PhD in 3 years: 9 Doctoral Researchers in Software Engineering

at  Oulun Yliopisto

We are now looking for 9 highly motivated and talented

JOB DESCRIPTION

In this position, you will participate in the national 1000 Doctorates pilot program. As a partner in the program, the University of Oulu is dedicated to ensuring you have a carefully planned and guided doctoral research experience that will be tailored to support your career plans, enabling you to continue into demanding expert positions in the changing job markets in the industry, the public sector and academia.
The Doctoral Pilot in Software Engineering offers 49 positions across nine universities in Finland, with 9 positions available at the M3S Research Unit, University of Oulu. The pilot will use a novel way of doctoral supervision termed Finnish Acceleration of Scientific Talent (FAST), leaning on the agile and iterative methods of working.
Software engineering is a discipline and research field that entails designing, developing, maintaining, and managing software systems. Within this field, doctoral dissertation topics will be based on the interests of doctoral researchers, supervisors, and practical problems in collaborating companies.
A large number of companies are involved in this doctoral training program as partners to provide industrial relevance; they offer internships or other opportunities to participate in the companies’ activities as part of studies, giving a view to industry-scale software development operations. Our partner companies also play a pivotal role in providing real-world data about software engineering in practice.

We invite applications in the following broad research areas in software engineering:

• Software Quality, Software Testing, Software Maintenance and Evolution
• Quantum Software Engineering, Automotive Software, Medical Software, Digital Twins
• Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering Synergies, Mining Software Repositories, Applied Machine Learning and Data Analytics, Recommendation Systems, Soft Computing
• Software Architecture, Microservices, Distributed Computing and Edge-Cloud Continuum, Pervasive and Mobile Computing
• Software Processes and Improvement, DevOps, MLOps, Human Factors in Software Engineering, Health and Well-being Aspects of Software Engineering
• Software Engineering Research Methodology

We strongly encourage you to check the research interests of the potential supervisors below and contact them early enough to discuss specific doctoral research topics they may already have in mind before preparing and submitting your application documents.

Potential Supervisors: (Emails: firstname.lastname@oulu.fi)

• Professor Minna Isomursu, https://www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/minna-isomursu
• Assistant Professor Arif Ali Khan, https://www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/arif-ali-khan
• Assistant Professor Valentina Lenarduzzi,
• Assistant Professor Ella Peltonen, https://www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/ella-peltonen
• Professor Tero Päivärinta,
• Professor Davide Taibi, https://www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/davide-taibi
• Professor Burak Turhan, https://www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/burak-turhan

If accepted for one of the positions, we expect you to apply for study rights during May 2024 and complete your doctoral studies within three years of your starting date, or at least have your article-based dissertation ready to be sent for external examination. These positions are 100% research-focused and do not include any teaching responsibility. Persons with existing doctoral study rights granted before 1 November 2023 are not eligible to apply due to the rules of the funding instrument.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

The chosen doctoral researchers will also be expected to apply for doctoral study rights at the University of Oulu Graduate School. Eligibility for study rights will be evaluated during the job application process. We are looking for excellent candidates who must fulfill the following criteria:

• Must hold a master’s degree or equivalent degree (e.g. licentiate) in software engineering, computer science/ engineering, or in a relevant field. Undergraduate students are eligible to apply, provided their Master’s or equivalent degree is completed early enough to apply for doctoral study rights.
• Must have achieved a good grade in their degree (i.e. at least 60 % of the maximum grade in both taught courses and the master’s thesis)
• Must be able to demonstrate excellent written and spoken English language skills to follow doctoral studies.
• Must fulfil the requirements, the University of Oulu Graduate School sets out to successfully apply for doctoral study rights.
• Must have demonstrated research skills in knowledge-oriented or solution-oriented research.

We also highly appreciate (but not necessarily require):

• Previous experience in research projects or company collaboration.
• Professional experience in a software engineering-related position.
• Familiarity with and publications in top-quality software engineering journals or conferences.

WHO WE ARE

Empirical Software Engineering in Software, Systems, and Services (M3S) is the largest Software Engineering (SE) research unit in Finland, ranked 2nd in Europe and 7th in the world based on top-quality journal publications. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2020) of the University of Oulu conducted by an independent panel of scholars, M3S is ranked as an ’Outstanding’ (6/6) research unit. M3S is a founding member of the International Software Engineering Research Network (ISERN). M3S has hosted two Finland Distinguished Professors (FiDiPro) funded by TEKES and has a diverse portfolio of externally funded projects, including Horizon, ITEA, Academy of Finland, Business Finland, and the 6G Flagship program.
In M3S, we conduct fundamental and applied software engineering research with innovative applications in various domains including Automotive, Health and Wellness, and Cyber-Physical Systems. We utilize enabling technologies and platforms such as Artificial Intelligence, Edge/Cloud, IoT, Digital Twins, and 5G/6G Networks to achieve our research goals. Our unit has very strong industry collaboration and a proven track record in making a high impact in the industry.

Please refer the Job description for details