Blockchain/Crypto Professor

Job Description:

• Inspire, motivate and mentor students
• Facilitate relevant student projects and innovations
• Development and delivery of collegiate learning experiences related to blockchain
• Development of course materials
• Ability to present the history and emergence of blockchain with its origins in open source and crypto currency, and link it to broader future technology applications
• Teach students the architecture of secure blockchain transactions and guide them towards building their own
• Work with and teach APIs related to blockchain
• Present on likely applications for blockchain (fin tech, contracts, identification, voting, IoT, SAS media)
• Viable work experience and academic credentials

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducting research in the field of blockchain technology, including the (co-)supervision of PhD candidates, collaboration with other academic partners and industry, and acquiring external research funding and (co-)managing externally funded research projects
• Teaching and developing new education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including the supervision of bachelor’s and master’s students in their graduation projects.
• Transferring knowledge and technology to external parties; Performing department and faculty management tasks.

REQUIREMENTS

• Applicants must have a master’s degree or similar degree in distributed systems or distributed algorithms, preferably in the area of blockchain technology or crypto currencies,
• A proven track record of research excellence, the ambition to strengthen and expand the research and teaching of the Distributed Systems group, a team player mentality, and good communication and social skills.
• Preferably, the successful candidate has experience in teaching at the university level.