol/) and M3S (Empirical Software Engineering in Software, Systems and Services) research unit (http://www.oulu.fi/mgroup/) at the University of Oulu, Finland, is seeking a post-doctoral research fellow in Empirical Software Engineering, starting preferably at Sep 2016. Application deadline is Aug 08, 2016.

The successful applicant will carry out their postdoc in the research areas of mining software repositories, affective computing, and behavioral software engineering. This research is part of a recently granted Academy of Finland grant, led by Professor Mika Mäntylä. The public description of the project is available here: http://goo.gl/AAQf5i

M3S research unit’s research theme is empirical software engineering. M3S’s collaboration with industry provides the empirical environment for the research. Software Factory and the related ecosystem with companies and other software factories provides an environment in which the research unit can carry out student experiments as well as industrial experiments and case studies. M3S has a long tradition in international collaboration. The research unit is a member of the software engineering research network ISERN (M3S director Prof. Oivo is one of its six founding members) and has actively participated in large European research projects since the 1990’s. Over 30% of the research unit is international members. There are two world-class FiDiPro professors working in the research unit. Members of the research unit have published their research in leading software engineering journals and conferences, e.g. IEEE Transactions on SE, IEEE Software, Empirical SE, Information and Software Technology, Journal of Systems and Software, and International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE).

Conditions, requirements, and benefits

We require:

A Completed Doctoral degree in a related field, e.g. Computer Science, Software Engineering. Students near completion can also apply.
Good English skills (writing, speaking)
Expertise in any of the following: Affective Computing, Mining Software Repositories, Behavioral Software Engineering, Natural Language Processing.
A promising publication record

We appreciate:

Interest to gain independence and to build an academic career
Interest to co-supervise PhD students and to supervise Master’s thesis students

We offer:

Possibility to focus on research with minimal teaching and administrative duties.
Possibility to do a post-doctoral research fellowship in a top-level research group
Research Unit has excellent collaboration with industry
International environment and projects, English as a working language
Health care benefits provided by the employer
Benefits of the Nordic welfare state, e.g. well functioning child care, safety, beautiful nature.

The post-doc positions is available for a minimum of 2 years (extension negotiable). Starting salary will be based on the job specific level 5 or 6 according to the university salary system for teaching and research staff of Finnish universities. In practice, the salary will be about 3300-4000 EUR at the start of the period. The salary is paid for 12 months in a year. Additionally, the post-doctoral researcher is entitled to health care benefits.