[Jobinfo] Fwd: [Ieee_vis_open_positions] Tenure-Track Faculty Position in VIS at Virginia Tech
Wed Sep 23 10:28:04 CEST 2015
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Subject: [Ieee_vis_open_positions] Tenure-Track Faculty Position in VIS
at Virginia Tech
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:54:28 -0400
From: Chris North <north@cs.vt.edu>
To: ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de, infovis@infovis.org
Colleagues-
Virginia Tech’s Department of Computer Science is hiring Tenure-Track
Faculty positions in areas related to VIS.
An Interactive Computing position includes human-computer interaction,
graphics, intelligent user interfaces, visualization, visual analytics,
human interaction with big data, augmented reality, tangible interfaces,
human-robot interaction, game design, creativity support, or computing
in the arts and humanities.
There are also open positions in Data Analytics and Cyber Security.
See details below. Please forward on to others who may be interested.
Thanks,
-Chris North
http://www.cs.vt.edu/FacultySearch
<http://www.cs.vt.edu/FacultySearch>
Faculty Search - 2015/16
*FACULTY POSITIONS
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE*
*VIRGINIA TECH*
The Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech (www.cs.vt.edu)
<http://www.cs.vt.edu/> seeks applicants for tenure-track faculty
positions in three areas: interactive computing, cyber security, and
data analytics. 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. The
position requires occasional travel to professional conferences and
meetings.
*Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Interactive Computing –
Blacksburg, VA*
Strong candidates from any area related to interactive computing are
encouraged to apply. Exceptional candidates at higher ranks will also be
considered. Candidates who complement existing strengths in
human-computer interaction, graphics, intelligent user interfaces,
visualization, visual analytics, human interaction with big data,
augmented reality, tangible interfaces, human-robot interaction, game
design, creativity support, or computing in the arts and humanities are
especially encouraged. Candidates have opportunities for collaboration
in the interdisciplinary Center for Human-Computer Interaction
(hci.vt.edu <http://hci.vt.edu/>) which includes 30 faculty across
campus, the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (icat.vt.edu
<http://icat.vt.edu/> ) housed in the new Moss Center for the Arts, and
the Discovery Analytics Center (dac.cs.vt.edu <http://dac.cs.vt.edu/>).
Applications must be submitted online to http://jobs.vt.edu
<http://jobs.vt.edu/> for posting # *TR0150108*. Applicant screening
will begin on November 20, 2015 and continue until each position is
filled. Inquiries should be directed to *Dr. Chris North, Search
Committee Chair*, north@vt.edu <mailto:north@vt.edu>_._
*Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Cyber Security – Blacksburg, VA*
Candidates with expertise in cyber security, including technologies for
and applications in information security, network security, and
trustworthy computing are encouraged to apply. Candidates focusing on
security issues of cyber-physical systems, embedded systems, sensor
networks, robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), etc. are especially
encouraged. The candidate will join the CS department and also
participate in an interdisciplinary team of five faculty in Advanced
Manufacturing and share common space and equipment, leveraging
established labs and the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing
( www.ccam-va.com/ <http://www.ccam-va.com/> ), a public-private
partnership in Virginia. There is an active group of cyber security
faculty in CS and ECE departments collaborating in research as well as
graduate and undergraduate education (see: www.cyber.vt.edu/
<http://www.cyber.vt.edu/> ). Applications must be submitted online to
http://jobs.vt.edu <http://jobs.vt.edu/> for posting *#*
*TR0150107*. Applicant screening will begin on November 20, 2015 and
continue until the position is filled. Inquiries should be directed to
*Dr. Ali Butt, Search Committee Chair,* butta@cs.vt.edu
<mailto:butta@cs.vt.edu>.
*Associate/Full Professor in Data Analytics – National Capital Region
(NCR) *
Candidates with research depth and breadth in data analytics, data
mining, “big dataâ€, or data science are encouraged to apply.
Candidates working at the intersection of data analytics and
cyber-security and at the intersection of data analytics and urban
computing are especially encouraged. Candidates should present a proven
ability to initiate and sustain collaborations within computing as well
as with application specialists. The department is home to the Discovery
Analytics Center (dac.cs.vt.edu <http://dac.cs.vt.edu/>) that
leads “big data†research on campus. 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.
The NCR campus (www.ncr.vt.edu <http://www.ncr.vt.edu/>) is located near
the Washington D.C./Falls Church area and houses the Virginia Tech
Research Center (www.ncr.vt.edu/arlington
<http://www.ncr.vt.edu/arlington>) in Arlington, VA. Applications must
be submitted online to http://jobs.vt.edu <http://jobs.vt.edu/> for
posting *# TR0150106*. Applicant screening will begin on November 20,
2015 and continue until the position is filled. Inquiries should be
directed to *Dr. Naren Ramakrishnan, Search Committee Chair,*
naren@cs.vt.edu <mailto:naren@cs.vt.edu>.
The *Department of Computer Science* has 40 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 FY2015 were $412 thousand per tenure-track faculty
member (i.e., a total of $15.5 million); total research funding at the
beginning of FY2015 was $43.4 million. BS, MS, and PhD degrees are
offered, with a growing enrollment of over 610 undergraduate majors (14%
women) and over 270 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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