Professor in Computer Science

Our story

57 years ago Taylor’s opened its doors as a small college in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It became a full university only in 2012, and it has grown into the #1 private university in SE Asia, one of the top 30 universities in Asia, and 272nd in the world in the QS World University Rankings. Very few institutions anywhere have grown that far, that fast, in the span of a single career.

The School of Computer Science is where that growth is heading next. It is ranked in the global top 100 for AI and Data Science, and it is building its research around a dedicated Huawei Lab and a specialised Cybersecurity Hub, with industry partners on campus and the region’s AI infrastructure being built a short drive away.

In the School of Computer Science we have around 50 academics, close to 3,000 students, full programmes and a healthy budget. Its research is strong, and the school wants it stronger. That is why Taylor’s is hiring at Associate Professor and Professor level now: to bring in people who will set the school’s research direction for the next few years.

We are looking for a Professor who leads. Someone who walks in with a research direction already in their head, and within a year has a group publishing around it, a grant with their name on it as Principal Investigator, and PhD students at the door. Someone people want to work with.

This school works across cultures every day. So how you are with people matters as much as what you publish.

Teaching & learning

• Participate and contribute in high quality programme and curriculum development
• Plan and implement teaching strategies to optimise student learning as well as to motivate them
• Support in research project work and scholarship of postgraduate students
• Establish and maintain high standards of teaching and effective learning to meet the University’s teaching and learning expectations

Research

• Participate in scholarly activities, including undertaking research, conference presentation, journal publications and relevant community work
• Support efforts to secure grants for research activities
• Achieve the specified set of research outcome targets for Professor level of appointment

Administration and other activities

• Undertake and contribute in administrative responsibilities such as attending departmental meetings, participate in committees and working groups within the Department, School and Faculty
• Participate in continuous relevant professional activities
• Assist in establishing linkages with external organisations and professional bodies in academic related matters

Requirements

• Possess a PhD from a recognised university in Computer Science related fields
• At least eight (8) years of experience in teaching / research / industry
• A strong publication record with at least 10–15 publications in Q1 and Q2 journals (ISI, SCOPUS, Clarivate) in the last 5 years
• Secured external research grant(s) and/or consultancy projects as a Principal Investigator worth RM300,000 (cumulative)
• Graduated at least 3 PhD students as Main Supervisor
• Minimum Scopus h-index of 16
• Possess at least 1 Intellectual Property (IP) in the form of patents, copyrights or trademarks