Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Formal Methods for Business Process Modelling

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences has an open position as a post-doctoral researcher in Formal Methods for Business Process Modelling for a period of two years, with the possibility of an extension for up to one year

Project and duties of the post
 

This exciting position is part of the Norwegian Research Council Young Research Talents project CroFlow (Enabling Highly Automated Cross-Organisational Workflow Planning, https://croflow.github.io/).  The goal of the project is to develop an innovative model-driven methodology and framework that facilitates planning business process with highly automated analyses and tool support.

Cross-organisational workflows involve multiple concurrently running business processes, each of which consists of multiple workflows within an organisation, or across various organisations.  While tasks in these individual workflows may run independently in parallel, there are very often dependencies between them, e.g., execution orders or shared resources, which makes planning such workflows particularly challenging and error prone.  Such complications could eventually lead to substantial negative impacts on financially- and safety-critical workflows. The project aims to leverage various techniques in formal methods to model and analyse cross-organisational workflows in terms of concurrent programs, and to automate workflow revisioning upon changes in the dependencies. 

For this specific position, we are interested in developing a framework allowing highly automated workflow modelling and planning based on the orchestration of static analyses and dynamic refactoring of the workflow models.  The prospective postdoctoral researcher should be interested in formal modelling for concurrent programs, with the application on concurrent workflow models.  Together with the other project members and external partners, the researcher will contributeto the project in areas such as automating the planning and dynamic refactoring of cross-organisational workflows.

The postdoctoral researcher will have the possibility to collaborate with the external project partners of CroFlow, including Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Uppsala University in Sweden and the University of Lübeck in Germany.

Research environment

The postdoctoral researcher will be associated to Software Engineering (SE) research group at HVL  (https://www.hvl.no/en/research/group/software-engineering/). The research group currently includes 10 professors and associate professors, 12 PhD candidates, and a large number of master’s students. The research group focuses on the foundations of model-driven software engineering, software verification, concurrent program analysis, within areas such as complex simulation systems, process and workflow modelling, protocols, and embedded systems. The group is involved in research projects in the areas of business workflow analysis and verification, healthcare, embedded systems, robotics and industrial automation, internet-of-things and cloud computing, application of machine learning, automotive software systems, and IT security. The research group has cooperation with many national and international research groups, and with national and regional industry partners.

The postdoctoral research fellow will be provided with work expense funding which can be used for conference participation, research visits, and equipment. The place of employment is Campus Bergen.

The position as post-doctoral researcher is available for a period of two years, with the possibility of an extension for up to one year dependent on further funding from the Norwegian Research Council.”

Qualifications:

The successful applicant must have earned a PhD degree in informatics/computer science/software engineering or have submitted the PhD thesis before the application deadline. It is a condition of employment that the PhD has been awarded.  The scientific profile must cover one or more of the following areas:

• foundations of software engineering, in particular software verification, program analysis and/or formal modelling
• event-recording automata, automata learning and/or process mining
• software engineering tools and methodology, including model-driven software engineering and verification

In addition to the required educational background and scientific profile, the following criteria will be evaluated:

• Publication track record, quality of publications, ability to lead the writing of research papers
• Quality and relevance of the PhD thesis
• Ability to work in the intersection of theoretical and applied research
• Practical software engineering skills and experience from industrial collaboration
• Oral and written communication skills in English.

Application procedure:

Applications will be evaluated by an expert panel of three members.

Applicants are asked to submit their application and CV online. Please use the link “Apply for this job” (“Søk stillingen”).

The following documentation should be uploaded as an attachment to the online application:

• cover letter (statement of motivation, summarizing scientific work and research interest)
• a copy of the PhD thesis
• a CV including publication list,
• up to five selected publications
• copies of educational certificates, academic transcript of records
• Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number).

Applicants will be evaluated against their prospective starting date, capacity for dissemination, their ability to collaborate, as well as their potential for establishing relevant national and international research contacts. Short-listed candidates might be required to give a research presentation, in addition to an interview.  If the documents submitted are not in English or in a Scandinavian language, the applicants must submit the corresponding certified translations.

Applicants with a degree from a country other than Norway, need to attach a certified translation of the diploma and transcripts of grades to English or a Scandinavian language, in addition to the original documents, if the original is not in any of these languages. It is required that the applicant encloses a recognition document showing that their degree is equivalent to a Norwegian bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD. You can read more about applying for recognition of foreign higher education here.

The Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir) offers an automatic recognition document for certain degrees from selected countries. If the applicant’s degree is covered by the automatic recognition, it will be sufficient to attach this document. Read more about automatic recognition here.

As the HK-dir application process may take some time it is recommended to apply to HK-dir as soon as possible. If you have not received a recognition document from HK- dir within the  application deadline, please enclose documentation from HK-dir showing that they have received your application.

Applicants should note that the evaluation will be based on the documentation submitted electronically via Jobbnorge within the submission deadline. The applicants are responsible for ensuring that all the documentation is submitted before the closing date. It is of utmost importance that all publications to be considered in the evaluation are uploaded as an attachment with the application, since these are sent electronically to the expert panel. Applications cannot be sent by e-mail or to individuals at the college.

Salary:

• Good occupational pension, insurance and loan schemes from The Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Exciting academic environment with the possibility of competence enhancement and development
• Opportunities for training within the working hours 

Initial salaries will be offered at grade1352 – postdoctor in the Civil Service pay grade table scale.

There is a compulsory 2 % deduction to the pension fund (see http://www.spk.no for more information). The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time.

General information:

The appointment will be made in accordance with the regulations for State employees Law in Norway (“Lov om statens ansatte)”. Organizational changes and changes in the duties and responsibilities associated with the position must be expected.

State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at large to the highest possible degree. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Bergen has therefore adopted a personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and gender composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic backgrounds.

Information about the applicant may be made public even though the applicant has requested not to be named in the list of applicants. The applicant will be notified if his/her request is not respected.

Short-listed applicants will be called in for an interview.

Employed on condition that you are granted a work and residence permit (must be considered individually).

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences is subjected to the regulation for export control system. The regulation will be applied in the processing of the applications. 

Contacts:

1) Assistant Head of Department Pål Ellingsen
phone: +47 55 58 76 02
email: Pal.Ellingsen@hv l.no

2) Associat Professor Violet Ka I Pun
phone: +47 55 58 70 84
email: Violet.Ka.I.Pun@h vl.no

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