Senior Lecturer - Department of Computer Science at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in those aspects encountered in the Information Technology Environment that are taught in the degree programmes on offer in the Department;
• Developing a research programme in an appropriate area of expertise, or expanding existing research programmes;
• Publishing research articles in the foremost national/international accredited journals; 
• Supervising postgraduate master’s and doctoral students within the research focus areas; 
• Performing assigned departmental duties (e.g. of an administrative nature);
• Participating in the Department’s community service programmes.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Senior Lecturer:

• A PhD degree in Computer Science that follows on the previous qualification;
• At least three years tertiary education experience or three years industry experience with some involvement in tertiary education;
• At least 2 articles published in DHET accredited journals or a DHET accredited book;
• At least 2 other publication outputs (peer reviewed conference paper(s) / book chapter(s) / industry recognised outputs in a commensurate field;
• Supervision / co-supervision of Master’s students to completion or proven management experience in industry.

Recommendations/preferred requirements:

• Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in management of a Masters level programme in Data Science;
• Teaching experience in Honours and Masters level modules in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Natural Language Processing and Data Science;
• Conducted research specifically in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and the application thereof in Data Science.