Professor/Associate Professor (Tenure Track), Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Computing

The University of Eastern Finland is inviting applications for the post of Professor/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Computing at the Department of Technical Physics of the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology on the Kuopio campus. The position will be filled from 1 September 2025 (or as agreed).

Please find more information below and submit your application no later than 22 April 2025.

Role and salary

The field of the post of Professor/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) in teaching and research is Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Computing. The topics of the research field include, among others, inverse problems with learned forward operators, physics-informed neural networks, learned reconstruction methods, uncertainty quantification methodologies utilising artificial intelligence, or Bayesian artificial intelligence methods. The duties include conducting, developing and leading research in the field and related national and international education. The position also involves responsibility for scientific postgraduate education in accordance with the job title.

The professorship emphasises comprehensive leadership and responsibility for research and education in the field. The Professor/Associate Professor will be responsible for the acquisition of external funding and for international research cooperation and networking in the field. The post also includes societal expert and interaction activities.

The post of Professor will be filled as of 1 September 2025 (or as agreed) until further notice. At the Associate Professor (Tenure Track) level, the post will be filled for a four-year term starting on 1 September 2025 (or as agreed). The position is filled for a fixed term due to it being a fixed-term research and teaching position (Tenure Track). A probationary period is applied to all new members of the UEF staff.

The criteria, goals and results to be achieved during the term in order to proceed to the next level of the Tenure Track (Professor) will be agreed upon in detail with the person appointed as Associate Professor when signing the contract of employment.

External expert evaluation will be used in the recruitment. Expert statements are part of the overall evaluation process for the position. Interviews related to the filling of the position will be arranged separately.

The salary of the post is based on the salary system for the teaching and research staff of Finnish universities. In the case of a Professor, the salary is based on levels 8-11 of the job requirement level chart (EUR 5.223,57 – 7.697,25 /month) of the salary system for the teaching and research staff of Finnish universities and in the case of an Associate Professor (Tenure Track), on level 7 of the job requirement level chart (EUR 4.320,23 /month). In addition to the job-related salary element, the salary is supplemented with a personal salary element, which can be a maximum of 50% of the job-related salary element.

Our requirements and expectations

Please find the description and the requirements of the post of Professor/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Computing in the description of the post: Description of the post (pdf)

The language of instruction in the post can be English.

Your benefits 

You will have access to the university’s staff benefits, including

• a diverse and significant position in an international, creative, participatory and inclusive university community
• the opportunity to influence the scope of your duties and for flexible multi-location work
•  the staff benefits of the University of Eastern Finland, including comprehensive occupational health care, extensive provision of staff training, affordable lunch in our campus restaurants, Sykettä sports services, and a tax-free bike benefit

Please read more in the  Work at UEF section on our website.   

You will have an opportunity to work in an interesting, meaningful and diverse role as part of our international, creative, participatory and inclusive academic community.   

Enjoy your life in Finland! Known for its cleanliness, welfare know-how, modern technology and superb education system, Finland is an exotic and safe country to work in. Please visit the Life in Finland section on our website to learn more.

How to apply?

Submit your application by using our electronic application form no later than 22 April 2025 by 24:00 (midnight) Finnish time (UTC+3).

Please note that you must include the following appendices in your application:

• CV (Template for CV, TENK web page)
• a portfolio of teaching merits (Instructions, a portfolio of teaching merits PDF)
• a list of publications (Instructions, Research Council of Finland Web page)
• a separate list of the publications and other works (Professor: 20, numbered and indexed; and Associate Professor: 10, numbered and indexed) with which the applicant wishes to demonstrate their qualification and merits for the post
• the publications and other works referred to in the above list with which the applicant wishes to demonstrate their qualification and merits for the post
• a short, written description (2–4 pages) of the merits and activities relevant to the post, including the applicant’s views on how to develop research and teaching in the field
• copies of academic degree certificates / diplomas

The application with appendices should be submitted in English (excluding any publications published in Finnish) in case the applicants’ qualification and merits are assessed by international experts. The applicant must ensure that the contact details specified in the application remain up-to-date throughout the recruitment process.

Questions?

For further information on the position, please contact Professor Tanja Tarvainen, e-mail: [email protected], tel. +358 29 445 3396.

For further information on the application procedure, please contact HR Specialist Noora Hämäläinen, e-mail: [email protected], tel. +358 29 445 8302 or HR Specialist Iiris Korhonen, e-mail: [email protected], tel. +358 29 445 8161 or Executive Head of Administration Arja Hirvonen, e-mail. [email protected], tel. +358 29 445 3002.

The Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology operates on the Kuopio and Joensuu campuses of the University of Eastern Finland. The mission of the faculty is to carry out internationally recognised scientific research and to offer research-education in the fields of natural sciences, forestry and technology. The faculty invests in all of the strategic research areas of the university. The faculty’s environments for research and learning are international, modern and multidisciplinary. The faculty has approximately 2,650 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students and some 440 postgraduate students. The number of staff amounts to 650.

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is the most multidisciplinary university in Finland. Our university employs approximately 3,200 employees, and our community includes approximately 17,000 degree students and 16,000 adult education students. Our campuses are located in Joensuu and Kuopio. We represent the world’s cutting edge of research in many fields and produce research-based knowledge, which is made openly available to benefit everyone. Learn more about our university at www.uef.fi/en. Read also about UEF as a working community and employer and the career stories of our employees.

1. Tanja Tarvainen, +358294453396