<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Over the past two years, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has made significant progress in interdisciplinary AI research and scholarship efforts, notably through the newly launched </span><a href="https://ai.utsa.edu" target="_blank" style="font-size:14px">MATRIX</a><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> AI Consortium and establishing the School of Data Science.  UTSA has a focused hiring plan in the area of Artificial Intelligence, specifically in Inclusive & Human-Centered AI Systems and AI Accelerators, both of which advance the research thrusts in the </span><a href="https://ai.utsa.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-size:14px">MATRIX</a><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> . The initiative will serve as the nexus for leading AI innovators to perform transdisciplinary research, engage in high-impact partnerships, and provide thought leadership and domain expertise to solve intractable problems in AI.</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$6" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14.6667px"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$6" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$0" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:flex"><span aria-disabled="true" id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$0" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:normal;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Highlighted position:<span style="font-weight:400"> Endowed Full Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></div></div></div></div></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><span id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$1lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Qualifications</span></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$1" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:400"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$1" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:flex"><span aria-disabled="true" id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$1" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:normal;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><ol style="margin:0.5em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2.75em"><li style="margin:0.25em 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Inclusive and Human-Centered AI Systems: </b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Outstanding senior candidates are invited for an Endowed Full/Associate professor position in “</span>Inclusive and Human-centered AI Systems”. <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Human-centered AI, is a multidisciplinary effort to advance AI research and deployment in ways that dramatically amplify human performance in several settings. This area bridges the fields of AI models (<i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">eg</i>: explainable AI, fairness in AI models, decentralized decision making, dynamic & adaptive models) with human engagement in </span>high-consequence contexts<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">. Researchers in this area will have the opportunity to collaborate with MATRIX partners in <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">developing convergent AI solutions that are inclusive.</span> </span>Successful candidates will demonstrate (1) a record of high-quality research, publication record, and track-record of external funding in human-centered AI & related areas, (2) excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, and (3) a commitment to inclusion and diversity. </span></span></span></li></ol></span></div></div></div></div></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><span id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$2lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Responsibilities</span></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$2" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:400"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$2" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$2" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$2" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:flex"><span aria-disabled="true" id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$2" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:normal;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Responsibilities include research (individual and collaborative), teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and program development. Candidates for the endowed professor/associate professor should be creating research products, expected but are not limited to communicating the research project results in diverse academic outlets; contributing to open-source scientific software, curated datasets, and/or blogs; and developing thought leadership pieces with academic, government, and industry partners.</span></span></span></p></span></div></div></div></div></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><span id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$3lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Posting End Date</span></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$3" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:400"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$3" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$3" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$3" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:flex"><span aria-disabled="true" id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$3" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:normal;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">All applications received by </span></span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">December 1<sup style="margin:0px;padding:0px">st</sup>, 2021</span></span></b> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">will be given full consideration. Applications received after that date </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">will be accepted and reviewed until the position is filled. </span></span></span></p></span></div></div></div></div></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><span id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$4lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Required Application Materials</span></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$4" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:400"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$4" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:flex"><span aria-disabled="true" id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$4" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:normal;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Applicants should submit their application packages via the UTSA HR website: </span><a href="https://www.utsa.edu/hr/employment/" target="_blank">https://www.utsa.edu/hr/employment/</a></span></span></span></span></p><ul style="margin:0.5em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2.75em"><li style="margin:0.25em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Curriculum Vitae </span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(33,37,41)">Research and teaching statements, which include discussion on the role </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">diversity and inclusion plays in an academic environment (3-page limit)</span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Complete contact information for at least three professional references </span></span></span></span></li></ul><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Please submit all documents together in a single PDF in order to be considered.</u></span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Questions and nominations for any position should be sent to the Director of MATRIX AI Consortium, </span>Dhireesha Kudithipudi, Search Committee Chair at <a href="mailto:dk@utsa.edu" target="_blank">dk@utsa.edu</a>.</span></span></span></p></span></div></div></div></div></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><span id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$5lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Required Qualifications</span></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$5" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:400"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$5" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$5" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$5" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:flex"><span aria-disabled="true" id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$5" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:normal;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><ul style="margin:0.5em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2.75em"><li style="margin:0.25em 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Doctorate degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and/or related fields.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> Appropriate research and teaching record for appointment at the rank for each position (for those seeking appointments with tenure, this is contingent upon Board of Regents’ approval)</span></span></span></li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> Demonstrated commitment to inclusion and diversity. </span></span></span></li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Moreover, the successful candidate(s) must demonstrate their ability to work with and be sensitive to the educational needs of diverse urban populations and support the University’s commitment to thrive as a Hispanic Serving Institution and a model for student success.</span></span> </span></span></li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">The most competitive candidates will also have experience in interdisciplinary research and/or curriculum development, and scientific open-source projects.</span></span></li></ul></span></div></div></div></div></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><span id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$6lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Preferred Qualifications</span></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(204,204,204);box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$6" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:400"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$6" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$6" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:flex"><span aria-disabled="true" id="m_-6165167891386660192gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;white-space:normal;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><ul style="margin:0.5em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2.75em"><li style="margin:0.25em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Ideal candidates include those who demonstrate evidence of a commitment to collaboration, diversity, equity, and inclusion through research, teaching, service endeavors, </span>and those who can show a commitment to data-intensive research and software reproducibility.  </span></span></li></ul></span></div></div></div></div></h2></div></div></div>
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