The UCL School of Management invites applications for a tenure-track position in the Operations & Technology group with an anticipated start date 1st September 2021.
Assistant Professor with a focus on Big Data Analytics, Information Technologies: We are seeking candidates at the Assistant Professor level with strong research potential or proven record in research and scholarship in the areas of big data analytics, data science, or information technologies. We are particularly looking for candidates with an emphasis on solving real-world problems using cutting-edge data intensive methods and with research interests on new ways organisations capture data, analyse information and make decisions. The successful applicant will be expected to teach courses in areas such as machine learning, big data infrastructure, programming or scripting languages (Python, JavaScript etc.) in our undergraduate and graduate programmes.
The UCL School of Management is a thriving business school based in London with strong emphasis on research. The School focuses on research on technology, innovation, analytics, and entrepreneurship. Salary is competitive with US business schools, and research facilities and support are excellent. The teaching load is light and designed to maximize research time. The School’s “world-leading” research was ranked joint first among UK business schools in the last UK REF (Research Excellence Framework) evaluation. Besides the main UCL Bloomsbury campus, the School operates in its new Canary Wharf campus in the heart of London financial district. UCL is one of the world’s top research universities, with a consistent ranking in the top 20 of the world’s best universities, and ranked 1st in the UK for research strength. Academic staff and former students of UCL have won 33 Nobel Prizes.
The UCL School of Management encourages diversity and a positive culture among all faculty, staff, and students. Our school is committed to building an intellectual community in which diversity, fairness, and inclusion are valued, and we encourage applications from women and other minorities. UCL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Qualifications - Applicants should hold a PhD in Management Science, Information Systems, Computer Science or related fields by the date of appointment. Candidates are expected to produce world-leading research outputs.
Application Instructions - To apply for this position, please submit a curriculum vitae, a research statement, up to two research papers, and three letters of recommendation to: http://apply.interfolio.com/78580 by October 23, 2020.
If you have questions about the application process, please contact Dee Chambers (dee.chambers@ucl.ac.uk).