Faculty, Information Systems

The Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo invites applications for a full-time faculty appointment in Information Systems at any level (assistant, associate or full professor) to start in 2012. Applicants should hold a PhD, or be near completion of their doctorate, and have demonstrated research and teaching potential in industrial, systems or software engineering, computer science or related fields. We seek individuals in the area of Information Systems with a strong technical background and interest in HCI, information visualization, system analysis, software engineering, machine learning or database. Interest in practical problems and application is highly desirable.

The Department offers a co-op undergraduate degree in Management Engineering as one of the disciplines in the Faculty of Engineering, as well as Master's and PhD programs. Examples of courses that could be taught by the successful candidate include Data Warehousing and Mining, Digital Computation, Algorithms and Data Structures, Database Systems, Information Systems Analysis and Design, Principles of Software Engineering, Decision Support Systems, Telecommunication Systems. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and growing interdisciplinary department in the Faculty of Engineering that has active research and teaching activities in Information Systems, Operations Research and Management of Technology.

Applicants should submit a cover letter along with curriculum vitae detailing educational background, research and work experience, and copies of up to three selected publications. Letters of recommendation are not required on application but will be requested if a candidate is shortlisted. Applications are to be submitted electronically at https://www.mansci.uwaterloo.ca/OFAS/ .

The deadline for applications is January 31, 2012.

For further information, please contact:

Bev Rodgers - Department Advisory Committee on Appointments
Department of Management Sciences,
University of Waterloo,
200 University Avenue West,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1.
brodgers@uwaterloo.ca

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. The University encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, members of visible minorities, native peoples, and persons with disabilities.