Postdoctoral Fellowship available at NMMU, Summerstrand Campus, starting January 2010. ?For more information, please contact Prof. Janet Wesson at Janet.Wesson at nmmu.ac.za directly. Additional contact details below.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computer Science Posting Number: Date Posted: Job Description: The Department of Computer Science and Information Systems (CS&IS) at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), Port Elizabeth, South Africa, wishes to recruit a post-doctoral research fellow to undertake research in the CS&IS research focus areas. CS&IS strives to serve the needs of the ICT industry by developing highly qualified Masters and Doctoral graduates through applied research, frequently in collaboration with industry partners. CS&IS has excellent expertise and research facilities in IT in education (school and university), IT in community development, mobile computing, Service Oriented Architecture, automated assessment of programs, evolutionary robotics, ICT in the workplace, IT Project Management and Usability Engineering. Candidates must have a PhD in Computer Science, advanced knowledge and skills in one or more of the CS&IS research focus areas, and a strong motivation to pursue academic research. They must have excellent written and verbal English communication skills. Candidates will be expected to take a leadership role in developing new collaborative projects, assist in writing research proposals and papers and co-supervise postgraduate students. International candidates are preferred. If a candidate is appointed, he or she must be able to start from 1 January 2010 or as soon after as possible. If you are interested, email your Curriculum Vitae together with a covering letter to Prof Janet Wesson (see Contact Information below). The letter must provide information on your Computer Science knowledge and skills, a description of how you could contribute to the current research of CS&IS, and the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of three referees. Contact: Prof Janet Wesson Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University PO Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 6031 South Africa Email: ?Janet.Wesson at nmmu.ac.za Phone: ?+27 (0)41 504 2323 Fax: ? ?+27 (0)41 504 2831 Website: ? ? ? ?http://www.nmmu.ac.za/csis
