Tenure-Track Faculty Position
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
University of Delaware

Applications are invited for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2008. Of primary interest are candidates whose research is in networks, especially network security, or in information retrieval, broadly defined. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. or its equivalent, and be committed to excellence in research and teaching. The standard teaching assignment is three courses per year.

The Department has 20 tenure-track, 4 research, and 2 teaching faculty members, 110 graduate students and 275 undergraduate students. We have significant external funding, including NSF Career and DOE Young Investigator Awards, and a grant in Communications and Networks that is part of the Army Research Lab's Collaborative Technology Alliance. A major UDel biotechnology initiative (http://www.dbi.udel.edu) offers opportunities for collaborative research in bioinformatics. The University of Delaware is centrally located between Philadelphia and Baltimore, with major government and industrial labs nearby. Considerable information about the Department is available at http://www.cis.udel.edu.

Applications should be submitted as a SINGLE PDF FILE to csfacsch+tt@cis.udel.edu and include in order: a cover letter (addressed to Dr. Chien-Chung Shen, Faculty Search Committee Chair), a vita including a list of references, a statement on research and a statement on teaching. Please do NOT include copies of publications. In addition, candidates should have three (3) confidential letters of reference sent directly to csfacsch+tt@cis.udel.edu. Alternatively, applications and letters could be mailed to Dr. Chien-Chung Shen, Faculty Search Committee Chair, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. The committee will begin reviewing applications on January 22, 2008 and will give preference to applications submitted by that date. The curriculum vitae and letters of reference will be shared with departmental faculty. The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages applications from Minority Group Members and Women.