Folks,
Please see the announcement below for two tenure track positions at Virginia
Tech that should be of relevance to those subscribed to this list: a
tenure-track professor with expertise in AI and a tenured professor with
expertise in data analytics.
Thanks,
Bert Huang
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FACULTY POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
The Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech (www.cs.vt.edu) seeks
applicants for one tenure-track and two tenured faculty positions in three
areas: artificial intelligence/machine learning, software engineering, and data
analytics/cyber security. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or
related field at the time of appointment, a rank-appropriate record of
scholarship and collaboration in computing and interdisciplinary areas,
sensitivity to issues of diversity in the campus community, and required to
teach at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels. Selected candidates are
expected to travel occasionally to attend professional conferences and meetings.
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence
Blacksburg, VA
Candidates with expertise in artificial intelligence, including but not limited
to natural language processing, speech, computer vision and pattern
recognition, perception, knowledge representation, humans and AI, game theory,
reinforcement learning, machine learning, or reasoning under uncertainty are
encouraged to apply. Candidates should have the skills to establish and grow a
successful, multidisciplinary research group. Applications must be submitted
online to http://jobs.vt.edu for posting #TR0140110. Inquiries should be
directed to Dr. Cliff Shaffer, Search Committee Chair, [email protected].
The two tenured positions seek candidates who can present evidence of
high-impact research and publications in top-tier conferences and journals, a
strong record of garnering external funding for research and leading a strong
research group, and national and/or international visibility through leadership
and service in the research community.
Associate/Full Professor in Software Engineering
Blacksburg, VA
Candidates with research breadth and depth across several areas of software
engineering, including but not limited to program analysis, mobile
applications, web-based software, software quality, scripting languages,
middleware, and parallel computing are encouraged to apply. Applications must
be submitted online to http://jobs.vt.edu for posting #TR0140109. Inquiries
should be directed to Dr. Eli Tilevich, Search Committee Chair,
[email protected].
Associate/Full Professor in Data Analytics/Cyber security
National Capital Region (NCR)
Candidates with research depth and breadth in data analytics, data mining, "big
data", data science, or cyber security, including technologies for and
applications in information security, network security, and trustworthy
computing are encouraged to apply. Candidates working at the intersection of
data analytics and cyber security are especially encouraged. Candidates should
present a proven ability to initiate and sustain collaborations within
computing as well as with application specialists. The Department of Computer
Science is home to the Discovery Analytics Center (http://dac.cs.vt.edu) that
leads "big data" research on campus. Computer science faculty also participate
in university-wide efforts at cyber security education and research (see:
http://www.cyber.vt.edu/).
The successful candidate will contribute to the research and graduate programs
in NCR and collaborate with faculty at Virginia Tech's campus in Blacksburg,
VA. The NCR campus (www.ncr.vt.edu) is located near Washington D.C./Falls
Church area and houses the Virginia Tech Research Center
(www.ncr.vt.edu/arlington) in Arlington, VA. Applications must be submitted
online to http://jobs.vt.edu for posting #TR0140107. Inquiries should be
directed to Dr. Naren Ramakrishnan, Search Committee Chair, [email protected].
The Department of Computer Science has 37 research oriented tenure-track
faculty and ~10 postdocs/research faculty. There are a total 12 NSF/DOE CAREER
awardees in the department. Research expenditures for FY2014 were $334 thousand
per tenure-track faculty member (i.e., a total of $12.2 million); total
research funding at the beginning of FY2015 was $42.8 million. BS, MS, and PhD
degrees are offered, with a growing enrollment of over 610 undergraduate majors
(14% women) and over 225 PhD/MS students. In 2010, CS@VT was ranked 5th in the
country in recruiting quality of CS undergrads by the Wall Street Journal. The
department is in the College of Engineering, whose undergraduate program was
ranked 8th and graduate program was ranked 12th among public engineering
schools in 2014 by U.S. News & World Report.
Applicant screening will begin on December 15, 2014 and continue until each
position is filled. Early applications are encouraged. We welcome applications
from women or minorities. Salary for suitably qualified applicants is
competitive and commensurate with experience. Selected candidates must pass a
criminal background check prior to employment.
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