[on behalf of Pierre Dillenbourg]
Faculty Search - Open Rank – Tenure Track/Tenure Eligible
The EPFL School of Computer & Communication Sciences invites applications
on computer science education and on learning analytics (but is also open
to any related domain) For the CS education position, the research should
address the effectiveness of new programmes ranging from unplugged
computational thinking activities in kindergarten to teacher training and
the computational thinking class that all our engineering freshmen have to
take. The learning analytics position would join our strong data sciences
team, namely associated to our master in data sciences and our master in
digital humanities.
EPFL stands for the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne. This
young and dynamic university usually ranks among top 5 universities of
sciences and technologies in Europe. Our vibrant campus is located in the
French speaking part of Switzerland, but as we are one of the most
international universities. English is the working language. The CS school
usually ranks among the top CS departments worldwide.
The position(s) will also be associated to LEARN, the new EPFL center for
learning sciences to open on 10.10.2018. It brings together multiple
initiatives on education and digital education. EPFL has produced over
80 MOOCs gathering over 2 million registrations worldwide, opened an
extension school, sold over 40’000 robots to schools for learning to
program, conducted research on technologies for vocational education, eye
tracking, HCI, AR, tangibles, analytics, etc. and produced cutting
edge research in many sectors of educational technologies. EPFL also opened
an incubator that hosts 70 start-ups in digital education, the Swiss EdTech
Collider. This concentration of EdTech experience and expertise is unique
in Europe.
*Inquiries*: If you want to know more about the quality of life on the
shores of Lake Geneva, the gorgeous Alps landscape and growing a family in
a safe democracy, don’t hesitate to ask me any question.
*Applications*: https://facultyrecruiting.epfl.ch/auth/1%3A1%3A0%3A0%3A0/
<https://facultyrecruiting.epfl.ch/auth/1:1:0:0:0/>
If you get the job, I will wax your skis !
Pierre
Prof. Pierre Dillenbourg
*EPFL *Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne.