[Jobinfo] Fwd: [Ieee_vis_open_positions] Virginia Tech hiring tenure track faculty in Visualization

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Subject: 	[Ieee_vis_open_positions] Virginia Tech hiring tenure track 
faculty in Visualization
Date: 	Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:35:10 -0500
From: 	Chris North <north@cs.vt.edu>
To: 	ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de



Colleagues,

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.

https://www.cs.vt.edu/FacultySearch

FACULTY POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

The Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech (www.cs.vt.edu 
<http://www.cs.vt.edu>) 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.

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.

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 http://jobs.vt.edu 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, shaffer@cs.vt.edu <mailto:shaffer@cs.vt.edu> .

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.

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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