Dear Colleagues, A faculty position in cybersecurity is available at CS department, Virginia Tech. The position is at associate professor rank and is located at VT's national capitol region campus. Please check the following for more detail.
Thanks, Wenjing Lou ========================================== Associate Professor in Cybersecurity Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech National Capital Region The Department of Computer Science (CS@VT) at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of cybersecurity, at the associate professor rank, located on the campus of Virginia Tech in the National Capital Region (NCR). The successful candidate will contribute to the research and graduate programs in the NCR and collaborate with faculty at Virginia Tech’s campus in Blacksburg, VA. This position adds to the collaboration in cybersecurity between the Department of Computer Science and the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Virginia Tech. See www.cs.vt.edu/FacultySearch for additional information. Candidates should have research interests in systems and network security, trustworthy systems, software security, information security and privacy, or other topics relevant to national security and national critical infrastructure. Ideal candidates combine cybersecurity with existing departmental strengths in data analytics, human-computer interaction, software engineering, high performance computing, and systems and networks. Candidates should have a record in scholarship, leadership, and interdisciplinary collaboration in cybersecurity commensurate with the associate professor rank; demonstrated ability to contribute to teaching at the graduate level in cybersecurity and related subjects; sensitivity to issues of diversity in the campus community; established professional network and experience in working with cybersecurity-related government agencies and industry; and the skills needed to establish and grow a research program involving groups from NCR and Blacksburg. CS@VT (www.cs.vt.edu) has 35 tenure-track research oriented faculty including 12 NSF CAREER award winners, Ph.D. production among the top 30 in the US, and annual research expenditures exceeding $6.5 million. The department collaborates with ECE in the newly established Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology (www.cnst.ictas.vt.edu) and the NCR Program in Information Assurance with an associated Executive Master's degree and a graduate certificate program. The National Capitol Region campus (www.ncr.vt.edu) is located near the Washington D.C. area and houses the Virginia Tech Research Center (www.ncr.vt.edu/arlington) in Arlington, VA, enabling significant research opportunities in cyber-security. The new facility is within walking distance of the NSF, ONR, AFOSR, DARPA, and other agencies. There are rich opportunities in a highly collaborative department with strengths in HCI, HPC, computational biology and bioinformatics, data analytics, digital libraries, software engineering, computational science, and CS education. Active interdisciplinary research also explores cyberarts, digital government, and problem solving environments. Opportunities exist for security and personal health informatics in collaboration with the VT-Carilion Research Institute. CS@VT is part of the College of Engineering (www.eng.vt.edu) in a comprehensive research university with more than 26,000 students. Salary for suitably qualified applicants is competitive and commensurate with experience. Virginia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Applications from women and other underrepresented populations in engineering are especially encouraged. Virginia Tech’s AdvanceVT program (www.advance.vt.edu) supports the retention and advancement of female faculty. Applications must be submitted online to http://jobs.vt.edu for posting #0122357. A direct link is https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/28397. Applicant screening will begin December 31, 2012 and continue until the position is filled. Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Dennis Kafura, Search Committee Chair, [email protected]. _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
