Assistant Professor Computer Science
(Compilers/Systems Software Engineering)
Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech

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The Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech (http://www.cs.vt.edu/) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank from candidates with a research focus in the area of compilers, programming languages, or software engineering. The department plans to strategically grow its research presence in these areas over the coming years. Preference is given to candidates whose research efforts lie in applied domains with relevance to computer systems software, particularly for emerging architectures such as many-core processors and GPGPUs.

Candidates should have a doctoral degree in Computer Science or a cognate area, a record of significant research achievement and publication, a coherent research and teaching plan showing the potential to secure research funding, build a research program in their area of specialty, and contribute to the department’s graduate/undergraduate teaching mission, and sensitivity to issues of diversity in the campus community.

CS@VT has 37 tenure-track research-oriented faculty including 12 NSF CAREER award winners, PhD production among the top 30 in the USA, and annual research expenditures exceeding $7 million. The candidate will work closely with the Center for High-End Computing Systems, whose resources include System G, a 2600 core research supercomputer and HokieSpeed, a heterogeneous supercomputer combining general purpose CPUs and GPUs funded by a $2M NSF MRI grant. There are also rich opportunities in a highly collaborative department with strengths in HCI, computational biology and bioinformatics, digital libraries, data mining, and CS education. Active interdisciplinary research also explores CyberArts, digital government, and problem-solving environments. Outstanding opportunities exist for collaboration with the newly formed VT-Carilion Research Institute associated with the VT-Carilion School of Medicine.

The position is part of a coordinated cluster hire of a total of five positions on both the Blacksburg and National Capital Region campuses of Virginia Tech that is intended to synergistically increase research momentum in computer systems, software engineering, security, and cybersecurity by the Department of Computer Science (CS) and the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).  The successful candidate will join the Department of Computer Science on the Blacksburg campus. 

CS@VT is part of the College of Engineering (www.eng.vt.edu) in a comprehensive research university with more than 26,000 students. The main campus is located in Blacksburg (see http://www.vt.edu/where_we_are/blacksburg), a small town consistently ranked among the country’s best places to live.

Salary for suitably qualified applicants is competitive and commensurate with experience. Virginia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

To Apply

Applications must be submitted online to http://listings.jobs.vt.edu for posting #0110873. Here is a direct link for submitting applications. Applicant screening will begin December 15, 2011 and continue until the position is filled. Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Godmar Back, Compilers/PL/Software Engineering Search Committee Chair, gback@cs.vt.edu.