Open Faculty Position: "Maître de Conférences" (Assistant Professor), Chaire d'excellence CNRS

Employer: Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France Laboratory: Heudiasyc, UMR CNRS 7253, http://www.hds.utc.fr Research area: Uncertainty management for complex technological system modeling and control

The Université de Technologie de Compiègne invites candidacies for a fully tenured Assistant Professorship (Maître de Conférences, sections 61/27) in combination with a "Chaire d'Excellence CNRS" starting on December 1, 2012.

Description of the research environment

Heudiasyc is a joint laboratory with the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) and the French governmental agency for research (CNRS). In 2011, it was rated A+ (the highest rate) by the French Research evaluation agency (AERES). Heudiasyc fosters interdisciplinary research on information science and technology including machine learning, uncertain reasoning, operations research, robotics and knowledge management. In 2011 Heudiasyc was awarded with an excellence project (LabEx) on the « Control of Technological Systems of Systems ».

Research and teaching requirements

The successful candidate is expected to carry out research on the management of uncertainty for the modeling and control of complex technological systems. The position is proposed within the framework of the « CNRS-Higher Education chairs » program and benefits from a reduction of the teaching service and a salary bonus during the first five years.

We are looking for an outstanding candidate with a background in at least one of the following areas:

• Theories of uncertainty (Bayesian networks, belief functions, possibility theory, imprecise probability, decision under uncertainty, preference modeling, etc.);
• Machine learning and data mining (analysis of complex data, learning with weak supervision, etc.);
• Combinatorial optimization (stochastic/robust/fuzzy optimization, probabilistic constraints, etc.);
• Robotic perception (multi-sensor fusion, machine vision, etc.);
• Reliability and system safety (risk management, modeling of epistemic uncertainty, etc.);
• Artificial intelligence (uncertain reasoning, representation of uncertain knowledge, logical approaches to uncertainty, etc.).

Teaching is expected at the Master level in the Engineering program at UTC and in the newly created Master program on Complex Technological Systems.

Prerequisites for this position are a university degree, a doctoral degree and teaching skills at the university level. International experience as post-doctoral fellow and/or in collaborative research with industrial or international academic partners would be highly appreciated. The candidate should be ready to integrate in a multinational team and must be fluent in English. French language skills are beneficial.

Application: Consideration for applications will begin around 7 July 2012 and the application procedure will remain opened until early September. Details on the procedure will be available soon. The position will start on 1st December 2012.

Contact: Prof. Thierry Denoeux (Thierry.Denoeux(a)hds.utc.fr)

Prof. Thierry DENOEUX Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijar Universite de Technologie de Compiegne U.M.R. C.N.R.S. 7253 Heudiasyc Centre de Recherches de Royallieu B.P. 20529 F-60205 Compiegne Cedex France http://www.hds.utc.fr/~tdenoeux