Delft University of Technology is aiming to substantially increase the number of top female faculty members. To help accelerate this, the Delft Technology Fellowship offers high-profile, tenure-track positions to top female scientists in research fields in which Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is active.

One of those fields is of course Computer Science — so if you’re a female computer scientist (or software engineering researcher!) interested in working as an assistant, associate or even full professor (depending on your experience) at the departments of Computer Science and Engineering of the TU Delft Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science (EEMCS), please consider applying.

Previous rounds of the TU Delft Fellowship program were held in 2012 and 2014. In both years, 9 top scientists were hired, in such diverse fields as interactive media design, protein machines, solid state physics, climate change, and more.

Since applicants can come from any field of research, the competition for the TU Delft fellowship program is fierce. The program is highly international, with just four out of the current 18 fellows from The Netherlands. As a fellow, you should be the best in your field, and you should be able to explain to non computer scientists what makes you so good.

As a Delft Technology Fellow, you can propose your own research program. As in previous years, it can be in any research field in which TU Delft is active, such as computer science.

The computer science and engineering research at TU Delft is organized into 12 so-called sections, covering such topics as algorithmics, embedded software, cyber security, pattern recognition, and my own topic software engineering. Each section consists of around four faculty members and 10-15 PhD students, and is typically headed by one full professor. PhD students are usually externally funded, through government subsidies obtained in competition, or via collaborations with industry.

As a fellow at the EEMCS faculty, you are expected to bring your own topic. You would, however, typically be working within one of the existing sections. Thus, if you apply, it makes sense to identify the section that is most related your area of work, and explore if you see collaboration opportunities. To that end, you can contact any of the section leaders, or me if you want to discuss where your topic would fit best. Naturally, if you are in software engineering, also feel free to contact me, or any current SERG group member.

For formal instructions on how to apply, please consult the Fellowship web site. The application procedure is open from 12 October 2015 until 8 January 2016.