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The Institute of Informatics is a world-class center of excellence in Computer Science and Computer Engineering engaged in leading research, teaching, and technology transfer to Industry. It was founded in 1989 as one of the faculties at UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), which is the largest public university in southern Brazil.

The Institute has 71 faculty members, which makes it one of the largest Computer Science and Computer Engineering groups in the country. One of our main characteristics is a strong connection between research on software and hardware. The Institute also includes a team of 36 administration staff to provide support for a community of over 700 undergraduate and 250 graduate students.

 

Full-time faculty position (professor adjunto) in Bioinformatics and graph theory

The Department of Theoretical Computer Science, Institute of Informatics (Instituto de Informática) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) accepts applications for a full-time faculty position (professor adjunto, equivalent to a “full professor”) in Bioinformatics and graph theory.

The public announcement 02/2012 (“Edital”) can be found here.

Applications are open until: May 21, 2012

Applicants will have to participate in a public selection process (“concurso público”), which will be held in portuguese. Details on the topics of the selection process and the evaluation of the candidates can be found (in portuguese) here.

The initial salary is R$ 7333.67 before taxes. More information on salaries of Brazilian university professors: here (page 170).

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The applicants will be informed on the date of the selection process. UFRGS does not provide financial support for participation in the selection process.

For more information or questions please contact the head of the department, Prof. Edson Prestes ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

 

Location

The Institute of Informatics is located in the city of Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Porto Alegre is a modern city with a population of over 1.5 million people. It has been recognized by the UN as the best capital in Brazil in terms of quality of life.

 
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