Employment Opportunities at CS

The school of Computer Science at McGill University invites applications for two tenure-track positions at the assistant professor level, to begin August 1, 2013. One of these is in the area of data mining and particularly with emphasis on “big data,” text analysis and unstructured data. The other is targeted at theoretical computation with an emphasis on algorithms, computational geometry and discrete optimization.

Our application form can be found here: Academic Application Form. Be sure to include a curriculum vitae, a list of publications with copies of one or two sample reprints, a research statement as well as a teaching statement, and the names and email addresses of three references in pdf format. If you experience problems with our form, please email either theory@cs.mcgill.ca or datamining@cs.mcgill.ca accordingly.

Applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received. Applications received before Jan. 18th, 2013 are assured full consideration. The School of Computer Science offers a collegial environment with opportunities for interaction with world class researchers in areas including (but not limited to): machine learning, discrete mathematics, mobile robotics, computer vision, appearance modeling, bioinformatics, cryptography and quantum computing. For further information on the School, see: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca.

McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities and others who may contribute to further diversification. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.

Assistant Professor at Douglas Mental Health and University Institute

The Douglas Institute’s Centre d’Imagerie Cérébrale (Douglas CIC) is seeking to hire an independent and motivated Computational Neuroscientist. The successful candidate will hold a full-time Assistant Professorship in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, and will be expected to develop an independent research programme, while collaborating with our multidisciplinary team of neuroscience researchers at the Douglas Institute.

The Douglas CIC is a new, state-of-the-art imaging centre located in Montréal, Canada, and affiliated with McGill University. The centre is dedicated to conducting cutting edge clinical and pre-clinical in-vivo brain imaging research in the area of mental health. The centre houses a Siemens 3T Magnetom Trio human MRI scanner, and a 7T Bruker Biospec small animal MRI scanner, as well as labs specialized in optogenetics, electroencephalography (EEG) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).

Requirement details can be viewed here.

Interested applicants are invited to please send a: i) Cover letter, ii) Curriculum Vitae, and iii) arrange to have 3 reference letters sent to: Tayna Bardati (tayna.bardati@douglas.mcgill.ca), Administrative Assistant to the Director (Dr. M. N. Rajah) – Douglas CIC, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada