Submitted by Rachel Gardner on Tue, 14/10/2025 - 14:50
We are currently recruiting an Assistant/Associate Professor in Algorithms and Complexity.
The appointment is in Theoretical Computer Science, with a focus on Algorithms and Complexity. However, exceptional applicants from all areas of Computer Science will be considered.
The role holder will join this Department as either an Assistant Professor or an Associate Professor, depending on their experience.
We welcome applications from researchers with interdisciplinary interests who will collaborate across different sub-disciplines in Computer Science and Technology and with other academic fields (eg, mathematics, engineering, economics). Collaborations outside academia are also highly valued, including with industry and third-sector organisations.
Interested candidates can see further details here about the role and working for the University of Cambridge, and apply here with a CV, research statement, teaching statement, and cover letter. For informal inquiries, contact Tom Gur. The application deadline is 15 December 2025.
The Department
There are currently 52 Faculty here in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, as well as approximately 110 postdoctoral researchers, 180 PhD students, 100 Master's students and 400 Bachelor's (undergraduate) students.
The Department is strongly research-oriented and has long-standing strengths in theoretical computer science, with pioneering contributions and a vibrant current research environment spanning algorithms, complexity theory, coding theory, cryptography, learning theory, logic, optimisation and quantum computing. We foster close interactions across the theory ecosystem, as well as with machine learning, security, physics, and mathematics.
This is an academic department with a world-wide reputation for academic research with consistent top research ratings. Over the years, the Department has been home to two Turing Award winners (Wilkes and Milner) and counts a 2024 Nobel Laureate (Hassabis) among its alumni. It also has a strong entrepreneurial spirit, with more than 360 companies set up by its staff and graduates.
Highly research-focused, administrative and teaching duties are deliberately light and predictable, giving faculty the freedom to pursue ambitious research. The culture is warm, supportive, and genuinely collaborative, with close ties to the Faculty of Mathematics and active links across the wider University.
The University
More broadly, Cambridge offers an outstanding research environment across science and technology. It has world-leading departments, institutes and interdisciplinary centres that provide rich opportunities for collaboration. 
Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is one of the world's foremost universities.
Consistently ranked among the global top institutions, Cambridge has been home to such transformative figures as Newton, Darwin, Maxwell, Turing, Crick and Watson, Franklin and Hawking. Cambridge affiliates have received more Nobel Prizes than any other university, alongside numerous Turing Awards, Abel Prizes and Fields Medals. Cambridge attracts outstanding students from around the world.
The city
Cambridge is a beautiful city with its medieval colleges, riverside meadows and open green spaces. It offers a high quality of life with its many independent cafés, restaurants, theatre, music, and the arts. Safe and family-friendly, the city is easily explored by bike and offers excellent state and independent schools. Fast, frequent trains connect Cambridge to central London in about 50 minutes.
