1-3 Postdoctoral Researchers, Department of Mathematical Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (2015)

The University of Jyväskylä is a nationally and internationally significant research university and an expert on education that focuses on human and natural sciences. The University is Finland’s leading expert in teacher education and adult education, as well as the major exporter of education. The Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences is the only one in the country. The University of Jyväskylä is known for its dynamic operating culture and strong commitment to social responsibility.

The department is currently seeking to recruit staff to the positions of Postdoctoral researcher (1-3 positions), as of 1 July 2015 or as agreed (contract length maximum of four years).

The focus of the Department of Mathematical Information Technology is to examine information technology from the natural sciences perspective. Deep understanding of mathematics, close cooperation with industry, interdisciplinary nature of doctoral education and global co-operation with other universities and research institutes are in the centre of the ethos of the department.

The main research areas of the department are computational sciences, mobile computing, software engineering and intelligent systems, educational technology and cyber security. The number of teaching and research personnel is ca. 90 of which more than half is engaged in research projects. The department has 9 professors and seven part-time research professors. About third of the personnel is foreign born. Teaching is conducted both in Finnish and English.

The Postdoctoral researchers are being recruited in the main research areas of the department and in education duties in bachelor’s and master’s education.

The main research areas of the department are:
- Computational sciences: Scientific computing; Optimization; Signal processing and data mining
- Mobile computing
- Software engineering and intelligent systems
- Educational technology
- Cyber security

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