DepartmentThe School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) is a large and vibrant department in the Faculty of Science and Health. CSEE is internationally known for its research in a range of areas, and offers an excellent education to its students. The School is expanding, due to increasing student numbers, and now wishes to appoint a lecturer in the area of Computational Finance.Duties of the RoleThe successful candidate will be expected to deliver excellent research and teaching, generate research income, to contribute to the administration and management of the School, and to the local, regional and international profile of the Department. We wish to enhance the School's existing research in the area of computational finance as well as open up and develop new research activities that will become recognized as outstanding and internationally leading. The post will include teaching on our courses in computational finance and also possibly in computer science and artificial intelligence at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level. This may include delivering existing modules, developing new modules and generally enhancing our research-led teaching. We aim for excellence in education as well as in research and are looking for candidates who can contribute to both. Research areas include all aspects of computational finance and closely related areas, including algorithmic game theory.DepartmentThe School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) is a large and vibrant department in the Faculty of Science and Health. CSEE is internationally known for its research in a range of areas, and offers an excellent education to its students. The School is expanding, due to increasing student numbers, and now wishes to appoint a lecturer in the area of Computational Finance.Skills and qualifications requiredYou will have a PhD in Computational Finance/Computer Science/Electronic Engineering or related discipline; or the expectation of a PhD qualification prior to the start of the appointment. You will have: proven experience in teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels; evidence of a research agenda, engagement in high-quality research activity and a developing research profile; a track record of excellent-quality publications in internationally recognised, reputable journals; and demonstrable evidence of a clear publication plan for submission to future REF programmes.We particularly welcome applications from those who identify as female or non-binary as they are under-represented in the SchoolAt the University of Essex internationalism is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally-oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries and a university where you can find the world in one place.
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