Associate Professor in Data Security
School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences
University of Ballarat
Mt Helen campus

Salary within the range $77,500 to $85,105 pa.

Ballarat is one of Australia's largest inland cities with a population of 90,000 and is set in the heart of Victoria just over an hour from Melbourne. The university is unique in Australia, as a dual-sector regional university providing a wide range of courses to 19,000 students. The university has a national reputation for its responsiveness to the needs of its students and the quality of its teaching and prides itself on providing programs relevant to those needs.

Ballarat is a growing centre for IT. Ballarat Technology Park is situated on a 29 hectare site within the campus of the University of Ballarat, and was developed in conjunction with the City of Ballarat to provide a centre for the region's burgeoning information technology industry.

The main research thrusts are in applied optimization, software engineering, distributed simulation, case-based reasoning, knowledge based systems, data security, data mining in the domains of law, health and economic modelling, health informatics, information retrieval, mathematics and statistics education, topological groups and mathematical finance.

An opportunity exists to join a progressive team in the School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences. The successful applicant will have an international reputation as a researcher in data security and be a first class teacher.

For further information and details of how to apply, applicants must obtain a position description from: www.ballarat.edu.au/positions

Closing date 18 September 2002
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