Position in Mathematical Logic at Charles University in Prague

The Department of Algebra invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the area of mathematical logic. The expected starting date is January 1, 2015 or soon afterwards and is negotiable.

Areas of special interest are:

(i) interactions of logic with computational complexity theory, or
(ii) model theory (any of its facets).

However, strong candidates in all areas of mathematical logic will be considered. Candidates are required to have a proven international research record corresponding to their career stage and a postdoctoral experience.

Department of Algebra.

Position in CS at California State U Channel Islands

California State University at Channel Islands (CSUCI) is seeking to fill a tenure-track position in Computer Science at the Assistant Professor rank. The program is poised to grow and we are looking for enthusiastic candidates who will help build a world-class program. All areas of specialization are welcome; candidates with expertise in Computer Security, Networks, Theory, Data Mining or Software Engineering are particularly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate computer science courses, pursuing funded research and scholarly publications, contributing to general education and interdisciplinary courses, assisting in the development of new academic programs and pursuing appropriate industrial collaboration.

CSUCI Faculty Applicant Site.

Tech is the place to be for the top entry-level jobs

College graduates with Web-development skills are sitting pretty in the current job market.

A report on the best and worst entry-level jobs released by WalletHub today lists “Web application developer” at the top. IT-related jobs in fact take four of the top five spots and six of the top 10.

via Tech is the place to be for the top entry-level jobs | It jobs – InfoWorld.

Employers want Java skills more than anything else

Java development was the most sought-after software-building skill by employers searching Dice.com in the first quarter of 2014, the company said on Wednesday.

Employers searched Dice thousands of times to look for software developers, engineers, architects and leads, Dice President Shravan Goli said in a statement. “The number one request by a large margin: Java/J2EE,” Goli said. “For a programming language that started to be commercialized about 20 years ago, its stranglehold on modern development is unshakable.”

Following Java/J2EE as the most in-demand software development skills were .Net, C++, C#, senior development skills, SQL, HTML, C, Web and Linux. “Experience is clearly of value, with many hiring mangers seeking senior developers,” Goli said. But new graduates should not fret, as hiring managers searching for “computer science” ranked number 33 on Dice’s site — a trend that should equate to demand for those with recent diplomas, he said. Dice’s survey covered from January 1 to April 15.

via Employers want Java skills more than anything else | Java programming – InfoWorld.

Coding Schools Tone Down Rosy Job Script

Programming is an art, as well as a science, as well as engineering. It requires time, to digest, to understand, to gain experience, as any apprenticeship.  Just as there are no short cuts to mathematics, there are not short cuts to programming.

The following article makes this and other points.

Learn to code. Get a job. Then what?Dozens of coding “boot camps” have popped up from New York and San Francisco to Omaha and Albuquerque in the past two years. Driven by a robust hiring market for people fluent in programming languages such as Python and Ruby on Rails, these programs have fueled hopes—and demand—among underemployed 20-somethings and others looking for a sure-thing career.

via Coding Schools Tone Down Rosy Job Script – WSJ.com.

Career alert: A Master of analytics degree is the ticket

The toughest part about earning a Master of Science in Analytics at North Carolina State University NCSU may be deciding which job to accept.The 75 students in the class of 2014, which is nearing graduation, received, in total, 246 job offers from 55 employers.Added together, the starting salaries and bonuses offered to grads of the university’s Institute of Advanced Analytics reached $22.5 million, which is 24% higher than last year’s combined offers. This is an analytics program, after all; they keep track of these things.This meant that lot of employers went home unhappy, unable to get the candidate they were after, despite offering nearly six-figure salaries on average — and bonuses as well.High demand by employers is also boosting applications, and that’s reducing acceptance rates.

via Career alert: A Master of analytics degree is the ticket — if you can get into class – Computerworld.

Feasibility, logic and randomness in computational complexity

PhD Position: ERC Advanced Grant 339691

This project aims at making progress in the study of basic open problems in computational complexity, such as the P versus NP problem. There are several approaches to these difficult problems, one of which is proof complexity. In proof complexity we not only study the lengths of proofs in various proof systems, but also first order theories associated with complexity classes, collectively called bounded arithmetic. Proving separations between proof systems or theories in bounded arithmetic, however, seems as difficult as separating the corresponding complexity classes.

via ERC Advanced Grant 339691.

This is a great time to start a career in cybersecurity – Network World

This is a great time to consider a new career as a cybersecurity professional. According to CIO magazine, experts in cybersecurity are among the most sought-after professionals in the tech sector, with demand for workers in that field outpacing other IT jobs by a wide margin.

According to a recent report from Burning Glass Technologies, the demand for cybersecurity professionals has grown more than 3.5 times faster than the demand for other IT jobs over the past five years and more than 12 times faster than the demand for all other non-IT jobs. Current staffing shortages are estimated between 20,000 and 40,000 and are expected to continue for years to come.

In a recent Network World blog post, John Oltsik of The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) confirms the severe shortage of skilled people in this field. ESG just completed a survey on 2014 IT spending intentions, and results show that 42% of responding organizations intend to increase headcount in information security. This is the highest percentage of all IT skillsets in demand.

Moreover, 25% of all organizations surveyed claim to have a “problematic shortage” of information security skills. The shortage is especially acute in the government, manufacturing, financial services, retail/wholesale, and healthcare industries. This is not surprising, given the vast amount of sensitive (and monetizable) data in those organizations, and the high regulatory pressure to secure that data.

via This is a great time to start a career in cybersecurity – Network World.