Tenure-Track Position in Computer Science

Institution:         Colby College

Department:      Department of Computer Science

Deadline:          1 November 2014

Starting Date:      1 September 2015

The Department of Computer Science at Colby College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in computer science starting in the 2015-16 academic year. Applicants must hold, or be close to completing, a Ph.D. in computer science, computer engineering, or a related area with a preference for applicants with a back- ground in systems (e.g. architecture, operating systems, networks, or databases). The position requires a balance of excellence in teaching and research.

Colby College is a highly selective, comprehensive liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. The department offers a major and a minor in computer science and also participates in majors in Interdisciplinary Computation in Biology, Environmental Sciences, Theater and Dance, and Music. Students pursuing the IC majors take a mixture of CS courses and courses in their focus area, culminating with a combined capstone experience.

The Colby CS program is an outward-looking program designed to integrate with and take advantage of its liberal arts environment. In addition to providing the foundations of a CS education, our core courses focus on the applications of computer science across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences and mathematics. We are looking to strengthen this aspect of our program with this position; competitive candidates will address how they will situate themselves in a CS department at a small liberal arts college and participate in the academic community.

A full teaching load at Colby is five courses. The courses will typically include a mixture of core CS courses and upper level electives. The department is well equipped with computing facilities including a large teaching lab, student project spaces, and a research lab with linux workstations, all situated in the brand new Davis Science Building. For more information about the CS department, faculty, and courses, please see the department web site at http://cs.colby.edu

Application Instructions: Interested candidates should have three references submitted electronically from their referees to cs-tenuretrack@colby.edu and provide the following materials as PDFs: a cover letter highlighting their qualifications for the position, a CV, a statement outlining their teaching philosophy and experience, a list of courses they would like and are qualified to teach, a statement of research interests that includes how undergraduate students could participate in their research program, and a representative sample of current scholarship (e.g. peer- reviewed publications). All materials must be submitted electronically to cs-tenuretrack@colby.edu

Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2014, and will continue until the position is filled. Full consideration will be given to candidates whose materials are received prior to the deadline.

Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes personnel decisions on the basis of the individual’s qualifications to contribute to Colby’s educational objectives and institutional needs. Colby College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, or veteran’s status in employment or in our educational programs. Colby is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and operates in accordance with federal and state laws regarding non-discrimination.  For more information about the College, please visit our website: www.colby.edu