Connectionists: Tenure-track opening at NYU (Psychology + Center for Data Science)

[Todd Gureckis]

The Department of Psychology and the Center for Data Science (CDS) at New York University invite applications for an open rank tenure-track faculty position. The position is to be shared between the two departments. The anticipated start date is September 1, 2017, pending budgetary and administrative approval.

QUALIFICATIONS
Successful applicants will contribute to research and teaching in the following example areas: (1) Utilization of new methods and technologies for studying human behavior, including naturalistic datasets capturing real-world interactions; (2) New computational techniques for modeling human behavior, such as disentangling causal from correlational patterns, for dealing with unstructured and noisy data, and for improving the quality of statistical inference (e.g., new algorithms from statistics and machine learning); (3) The development of new technical infrastructure that can shed insight into human behavior including the design of novel experimental approaches to the study of behavior; (4) Establish deeper connections between human and machine approaches to extracting knowledge from data, potentially leading to new technologies for studying the mind and new algorithms for data science informed by psychological research (e.g., artificial intelligence and machine learning).

Applicants that bridge between the existing research strengths of the Psychology Department and the Center for Data Science are encouraged. In addition to advancing a research program capable of attracting outside funding, applicants will be expected to contribute to the teaching missions of both the Psychology department and the Center for Data Science.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Applications should include CV, statement of research (no more than four pages) and teaching interests (no more than two pages), at least three representative publications, and at least three letters of reference.

Review of applications will begin Jan 15th, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled.

To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/39593. Review of applications will begin January 15th, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled. The electronic application should include a CV, statements of research (no more than four pages) and teaching interests (no more than two pages), at least three representative publications, and at least three letters of reference. New York University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

New York University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. New York University is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its hiring and promotion process without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth (or related medical condition), sexual orientation, partnership status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital, parental or familial status, caregiver status, national origin, ethnicity, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, domestic violence victim status, unemployment status, or any other legally protected basis. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.


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Todd M. Gureckis
Assoc. Professor, Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place, Rm 859
New York, NY, 10003
ph: (212) 998-3794
todd.gureckis at nyu.edu
http://gureckislab.org/