<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Dear colleagues,</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class="">
</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We have a tenure track vacancy at Tilburg University which might be of interest for someone working on virtual agents. If you know anyone who might be interested, please feel free to forward this message.</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class="">
</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
Best wishes,</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br class="">
</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
Emiel Krahmer</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
Tilburg University </div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br class="">
</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
---</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br class="">
</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">[apologies for multiple postings]</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 16px;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class=""></b></span><br class="">
</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class="">The Department of Communication and Cognition in the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences is looking for an enthusiastic new colleague for a tenured
position as Assistant Professor.</b></span></div>
<p class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The successful candidate is expected to initiate and conduct computational research in the Tilburg Center for Cognition and Communication (<a href="https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/research/institutes-and-research-groups/ticc" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(66, 1, 120);">TiCC</span></a>).
Researchers in TiCC explore cognitive and social aspects of human communication through a multidisciplinary approach, combining careful experimentation with survey methods, corpus analyses and computational modelling. Candidates are expected to develop new
lines of research fitting within TiCC. </span></div>
<p class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Possible research topics include computational analysis of media behaviour (including experience sampling), computational cognitive modelling, computational decision making,
computational privacy and ethics, data visualisation, digital conversational agents, human-robot interaction, natural language processing and generation, medical informatics, robot-journalism, sentiment analysis and text analytics, social media mining, virtual
reality, and writing analytics.</span></div>
<p class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Moreover, the successful candidate contributes to one of the leading programs in the Netherlands in Communication and Information Sciences (CIS), consisting of three tracks:
Business Communication and Digital Media (BDM), Communication and Cognition (CC), and New Media Design (NMD). Annually, the CIS program attracts approximately 120 new bachelor students, 150 new premaster students, and 250 new master students. </span></div>
<p class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Candidates may contribute to one or more of the following teaching topics: programming, statistics, online data-collection, language technology, computational methodology,
and (interactive) data visualisation.</span></div>
<p class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The successful candidate has:</span></div>
<ul class="">
<li class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">a PhD in a relevant discipline, such as computational linguistics, computational communication science,
cognitive science, human-computer interaction, or medical informatics,</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">published in international journals or proceedings,</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">excellent methodological, statistical and programming skills,</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the intention and ability to acquire external research funding,</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">acquired (or is willing to acquire) the University Teaching Qualification, and</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the ability to communicate in English fluently and is able (or willing to learn) to communicate in Dutch.</span></li></ul>
<p class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class="">Terms of employment</b></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The position will be ranked in the Dutch university job ranking system (UFO) as assistant professor (“universitair docent”). The starting gross salary for a full-time appointment
is (minimally) € 3,637 up to (maximally) € 5,656 gross per month. The start of the employment is negotiable. Successful candidates receive a tenure track position, which is turned into a permanent position when our tenure requirements are met (these are available
upon request).</span></div>
<p class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tilburg University is rated among the top of Dutch employers and has excellent terms of employment, such as a holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% (annually),
an options model and reimbursement of moving expenses. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may qualify for a tax-free allowance equal to 30% of their taxable salary. The university will apply for such an allowance on their behalf. The Tilburg School of
Humanities and Digital Sciences will provide assistance in finding suitable accommodation. The collective labor agreement of the Dutch Universities applies. </span></div>
<p class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class="">Information</b></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">For more information on this position, please contact prof. dr. Emiel Krahmer, Head of Department (<a href="mailto:E.J.Krahmer@tilburguniversity.edu" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 233);">E.J.Krahmer@tilburguniversity.edu</span></a>).</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 16px;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class="">
</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class="">Applications</b></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Applications should include a cover letter in English, a Curriculum Vitae (including the names and contact details of two references), plus your three best, most important
publications. The application deadline is June 21, 2020. The position is open until filled. Interviews will be held early July 2020.</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class="">
</div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">How to apply?</b></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The only way to apply is online, which can be done <a href="https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?career%5fns=job%5flisting&company=S003974031P&navBarLevel=JOB%5fSEARCH&rcm%5fsite%5flocale=nl%5fNL&career_job_req_id=16743&selected_lang=nl_NL&jobAlertController_jobAlertId=&jobAlertController_jobAlertName=&_s.crb=4luoYFgnnfGTNdUKXc9B4liBHLU%3d" class="">here</a>.</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 16px;">
<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
--<br class="">
<br class="">
Emiel Krahmer<br class="">
<br class="">
</div>
<div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
Department of Communication and Cognition</div>
<div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences</div>
<div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<a href="https://tulp.uvt.nl/" class="">Tilburg University Language Production group</a></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
</div>
<br class="">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>