The Institute of Informatics invites applications for a position of Professor of Digital Ecosystems.

The Institute of Informatics has undertaken a major development by evolving international programmes and research groups in ICT.

The significant part of ongoing research in the institute is focusing on social media ecosystems in the context of e-learning, e-governance, e-participation and network enterprise. Our international R&D team is using mainly participatory design research approach and intervention studies to envisage and develop prototypes of the next generation social media tools, with the special attention to their semantic interoperability, identity management, user experience design, activity pattern mining and semantic annotation for metadata.

The successful applicant for a professorship is expected to make a significant contribution to the development of the Interactive Media and Knowledge Environments master curriculum as well as of the Information Society Technologies PhD curriculum. (S)he is also expected to supervise PhD and master students, to be a mentor for less experienced teachers of the institute, to develop new initiatives and to start a research programme related to the field of professorship.

The employment period for the position is for 5 years and shall undergo re-elections after that. Tenure at Tallinn University can be achieved after two successful periods. The new position has been established with a significant financial contribution from European Social Fund.

Details of the position and application procedures: Tallinn University Employment Rules Tallinn University, www.tlu.ee. Institute of Informatics, http://www.tlu.ee/informatics Deadline of applications: June 10, 2010. Expected start of the work January 1st, 2011.

Requirements	Include in Application	Contact	Location
A PhD degree in a field related to the professorship An outstanding international reputation for excellence in scholarly research Demonstrable ability to teach effectively at both graduate and undergraduate levels Excellent oral and written communication skills in English An understanding of and commitment to the role of the University to the world innovation stage, experience in cooperating with the industry is particularly welcome	Application to the Rector Curriculum vitae A complete list of publications A copy of documents certifying the qualification Letter of motivation setting out the candidate's reasons for applying to the position Information about previous research and teaching activities as well as about management experience The names, addresses (including email) and telephone numers of three referees (one of whom should be from the current employer of the applicant).	Personnel Office, Narva mnt 25, Tallinn University, 10126 Tallinn, Estonia or Professor Peeter Normak (Peeter.Normak@tlu.ee)