I have similar feeling and would like to ask the same question: why do many institutes start DS programs while only want to hire non-tenure track teaching faculty? I also have a little experience. We at Drexel University started a Bachelor in DS two yeas ago and will start MSDS this fall. We tried to hire two teaching faculty to lead the curriculum since last year, very similar to what this Northeastern ad describes. However, we haven't filled the positions yet. The hiring process will continue this year. I have found that many other universities are also hiring teaching faculty in DS. One thing I can share about the mentality was that people were still unsure what exactly DS is as a independent scientific discipline. People from a variety of background claim they are doing DS research (CS, AI, Machine Learning, Statistics, Math, Business Analytics, Bioinformatics, you name it...) Are there any other thoughts? By the way, if anybody is interested in teaching and leading the DS programs at Drexel's College of Computing and Informatics in Philadelphia, please feel free to contact me or look for the job ad.
Best Regards, Yuan An On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 9:49 AM Hetherington, James <j.hethering...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote: > > It looks like a great job, but do we need to discuss within the movement > about why roles like this tend to be pure-teaching non-research > non-tenure-track roles, rather than combined with research? > > > > Our findings at RSE4DS18 considered career structures for data scientists > working on the open software stacks that underpin research > https://www.software.ac.uk/index.php/blog/2018-04-05-so-you-want-start-data-science-institute-achieving-sustainability > and there’s clearly more lobbying needed. > > > > -- > > > > Dr James Hetherington FBCS > > Director of Research Engineering > > The Alan Turing Institute > > > > > > From: Laurent Gatto <lg...@cam.ac.uk> > Reply-To: discuss <discuss@lists.carpentries.org> > Date: Thursday, 14 June 2018 at 21:03 > To: discuss <discuss@lists.carpentries.org> > Subject: [discuss] Job: Assistant/Associate/Teaching Professor & Director - > Data Science Program > > > > Der all, > > > > I would like to draw you attention to this position at Northeastern > University in Boston, MA. > > > > The College of Computer & Information Science and College of Engineering > invites applications for the position of Assistant, Associate, or Full > Teaching Professor & Director of the Data Science Program beginning in Spring > or Summer 2018. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, non-tenure track > position. Primary responsibilities include teaching and overseeing all > aspects of the professional MS program in Data Science. > > > > From what I know, the successful faculty can take this program in different > directions (e.g., strengthening R/open source), and to have the wider > carpentries community involved. > > > > For more information and application : > https://neu.peopleadmin.com/postings/52293 > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Laurent > > > > -- > > Laurent Gatto | @lgatt0 > > https://lgatto.github.io/ > > The Carpentries / discuss / see discussions + participants + delivery options > Permalink ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T3ef4c474f5e89e6f-Mcf7ef685eb28f777f41f9b9a Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups
