Assistant Professor

Job ID: 998936
Job date: 2018-01-31
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Company : University of North Carolina 

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Role : Faculty 


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Job Description:
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) seeks applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science starting August 1, 2018. We are looking for candidates who show exceptional promise in both research and teaching. Preferred research areas are those that build upon our existing areas of strength, which include artificial intelligence, big data analytics, bioinformatics, databases and data mining, foundations of computer science, human-computer interaction, networking, and security, but applicants in other research areas are also encouraged to apply. We are particularly interested in candidates who can pursue interdisciplinary research in the natural and social sciences. The most promising areas of collaboration are with Biology (bioinformatics and computational biology) and Statistics (big data analysis and graph/network analysis).

Minimum Qualifications:

Candidates must hold or anticipate a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related discipline by August 1, 2018.

Preferred Qualifications:

We are particularly interested in candidates who can pursue interdisciplinary research in the natural and social sciences. The most promising areas of collaboration are with Biology (bioinformatics and computational biology) and Statistics (big data analysis and graph/network analysis).


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University Information:

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a world-class, research intensive, regional University with a diverse portfolio of expertise and a particular focus on fostering healthy lives, vibrant communities and global connections.

UNCG is a leading institution within the 17-campus University of North Carolina System. Recognized for its programs in the Music, Theater and Dance; Nursing; Business; Education; Life and Physical Sciences; and Health and Human Sciences, UNCG continues to grow its enrollment and enjoys the most diverse student populations of all the UNC system universities. With more than 20,000 students, UNCG has a significant and positive impact in North Carolina and the Greensboro/Triad area in particular. UNCG is nationally recognized for its distance learning initiative and serves many rural areas of North Carolina with its highly rated online educational programs.

Established in 1892, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro was founded as the first public university in North Carolina for women. In 1963 the school became co-educational, but the legacy of providing both opportunity and excellence continues today.

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Primary Purpose of the Organizational Unit:

The Department of Computer Science supports the university mission of being a student-centered research university by fostering discovery and intellectual growth through the traditional activities of education, research, and service, with stated missions in each of these areas.

Education Mission: To provide excellence in teaching and education, providing rigorous undergraduate and graduate programs that produce graduates who have the theoretical foundation and technical skills to become productive professionals and/or to contribute to research in computer science, and supporting general liberal education through courses for non-majors that promote critical thinking and skills for life in a technical and information-based society.

Research Mission: To contribute to the creation and dissemination of ideas through research and scholarly activities, such as publication of original research, presentations at scholarly meetings, and participation in externally funded research projects, in the context of a program which values the academic freedom of faculty to set their own research directions in basic or applied research.

Service Mission: To support the university and computer science profession through participation in activities, committees, and policy making.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Applicants are asked to submit curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, and four letters of reference (4th letter can be submitted under Other Documents).

You may direct your informal inquiries to Dr. Stephen Tate, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro,Greensboro, NC 27402 (cssearch@uncg.edu).

Review of applications will begin on January 18, 2016 and continue until the position is filled.

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