Connectionists: W3-Professorship for „Socio-technical system design and artificial intelligence” at Ruhr-University Bochum

[Laurenz Wiskott]

Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) is one of Germany’s leading research
universities, which encompasses the whole range of academic disciplines. A
highly dynamic setting enables researchers and students to work across the
traditional boundaries of academic subjects and faculties. To create knowledge
networks within and beyond the university is RUB’s declared aim.

W3-Professorship for „Socio-technical system design and artificial intelligence” (f/m/d)

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ruhr-Universität Bochum invites
applications for the position of a Full Professor (W3) for „Socio-technical
system design and artificial intelligence”. The job position is offered for
March 1, 2021 (salary scale W3) at the Institute of Work Science (IAW). RUB is
looking for an exceptional candidate with innovative research and teaching
ideas in the field.

IAW is a cross-disciplinary autonomous institute at RUB that works in close
cooperation with the mechanical engineering department, information science,
neuroinformatics, social science and management studies
(https://www.iaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/). The announced professorship defines
IAW’s profile in information science in continuous and close interaction with
the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The focus is on the integration of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in job design and collaborative work settings
with distributed intelligence among AI and human agents. Applicants should
have a background in information science, business informatics, operations
research or human computer interaction and follow a socio-technical system
perspective in research and teaching. They should have a distinct view on the
potential of AI, know how to integrate AI in job design and reflect on the
technological impact in its social dimensions. There is a need for expertise
in theoretical and methodological foundation as well as for practical job
design.

RUB is seeking for a complementary profile in comparison to the other
professorships at IAW and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Teaching
obligations include contributions to the executive master “Organizational
Management” as well as to the BA/MA programs in “Sales Engineering and Product
Management“ and “Applied Informatics”. Specific contributions to Process
Management, Project Management and Data Analytics are appreciated.

Requirements for the full professorship follow § 36 HG NRW and include
pedagogical proficiency, an outstanding Ph.D. dissertation and further
outstanding scientific research which can be documented in terms of a positive
evaluation as Junior Professor, habilitation or an equivalent publication
record.

Further requirements are:
• The willingness to cooperate in interdisciplinary research teams and to
  contribute to interdisciplinary research;
• Research excellence and international visibility documented by the
  publication record;
• The willingness to cooperate with representatives from business and
  practice;
• The willingness and documented capability to apply successfully for and
  manage third-party funded projects;
• An outstanding teaching engagement and teaching proficiency also in the
  field of executive training. The teaching engagement should include lectures
  in German and English;
• Work experience in industry is appreciated and advantageous;
• Participation in academic self-administration.

Ruhr-Universität Bochum is an equal opportunities employer.

Please submit your electronic application with the usual documents (cover
letter, curriculum vitae, copy of certifications, list of publication
including copies of the five most relevant publications, list of lectures and
documents of teaching evaluation, list of successfully raised third-party
funded research projects and an exposé of the future research strategy) by
October, 18 2020 to the Dean of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
(dekanat-mb at ruhr-uni-bochum.de).

Further information can be obtained at our website www.mb.rub.de and
www.iaw.rub.de.