W1 Assistant Professorship; f​/m​/d) Computer Security

Paderborn University is a high-performance and internationally oriented university. Within interdisciplinary teams, we undertake forward-looking research, design innovative teaching concepts and actively transfer knowledge into society. As an important research and cooperation partner, the university also shapes regional development strategies. We offer our employees in research, teaching, technology and administration a lively, family-friendly and equal opportunity environment, a lean management structure and diverse opportunities.

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In the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at the Department of Computer Science the following professorship is to be filled as soon as possible: W1 Assistant Professorship (f/m/d) for Computer Security The position is a fixed-term civil servants initially for three years, to be extended by three years after a positive evaluation. A tenure track is not planned.

Requirements:
Paderborn University’s Department of Computer Science is nationally competitive and internationally visible in security, with four professorships in this area. This assistant professorship is meant to enable a junior researcher to shape this focus area and kickstart their own career in this excellent research environment.

Successful applicants should be established in at least one area of IT-security and meaningfully complement our existing professorships – especially Secure Software Engineering, Empirical Software Engineering, Cryptography, and System Security.
We expect applicants to be willing and be interested in collaborating with the working groups in this subject area, the department’s strategic focus areas (data science, quantum computing, software engineering, and domain-specific computing), and beyond.

Scientific qualifications should be demonstrated through publications at leading international conferences in IT-Security. We expect initial experience in acquiring externally funded projects. We expect applicants to be willing to participate in applications for large-scale projects, especially interdisciplinary projects, to actively participate in shaping new projects, and to integrate into existing research institutions. Paderborn University offers excellent opportunities for this with research institutions such as the Software Innovation Campus Paderborn (SICP), the Joint Artificial Intelligence Institute (JAII), and the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC²), potentially in leading roles.

There is also the possibility for collaborations with the Heinz Nixdorf Institute (HNI) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design (IEM). We further expect the willingness for interdisciplinary collaboration; initial relevant teaching experience is a plus.

We expect the ability and willingness to offer courses in the field of IT-Security in the Computer Science Bachelor’s program and the Computer Science and Computer Engineering Master’s programs. We further expect the ability to teach in English and, within 2 years of hiring, also in German, as well as participation in academic self-governance.

With its participation in 11 interdisciplinary research institutions, 4 collaborative research centers (with 3 spokesperson function), 2 DFG research groups, 6 graduate colleges, and 2 DFG priority programs, Paderborn University is the ideal environment for implementing bold research ideas. As the location of a national high-performance computing center, the university offers outstanding computing resources to implement these ideas.

Recruitment requirements: § 36 Abs. 1 Ziff. 1 to 3 HG NRW (University law of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia) (completed university degree, pedagogical aptitude and Ph.D. degree).

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