Category: Positions, Jobs & Internships

IN THE gold rush of the late 1840s, chancers dreaming of quick riches flocked to San Francisco. It is the same today, only this time they are armed with computer-science degrees rather than shovels and picks. It is boom time again in Silicon Valley. Startups are sprouting like mushrooms after rain. Investors are showering them with cash. Hoodie-clad geeks are quaffing champagne in trendy bars, as they celebrate their nascent firms’ multi-billion-dollar valuations. Meanwhile, Google and Apple continue their march towards world domination.Those observing from afar the valley’s burgeoning entrepreneurial scene could be forgiven for concluding that California must truly be a Golden State for business. But beyond the gilded strip of land between San Francisco and San Jose is another California, an inhospitable place plagued by over-regulation, mindless bureaucracy, high taxes and endless lawsuits. Last May, six months after the state raised its top income-tax rate to the highest in the land, Chief Executive magazine named it America’s worst for doing business—for the ninth year in a row. Four months later Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill raising the minimum wage from 2016 to $10 an hour, also the highest of all the states.

via Schumpeter: The not so Golden State | The Economist.

There are lots of myths about computing careers. One of the most ridiculous is the myth that all the computing jobs are going overseas. According to this recent Information Week article, the majority of the work that U.S. companies are “outsourcing” is actually going to companies here in the U.S., as can be seen in this chart from that article:

via Calvin College – Computer Science – The Market For Computing Careers.

You can read more about it in the Communications of the ACM January 2014 article by Joel C. Adams, “Hot Job Market for Computer Science Graduates“, following Guzdial’s discussion of MOOCs. In particular, an extract from this article:

This data suggests on average, there will be 97,000 more U.S. computing jobs than graduates each year, a shortfall that even the current H1B Visa Quota is insufficient to address. To meet this decade’s demand with homegrown talent, U.S. colleges and universities would need to produce 3.5 times as many computing graduates per year as they did in 2008. The Taulbee Survey data has shown modest increases in computing graduation rates the past two years at Ph.D.-granting institutions, but the observed increases do not come close to addressing the projected demand.

Companies seeking U.S. computing professionals will thus be competing with other companies for a limited supply of personnel. We are already seeing this competition, as many of our students are receiving multiple internship offers, and many of our graduates are receiving multiple job offers. The US-BLS projections suggest this competition will likely increase this decade.

The Algorithms, Randomness and Complexity (ARC) Center at Georgia Tech http://www.arc.gatech.edu/ is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to participate in research. Candidates with a PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research or a related field are encouraged to apply. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work on any aspect of algorithms and complexity, broadly interpreted, and collaborate with the ARC faculty.

The position is for up to two years, with a start date between July 1 and September 1. There is no teaching requirement, but the postdoc is encouraged to lead a research seminar. Interested candidates should send a CV, research statement, and request 3 letters of recommendation be sent to: arc-postdoc@cc.gatech.edu.

More information here:

http://www.arc.gatech.edu/news/postdoctoral-position-arc-georgia-tech

A number of postdoc positions are currently available at CTIC, Department of Computer Science. The positions are for 1 year with the possibility of extension. The intended starting date is 1 August 2014. We are looking for applicants committed to playing an active part in continuously building strong research collaborations between the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University (www.cs.au.dk) and IIIS at Tsinghua University, Beijing. In particular, the successful applicants will spend significant time at IIIS, with funding for such visits being part of the post doc position.

via CTIC.

The School of Computer Science and Communication at KTH Royal Institute of Technology invites applications for an assistant professorship in theoretical computer science.

via Assistant professorship D-2013-0772.