Tenure-Track Position in Computer Systems for AI and High-Performance Computing

University of Alberta Careers; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, starting as early as July 1st, 2027, in the broad area of Computer Systems. The areas of interest include but are not limited to: The Department of Computing Science is one of the largest and oldest computing science departments in Canada.

The Department has 54 tenured/tenure-track faculty members and 8 academic teaching staff who are recognized for their

Skills

Computer architecture

Memory hierarchy

Operating systems

Compilers & programming

Distributed systems

Parallel computing

Co-design

Performance evaluation

Job description

Location - This role is in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.

The Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, starting as early as July 1st, 2027, in the broad area of Computer Systems. The areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• computer architecture for heterogeneous computing: CPUs, GPUs, and linear-algebra accelerators
• memory and storage hierarchy, especially filesystems
• operating systems, runtimes, and resource management
• compilers and programming systems
• distributed systems and parallel computing architectures
• hardware/software/algorithm co-design
• analytical and empirical performance evaluation of computer systems (including sustainability)

The Department of Computing Science is one of the largest and oldest computing science departments in Canada. The Department has 54 tenured/tenure-track faculty members and 8 academic teaching staff who are recognized for their excellence in research and teaching at the international, national, and university level. The Department’s student population involves over 400 graduate and 2400 undergraduate students. The total undergraduate enrollment in Computing Science courses is over 6400 in each fall or winter term. The University of Alberta is home to over 44,000 students from 156 countries (divided roughly as 80% undergraduate and 20% graduate students) and 600 postdoctoral fellows.

The University of Alberta is committed to practices that advance Access, Community and Belonging (Strategic Plan for ACB) and to reconciliation (Indigenous Strategic Plan). The computing science department is committed to advancing ACB, and has an active EDI committee. We welcome applications from all qualified persons, including those with non-traditional career paths. Applicants are also encouraged to discuss, in their submitted statements (see below), how they will ensure access and promote community and belonging in teaching and foster equity, diversity and inclusion in research.