Application deadline: March 15, 2024

Starting: September 1st 2024

The department of computer science of École polytechnique invites applications for a Monge assistant   professor¹  in computer science.

We are looking for an excellent junior researcher in computer science, with a research project on any topic related to logic, formal methods, with applications to systems (control, distributed, etc.), foundations of artificial intelligence, and verification of neural networks. The assistant professor will be the scientific cor-respondent of the chair Architecture des Systèmes Complexes, between IP Paris and Dassault Systèmes, Dassault Aviation, Nexter and Naval Group. He/she will be in charge of animating the chair for the com-puter science department of  École polytechnique, in conjunction with the other partner schools: Télécom Paris, ENSTA Paris and Télécom Paris Sud, as well as with the IP Paris management and industrial partners.

On the teaching side, the candidate should be able to contribute to core computer science curriculum (bachelor, engineering cycle, master), and propose one or more new courses in computer science, related to the chair’s topics, in agreement with the scientific and steering committees. An ability to develop project-based teaching and contribute to strengthening links between teaching and research will be highly appreciated.

École polytechnique offers an exceptional environment, with excellent students, an adapted teaching load, and administrative, financial and scientific support from the DIX department and the LIX Laboratory. More-over, the candidate will benefit from a welcome package including reduced teaching load for the three first years. Applications must include the following documents: CV, research and teaching statements, and three reference letters. They must be submitted online through the École polytechnique website by 15 March 2024, and interviews will be planned mid-May.

The candidate is strongly encouraged to contact members of the department prior to the application, to discuss and refine his/her teaching and research projects:

• Samuel Mimram (Nous contacter), President of DIX, about teaching,
• Gilles Schaeffer (Nous contacter), Director of LIX, about research,
• Eric Goubault (Nous contacter), member of the scientific committee of the chair Architecture des Systèmes Complexes.

1. Assistant professor positions are full-time positions dedicated to young researchers with a PhD, such as post-doctoral students. These positions are similar, in terms of teaching duties, to those of maître de conférences in French universities. A prior qualification of the applicant by the national CNU is however not required. Monge positions are full-time tenure track faculty positions, in the form of a three-years contract renewable once. The Monge faculty member is expected to defend his habilitation à diriger les recherches before coming up for tenure. After 6 years, the holder shall be promoted as Professor, provided that the evaluation of his or her research, teaching, and related activities is positive.