*Call for Expression of Interest for Associate Professor or Tenure Track Assistant Professor coming from outside of Italy*

*Computational Linguistics Principal Investigator, University of Trento, Center for Mind-Brain Sciences (CIMeC), CIMeC Language, Interaction and Computation (CLIC) lab, Trento, Italy*

The Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) at the University of Trento, Italy, invites expressions of interest from highly motivated scholars with the view to open a principal investigator position at the level of Associate Professor or Tenure Track Assistant Professor (in the latter case, if after 3 years the tenure track AP has obtained the Italian Scientific Habilitation for Associate Professor, they will be evaluated to obtain the Associate Professor Position at CIMeC).

Applicants are expected to have had a 3-year position abroad at the time and level they apply to.

*Research Profile*

The ideal candidate for the assistant professor position works in computational linguistics or cognitive science and has a strong track record in at least one of these fields. Preference will be given to candidates with a good knowledge of theoretical linguistics and the ability to carry out experimental work involving human subjects. In addition, associate professor candidates should demonstrate the ability to attract external funding, lead a research team, and have good connections to the international community. All candidates, regardless of their level of seniority, will be expected to participate in the administrative life of CIMeC and should show a willingness to work in a team. All should also demonstrate enthusiasm for teaching and supporting students throughout their academic training.

The successful candidate will work in the CIMeC Language, Interaction, and Computation Lab (CLIC: https://www.cimec.unitn.it/en/71/language-interaction-and-computation-labora...) at the Center for Mind-Brain Sciences (CIMeC: http://web.unitn.it/en/cimec). They are expected to be interested in interacting with the rest of the CIMeC faculty on general cognitive neurosciences issues and help develop cutting-edge research at the intersection between computational linguistics, theoretical linguistics, and general cognition and neuroscience. Knowledge of Italian is appreciated but not required.

The University of Trento particularly welcomes EoI from female candidates and underrepresented minorities.

*Teaching*

The candidate will be required to contribute to the Center’s overall goal of delivering high-quality teaching in English at the BSc, MSc, and PhD levels.

Tenure Track Assistant Professors are expected to teach 90 hrs/year, while duties for Associate and Full professors are 120 hrs/year. The position holder will have a personal grant for research/travel expenses. The research group will negotiate the possibility of supervising PhD students fully funded by the University.

*Other terms and Conditions*

Income will depend on the candidate's career stage; the candidate will benefit from tax breaks for the first years.

*UniTN and CIMeC*

The University of Trento has systematically ranked in Italy's top-tier positions in the past 10 years in both national Research Assessment Evaluations (RAE) and University Surveys. In the latest RAE, the University of Trento ranks 1st among medium universities. The CIMeC's goal is to foster cutting-edge research on cognition and its neural underpinnings and to support the dissemination of these findings internationally and within the local community. As an interdisciplinary research and teaching center, it draws on faculty from several departments, including Psychology and Cognitive Science, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Information Engineering, and Computer Science. Its faculty originates from Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, New Zealand, Belgium, the USA, the UK, Argentina, Israel and beyond.

In the last 5 years, CIMeC PIs have won many competitive national and international grants, including several European Research Council (ERC) grants, other European Framework grants, and highly competitive grants awarded by the local province. The center has been recognized as Italy's leading cognitive neuroscience research department. It is part of the Erasmus Mundus European Master Program in Language and Communication Technologies.

Expressions of interest in English should include a brief motivation letter and should be addressed to:

Prof. Yuri Bozzi

Director of the Center for Mind-Brain Sciences

Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto Italy

Expressions of interest sent by email are welcomed and should be sent to cimec.clic-lab@unitn.it

Expression of interest should be sent *****by the 1st of February, 2024***** ============================================================== University of Trento CIMeC: C225, second floor, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto (TN), DISI: Povo 2, Room: 110, Via Sommarive 9, I 38123, Povo (TN) Tel. +39 0464 80 8704 (CIMeC) http://disi.unitn.it/~bernardi/ ==============================================================