2425_COM_01 Professor (Research and Education)

TN United Kingdom; North East; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 100,000

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30.03.2025

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14.05.2025

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The Department of Computer Science at Durham University seeks to appoint a talented individual to the role of Professor. This is a permanent position. We welcome applications from those with research and teaching interests in any area of Computer Science related to the research strengths of the department.

This post offers an exciting opportunity to make further major contributions to the development of internationally excellent research and teaching while allowing you unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution. For more information, please visit our Department pages at Durham Computer Science.

As a professor, you will be encouraged to focus on quality and innovation throughout your teaching and research activity. You will also be expected to provide genuine leadership and citizenship. You will have the freedom to deliver teaching and pursue research that is world-leading and world-changing, in terms of originality, significance, and rigor. We will support your ambitions to publish internationally significant research in your area of interest, provide resources to enable you to attend conferences, and fund research activity. Candidates should have a demonstrated ability to lead large-scale bids for competitive funding, experience of mentoring early- and mid-career researchers, and a desire to contribute to the strategic development of a growing department while fully engaging in the services, citizenship, and values of the University.

The Department is one of the UK's leading Computer Science departments, with an outstanding reputation in research, teaching, and student employability. Our internationally recognized research covers Theoretical Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Human Systems, Digital Health, Networks, Quantum Computing, Scientific Computing including hardware and scientific code development, Computer Vision, Imaging, and Robotics. There is a lively research culture with many visitors and events, and active and rewarding collaborations with other departments in Durham and with other scientists in the UK and internationally. In the assessment exercise REF2021, we improved by six places in the ranking. We aim to provide an encouraging and friendly environment with a strong sense of community. The Department has recently grown rapidly and now has more than 55 permanent members of academic staff. In 2021, we moved to a newly constructed building, which we share with Mathematics.

The Department has a proud tradition of delivering excellence in its undergraduate programmes through research-led teaching. Attracting some of the best students in the UK, the Department is ranked in the top 10 of several UK league tables. As part of the expansion of the Department, new MSc programmes in Advanced Computer Science, Business Analytics, Scientific Computing and Data Analysis, and in Data Science launched within the past five years.

The Department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, a national initiative that recognizes the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression, and success for all in academia.

The role is full-time, but we will consider requests for flexible working arrangements including potential job shares.