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<td>[Ieee_vis_open_positions] Virginia Tech hiring tenure
track faculty in Visualization</td>
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<td>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:35:10 -0500</td>
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<td>Chris North <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:north@cs.vt.edu"><north@cs.vt.edu></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de">ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de</a></td>
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Colleagues,<br>
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Please see the advertisement below for tenure-track faculty
positions open at Virginia Tech. Although the position is listed
as “artificial intelligence,” we are also looking for people in
visual analytics, visualization, graphics, virtual reality,
augmented reality, and gaming. We welcome your application or
inquiries. Please pass on to others who might be interested.<br>
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href="https://www.cs.vt.edu/FacultySearch">https://www.cs.vt.edu/FacultySearch</a><br>
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FACULTY POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE<br>
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The Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.cs.vt.edu">www.cs.vt.edu</a>)
seeks applicants for up to six tenure-track 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
will be required to teach at the undergraduate and/or graduate
levels. Selected candidates are expected to travel occasionally to
attend professional conferences and meetings.<br>
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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.<br>
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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, reasoning under
uncertainty, or graphical representation of data including
immersive (VR and/or AR) environments and/or gaming are encouraged
to apply to this multiple position search. Candidates should have
the skills to establish and grow a successful, multidisciplinary
research group. Applications must be submitted online to to <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://jobs.vt.edu">http://jobs.vt.edu</a> for
posting #TR0140110. Applicant screening will begin on December 15,
2014 and continue until each position is filled. Inquiries should
be directed to Dr. Cliff Shaffer, Search Committee Chair, <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:shaffer@cs.vt.edu">shaffer@cs.vt.edu</a> .<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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