INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JAMMU, JAGTI, NH 44, PO NAGROTA, JAMMU (J&K) 181221 Advertisement No. IITJMU/Faculty/04/2018 IIT Jammu invites applications from Indian Nationals, Persons of Indian Origins (PIOs), Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs), and Foreign Nationals with proven academic credentials and who have a passion for teaching and research, for faculty positions at the level of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor (Grade I & II) and Visiting Professor in the following disciplines: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Humanities & Social Science, Material Science & Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree in one of the above disciplines. Industry experience and/or post-doctoral experience is highly desirable. Candidates must have a passion for excellence in both research and teaching. IIT Jammu offers one of the best possible compensation, facilities, and support systems on the lines of other centrally funded institutes of higher education. Additionally, IIT Jammu provides a healthy start-up research grant and relocation expenses at the time of joining. For more information, please visit the website http://iitjammu.ac.in/faculty-search-cum-selection Interested candidates may apply via online application portal https://apply.iitjammu.ac.in Senior Level Positions. At senior levels, IIT Jammu hopes to attract a select few who have a well-established global reputation in research and development, and who can take leadership for new centers, programs, etc. Applications are particularly invited from senior researchers who are looking for a suitable opportunity to establish a center in India in some specialized area, particularly promoting interdisciplinary research. Application submission starts on May 25, 2018, 05:00 pm IST. There is no last of online application submission. For online application submission please visit: https://apply.iitjammu.ac.in and select the tab Faculty Search Abroad to apply. For any further information/queries on this, please send an email to us at facultysearch.abroad [at] iitjammu.ac.in Disciplines and Areas of Interest The main disciplines of interest and the main focus-areas within each discipline are given below. Recruitment is not limited to these areas only and candidates in other areas within these disciplines are also encouraged to apply. Chemistry Candidate must have PhD in Chemistry, and at least 3 years of Postdoctoral experience, from a reputed institution with a good research record and background. While all areas will be considered, the following areas are currently of special interest: Organic Chemistry: C-H Activation, Bio-organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Total Synthesis. Inorganic Chemistry: Inorganic Synthesis, Physical-inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Magnetism. Physical Chemistry: Spectroscopy, Colloidal and Surface Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry and Electrochemistry. Catalysis: Heterogeneous Catalysis. Civil Engineering Candidates must have PhD in Civil Engineering, or an allied area, from a reputed institution, and a good research record and background. While candidates from all areas will be considered, the following areas are currently of special interest: Structural Engineering: Underground Structures, Tunneling, Rock mechanics, Smart Structures, Advanced Materials, Seismic Design of steel and reinforced concrete structures, Structural Health monitoring, Repair and retrofitting, Static and dynamic analysis of structures, Finite element method, Bridge engineering, Wind Engineering, Pre-stressed concrete, Multiscale Modelling, Continuum Mechanics, Computational Material Science Geotechnical Engineering: Soil–structure interaction, Ground Improvement Techniques, Foundation Design, Machine Foundations, Slope Stability, Landslides, Dynamic Site Characterization & Soil Liquefaction, Seismic Hazard Assessment, Geosynthetics and Reinforced Slopes, Geology. Transportation Engineering: Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning, operations and control, Traffic-flow modelling and simulation, transportation networks, Highway engineering, Pavement Engineering, Road-infrastructure asset management, Railways and Rapid transportation. Environmental and Water Resources Engineering: Air and water quality monitoring, modelling and management, indoor and outdoor pollution, water and wastewater treatment, solid and hazardous waste management, Hydrologic modelling, stochastic and spatial hydrology, computational hydraulics, ground water, aquifer modelling and management, water resources planning and management, urban water supply and GIS/remote sensing applications, Fluid Mechanics. Computer Science & Engineering Candidates must have PhD in Computer Science, or in allied area, from a reputed institution, and a good research record and background. While candidates from all areas will be considered, the following areas are currently of special interest: Information Security and Privacy: All aspects including Web Security, Security of Critical Infrastructure, Privacy and Security in online Social Media, Network Security, Secure Application Development, Cryptology etc. Systems, Mobile computing, Sensor Networks, networking: Including Distributed Systems, Operating Systems, Networks, Platforms, Middleware, etc. Data Science and Engineering: Including Data Science, Databases, Data Mining, Data Visualization, Big Data, Managing Data on cloud, Data Warehousing and Data Engineering, etc. Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning: Including Deep Learning, Model Building, Social Media Analysis, etc. Human Computer Interaction: Including Interaction Design, Coordination and Collaboration, Gesture based Interaction, Intelligent and Adaptive Interfaces, Interface for Mobile Devices, Speech Interfaces, Information Interfaces, Multimodal Interfaces, Human-Robot Interfaces, Computational Design, Cognition, etc. Software Engineering and Programming Languages: Including Empirical Software Engineering, Code Analysis, Testing, Mining Software Repositories, Semantics, Language Translation, etc. Digital media: Including Computer Graphics, Animation, Game Development, Data Visualization, Virtual/Mixed Reality, Web Media and Social Media etc. Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. See Computational Biology below. Other areas: Algorithms, Theory of Computing, Computational Neuroscience, etc. Electrical Engineering Candidates must have PhD in EE, or in allied area, from a reputed institution, and a good research record and background. While candidates from all areas will be considered, the following areas are currently of special interest: Circuits/Electronics: VLSI/CAD & Nano-Electronics; Mixed-Signal/ Analog circuits / RF transceivers; Low Power Electronics, 3D ICs, Multi-core Processors and New Architectures, Systems-on-chip and Network-on-chip, I/O etc. Communications/Networks: Wireless Communication and Networks; Integration of Wired/ Wireless Networks, Applications to transportation, Energy Grids and Next Generation Networking, Information Theory and Network Science, Spectrum Policy and Management etc. Signal/Image Processing: Multimedia Systems; Image Compression & Processing; Speech Recognition, Processing, Translation to text; Bio-Medical Imaging and Applications to Systems Biology etc. Energy Systems and Technologies: Energy Sensing, Management and Operations, Power Electronics, Smart Grid Technologies (Communications and Control, Distributed Operations), Control and Automation, Electrical Machine and Drives. Embedded Systems, Controls: IOT, Embedded Systems, Emerging Low Power/Low Cost Sensor Net Platforms, Controls with applications to Cyber-Physical Systems etc. Humanities and Social Sciences The Institute aims to establish a broad-based HSS school where the inherent connections between engineering and sciences, and HSS are exploited. Having done research in the area of Technology and Society is highly desirable; however, candidates who may have worked in related areas but have research plans to work on problems in this area are also welcome to apply. While candidates from all areas will be considered, the following areas are currently of special interest: Culture studies: Culture and Technology, Internet and Society, Technology and Social Change, Laws and Ethics in Technology, Agriculture and Technology in Society, Technology and the Subaltern, Technology and Pop Culture, Technology and Imagination, Food and Technology, Ethnography Economics: Computational Economics, Econometrics, Economics of information, auctions, game theory, mechanism design, pricing, development studies (particularly relating to technology related development), etc. Education: Technology and Education, Educating in Sciences, Smart Pedagogy, Technical Education etc. Literature: Science Fiction, Literature and Technology, South Asian Literatures, Sciences and Literature, Literature and Society, Translation Studies, Contemporary World Literature, Literary and the Visual, Scientific Literature, Postcolonial literature Linguistics: Semantics, Computational Linguistics, language acquisition, Speech Recognition, Psychology: Computational psychology / Neuroscience, interface design, Cognition, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, motivation, Organizational Psychology etc. Philosophy: Philosophy of science, Ethics, Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Logic, Epistemology, knowledge society, etc. Political Science/Public Policy: Governance and e-governance, policies