Professor in Industrial IoT-Enabled Control and Communication for Automated Factories

• Apply until 24/01/2023 23:59 (Brussels time)
• Discipline: Industrial IoT-Enabled Control and Communication for Automated Factories
• 10% Assistant professor
• Reference number: 202210/EA18/ZAP/005

ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY

Ghent University is one of the most important education and research institutions in the Low Countries. On a daily basis, over 9,000 staff members and 41,000 students implement its motto "Dare to Think". Ghent University’s mission statement is characterised by qualitative education, internationally renowned research and a pluralistic social responsibility.

ASSIGNMENT

The faculty of Engineering and Architecture has a vacancy for a professorship, starting from September 1, 2023. It concerns a part-time (10%) position as Professor in the rank of Assistant Professor (docent) in the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Product Design, charged with academic teaching (partly in Dutch), scientific research and carrying out scientific duties in the field of Industrial IoT-Enabled Control and Communication for Automated Factories.

Academic education

You lecture various course units in the discipline of Industrial IoT-Enabled Control and Communication for Automated Factories, more specifically the course ‘Factories of the Future’ within the Master of Science in Machine and Production Automation Engineering Technology and the courses ‘Smart Factory Design’ and ‘Safe and Secure System Integration’ within the Subsequent Master’s Programme (and same-named Postgraduate Studies) in Smart Operations and Maintenance for Industry, both set up on Campus Kortrijk.

Academic Research

You conduct research in the discipline of Industrial IoT-Enabled Control and Communication for Automated Factories, more specifically on the impact and the potential of new technologies linked to the industrial (r)evolutions (Industry 4.0-5.0) to incorporate the necessary flexibility on the shop floor in order to facilitate the mass customization trend. Recent technologies such as 5G, IIoT, low coding platforms, edge and cloud computing do not only support research towards the required connectivity between local manufacturing resources, but also towards a more distributed control logic enabling an increased autonomy of those resources.

Academic services

You take part in the internal and external service provision of the department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Product Design.

PROFILE

Experience

• You have already conducted eminent academic research in the given discipline, which is clearly reflected in publications in high-quality academic journals and peer-reviewed books.
• You are capable of initiating, supervising and acquiring the necessary funding for academic research.
• You are didactically skilled to teach university students to develop academic competences. Recommended are:
• international mobility, among other things thanks to research stays at institutions external to the one where you acquired your highest academic degree;
• professionalisation of education;
• experience in ideation and management of international and industrial projects.
• You must master the language of instruction in which you will teach a course at CEFR-level C1. You can demonstrate this by means of a language certificate or a diploma obtained from an institution in which that language is the language of instruction. In addition, Article II.270, §1 of the Codex of Higher Education requires that (i) you must master the Dutch language at least at CEFR-level A2 within two years after the start of the appointment and (ii) you must be able to master the Dutch language at least at CEFR-level of B2 within five years after the start of the appointment. More info: Language requirements at Ghent University for professorial staff — Ghent University (ugent.be)

Admission requirements

• You hold a thesis-based doctorate or a diploma or certificate that is recognised as equivalent (article V.20 Codex Higher Education).

Upon evaluation of a foreign (non-EU) diploma, a certificate of equivalence may still have to be requested at NARIC. If this is the case, we advise you to initiate this recognition procedure as soon as possible. You are required to have the recognition no later than on the date of your appointment.

• You have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on September 1, 2023. This term of two years is determined by the date written on the above-mentioned required diploma.

APPOINTMENT INFORMATION

We offer you an appointment with renewable duration for a maximum of 6 years.

Pay attention: A part-time assignment of a certain degree of the professorial staff cannot be combined with a part-time assignment of a different degree of the professorial staff within the same institution.

The recruitment is from September 1, 2023.

OUR OFFER

The career and evaluation policy for Professorial Staff is based on talent development and growth, prioritizing vision development and strategy, at the personal as well as the group level. At UGent we focus on career support and coaching of the Professorial Staff in the different phases of the career. More information can be found on www.ugent.be/en/work/mobility-career/career-aspects/professorial-staff.

Ghent University is committed to properly welcoming new professorial staff members and offering them appropriate guidance. The basic teacher training and courses of ’Dutch’ and ’English’ for foreign-speaking lecturers are only a few examples of our wide range of training and education opportunities. Furthermore, each Ghent University staff member can count on a number of benefits such as a bike allowance, reimbursement of public transport commuting costs, daycare, a wide range of sports facilities and EcoCheques. A complete overview of all our employee benefits (in Dutch).

Ghent University also invests in welcoming international professorial staff. It offers various housing options, a relocation bonus, the International School for school-aged children (with a discount on the tuition fee), support when registering at the City of Ghent, support with the procedure of family reunification and other administrative matters in connection with moving to Ghent. Read more.

GENDER AND DIVERSITY

Ghent University conducts an equal opportunities policy and encourages everyone to apply. Ghent University also strives for a gender balance. Female applications are thus especially welcomed.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

After the final application date, all received applications will be sent to the faculty selection committee assembled for this vacancy. After a pre-selection on the basis of the submitted and assessed as admissible application files, the selection committee may hear the candidates about their vision and planning regarding education, research and services. It is also possible to organize a trial lesson or a presentation on a subject in the relevant field. Afterwards, the committee will rank the suitable candidates and present this ranking to the Faculty Board. The advice of the Faculty Board will then be presented to the University Board for approval.

Candidates are asked to further discuss their top 5 most important publications or other academic achievements with the highest impact. Next to academic publications, the candidate is thus also able to show merit of knowledge transfer by academic dissemination, social valorisation, public awareness, seminars or conference presentations. These competences are also taken into account when evaluating the candidates.

The evaluation of the required international mobility is broad and partly takes the gender perspective into account, thus not only considering longer stays abroad by also other forms of internationalisation.

Pregnancy leave, prolonged sick leave, parental leave, filial leave or other forms of absence are taken into account when evaluating the available time for the realisation of academic output.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online through the e-recruitment system before the application deadline (see above). We do not accept late or incomplete applications, or applications that are not sent through the online system.

Your application must include the following documents:

• In the field ‘Application form’: the professorial staff application form (+ all annexes mentioned in the form), merged into one pdf file.
• In the field ‘Cover letter’: your application letter in pdf format
• In the field ‘Diploma’: a transcript of your doctoral degree. If you have a foreign diploma in a language other than our national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a translation in one of the mentioned languages.
• In the field ‘Certificate of equivalence’: only for diplomas awarded outside the European Union: certificate of equivalence (NARIC) (if already in you possession). For diplomas awarded in the UK before January 31st of 2020, a certificate of equivalence is not required.

Note that the maximum file size for each field is 10 MB.

MORE INFORMATION

Match of this vacancy within the strategic goals of the department.

For further information regarding this vacancy, please contact Professor Tom Dhaene, chair of the faculty selection committee (tom.dhaene@ugent.be; +32 9 3314892.