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About the Computing and Information Sciences Department

Kansas State University is committed to the growth and excellence of the CIS department. The department offers a stimulating environment for research and teaching, and has several ongoing collaborative projects involving researchers in different areas of computer science as well as other engineering and science departments. The department has a faculty of nineteen, more than 100 graduate students, and 300 undergraduate students and offers BS, MS, MSE, and PhD degrees. Computing facilities include a large network of servers, workstations and PCs with more than 300 machines and a Beowulf cluster with 100+ processors. The department building has a wireless network and state-of-the-art media-equipped classrooms. The department hosts several laboratories for embedded systems, software analysis, robotics, computational engineering and science, and data-mining. Details of the CIS Department can be found at the URL [www.cis.ksu.edu].

Kansas State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees.


Application Developer - The Kansas State University Office of Mediated Education
March 4, 2013

The Kansas State University Office of Medicated Education (OME), Manhattan Kansas, is seeking applications for an Application Developer. This position will be responsible for building software applications for both academic and administrative computer systmes in OME. The developer will work closely with the Application Development Manager and the Associate Director of OME in the development process. OME serves the campus as a central information technology unit under the direction of the Chief Information Officer/Vice Provost for Information Techonology Services, and provides services to support the University's mission in the areas of teaching and learning, research, and technology transfer.
Responsibilites:

  • Development of web-based applications using Java Enterprise Edition that utilizes technologies such as EJB/JPA, JSPs, JSF and Struts 2. These web-based applications will run on an applcation server such as JBoss in a Unix-based environ-ment and be backed by an Oracle database.
  • Technical support of web-based applications developed by OME
  • Through work with the project teams, ensuring that design specifications meet their needs
  • Development of good user documentation

Mandatory Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or a related field. Three years of equivalent work experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
  • Experience in Java programming including any part of Java EE
  • Strong working knowledge of Object Oriented theory and design practices
  • Strong working knowledge of relational database theory, designing database models, and building optimal queries
  • Strong written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Java EE experience includingL Serlets, Java Server Pages (JSP), Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Java Persistence API (JPA), and Java Messaging Services (JMS)
  • Experience with JBoss or an equilvalent application service
  • Experience with web frameworks such as Struts, Java Server Faces (JSF), or Tapestry
  • Familiarity with Oracle database
  • Familiarity with the Unix Environment
  • Experience with HTML/CSS

Salary Range: Commensurate with skills and experience

Applications must submit:
1. Cover letter reflecting how skills meet the requirements of the postion
2. Resume
3. Names, phone numbers, and email addresses of at least three professional references.
 

Submit application matericals electronically to itsemployment@k-state.edu

Screening of applications begins March 18, 2013, and will continue until position is filled.

Questions may be directed to Viki Horan at vhoran@kstate.edu

For a full listing of benefits please visit http://www.ksu.edu/hr/benefits/unclass.pdf.

Kansas State University is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity among it employees.

Background check required of successful applicant.

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Programmer Systems Analyst - Star Recruit
April 8, 2013

Programmer Systems Analyst

  • Duties include database management, queries, data reporting, data warehousing, etc
    • Experience with SQL server, SRS, etc. a plus
  • Pays around $68k (plus or minus) depending on skills of candidate
  • Excellent communication skills a big plus

Benefits include:

  • 401K match up to 13.5%
  • Excellent benefits including generous vacation and sick pay
  • Friendly, professional environment
  • Office in Manhattan, KS. 

 

Please send resumes to matt@starrecruitllc.com for immediate consideration.

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Undergraduate Research Programmers - Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University
April 30, 2013

Undergraduate Research Programmers

Laboratory for Knowledge Discovery in Databases
Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University

The KDD Lab in Computing and Information Sciences (CIS) at K-State is seeking an undergraduate research programmer, for research projects in the areas of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing:

* Cybersecurity and Cyberphysical Systems
* Information Extraction from Text and Web Documents
* User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization: Recommender Systems and Sentiment Analysis
* Predictive Analytics: Trend Modeling in Social Media, Blogs, and Market Data
* Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI), Critiquing, Tutoring/Training

Necessary Qualifications

* Proficiency with any of: C#, C/C++, or Java
* CIS 200 or equivalent coursework and experience
* Ability to work 10-20 hours per week during the regular academic year

Ideal Qualifications

* Basic coursework in symbolic logic (e.g., CIS 301, Logical Foundations of Programming)
* Current or previous enrollment in Data Structures (CIS 300)
* Experience with ANY of the following is a plus:
   - An integrated development environment (IDE) such as Eclipse, NetBeans, or Visual C++/C#
   - A GUI development environment: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) for Java, etc.
   - Database programming, especially PHP and MySQL
   - A server-side programming or scripting language (PHP, Perl, Python, JSP)
   - A functional programming language (Haskell, Objective CAML, Standard ML, Scheme/Racket, LISP)
   - Prior experience with expert system shells (CLIPS, JESS, etc.)
   - Introductory coursework in machine learning, knowledge-based expert systems, or DBMS
   - Previous work on group projects

Ideal candidates will be able to start immediately and remain with the group for at least one year

Our computing environment comprises a number of high-end Intel multicore Core i7 and Mac Pro notebooks and desktop systems, running Linux (especially Ubuntu), Windows 7 & 8, and Mac OS 10 (10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion), plus Android and iOS devices.

Software components of our environment include IBM Eclipse, MS Visual Studio 2010 and 2012, NetBeans; graphics packages such as Adobe Maya, Blender, and NewTek LightWave; various expert system shells and scripting languages; and a vast array of technical computing (computational mathematics, statistics, and visualization) packages, including SciPy, R, MATLAB, Mathematica, WEKA, MALLET, Hugin, etc.   The lab director is William H. Hsu http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~bhsu).

Compensation starts at $12 per hour with potential increases after 2 semesters, given satisfactory performance.

To apply, please send e-mail documenting: Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, and Math courses taken; names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of 3 references; and overall GPA to kdd-search@cis.ksu.edu.

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Visiting Assistant Professor - Department of Computing & Information Sciences - KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
April 24, 2013

The Department of Computing and Information Sciences at Kansas State University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor position beginning in Fall 2013 from candidates working in the areas of high assurance computing, security and medical informatics.  This is a temporary, full-time appointment and can be renewed based on performance and availability of funding.  Preference will be given to candidates who will compliment the existing areas of strengths of the department which include high assurance systems, tools for developing, testing and verifying software systems, static analysis, security, and medical device software. Applicants should have a PhD degree in computer science or related disciplines.
 
The successful candidate will conduct research with faculty in the department in the areas of high assurance computing, security and medical informatics. The person will help in developing advanced software infrastructure and tools that can be transitioned into use by our partners.
 
Kansas State University is committed to the growth and excellence of the CIS department. The department offers a stimulating environment for research and teaching, and has several ongoing collaborative projects involving researchers in different areas of computer science as well as other engineering and science departments. The department has a faculty of nineteen, more than 100 graduate students, and 300 undergraduate students and offers BS, MS, MSE, and PhD degrees. Computing facilities include a large network of servers, workstations and PCs with more than 300 machines and a Beowulf cluster with 2000+ processors. The department building has a wireless network and state-of-the-art media-equipped classrooms. The department hosts several laboratories for embedded systems, software analysis, robotics, computational engineering and science, and data-mining. Details of the CIS Department can be found at the URL http://www.cis.ksu.edu/.

Please apply by sending (1) a letter of application with descriptions of software development experience and research interests (2) curriculum vitae, (3) copies of representative publications and (4) contact information for three references  to Chair of the Recruiting Committee, Department  of  Computing  and Information Sciences, 234 Nichols Hall, Kansas State  University,  Manhattan,  KS  66506 (email: metate@ksu.edu).  Review of applications will commence May 24, 2013 and continue until the position is filled.
 
Kansas State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees.  Background checks are required.

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