[ecoop-info] Post-doc position

[Ivan Porres]

The Department of Information Technologies at Åbo Akademi University  
in Turku, Finland is looking for a post-doctoral researcher in the  
areas of empirical software engineering and software testing. The  
employment period is one year, ideally starting from January 2008.

Candidates should have a doctoral degree in software engineering or a  
closely related field and research experience in empirical software  
engineering. The ideal candidate has a strong background in the  
empirical investigation and evaluation of software verification and  
validation methods including knowledge of software metrics and  
experiment design and analysis. Participation in research projects   
in collaboration with the industry will be considered a merit.

The work will be carried out in the context of the LIME project  
(Lightweight Formal Methods for Embedded Systems). This project is a  
collaboration between the Laboratory for Theoretical Computer Science  
at the Helsinki University of Technology, the Department of  
Information Technologies at Åbo Akademi University and four Finnish  
ITC companies. The project is funded mainly by Tekes, the Finnish  
Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation.

The salary will be based on the new salary system for university  
employees in Finland. In practice, the monthly salary for a  
postdoctoral researcher in Turku is around 2500-3000 euro before  
taxes depending on experience.

Interested candidates can send an application by regular mail  
including a motivation letter,  C.V., list of publications, 2  
academic references and copies of relevant degree certificates to the  
following address:

Ivan Porres
Avdelningen för informationsteknologi
Åbo Akademi
Joukahainengatan 3-5
FIN-20520 Åbo
Finland

Application deadline is November 15. Please include in your  
application an email address and a telephone number that we can use  
to contact you during the month of November in case we want to  
discuss further details of your application.

Please contact Ivan Porres (iporres at abo.fi) if you have any questions  
about the LIME project or the application procedure.

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Ivan Porres
iporres at abo.fi www.abo.fi/~iporres