Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Software Security

Location: Bay Campus, Swansea

Closing Date: 8 August 2024

Interview Date: 16 September 2024

Informal Enquiries

• Xianghua Xie x.xie@swansea.ac.uk
• Monika Seisenberger m.seisenberger@swansea.ac.uk

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.

Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Department of Computer Science in the Faculty of Science and Engineering is seeking applications from ambitious and talented individuals to join our academic team as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Software Security. This is a permanent post. The successful candidate will have an excellent track record and potential in Software Security, pioneering state-of-the-art techniques and addressing new software security problems. Of particular interest are experimental approaches that provide empirical evidence of the security or resilience of the software under consideration, demonstrating that the software will not cause harm, is protected against attacks, and is capable to recover. Applicants will also be expected to be committed to innovative teaching, to care about the student experience, and to be able to contribute to the development of a modern curriculum supported by laboratory based practical and project-based learning.

The Computer Science Department at Swansea University is ranked highly for both teaching and research: The Guardian University Guide 2023 placed it 25^th in the UK and 1^st in Wales. In REF 2021 we are delighted that 90% of our research is world-leading and internationally excellent, and that we achieved 100% world-leading and internationally excellent ratings in impact, showing that as a department we are dedicated to embedding real-world impact in everything we do. The department is home to eight research groups: Artificial Intelligence; Cyber Security; Education, History and Philosophy; Human Computer Interaction; Intelligent Robotics; Railway Verification; Theoretical Computer Science; and Visual Computing. The Computer Science Department is ranked 126-150 among the world's top institutions in the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject. The department is based in the Computational Foundry, a world-class research facility that includes dedicated labs for robotics, AI, fabrication and usability studies.

ACADEMIC CAREER PATHWAY

The pathway for this post is Research. The Academic Career Pathways (ACP) scheme is designed to ensure that academic strengths whether in research, teaching, the wider student experience, leadership or innovation and engagement, are all appropriately recognised, developed, valued, and rewarded. For further information, please see our ACP webpage.

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