<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$1" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14.6667px"><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$1" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:flex"><span aria-disabled="true" id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-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"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:14px">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/" style="font-size:14px" target="_blank">MATRIX</a><span style="font-size:14px"> 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/" style="font-size:14px" target="_blank">MATRIX</a><span style="font-size:14px"> </span><span style="font-size:14px">. 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></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><b>Highlighted position: </b>Assistant Professor in the field of AI Accelerators will have an appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. </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">The required qualifications of the successful candidates are a doctorate degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and/or related fields, with 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), and demonstrated commitment to inclusion and diversity. Successful candidates will demonstrate (1) a record of high-quality research and scholarship, or for assistant professor candidates, demonstration of a solid research agenda and publication and external funding capability, (2) excellence in undergraduate and graduate education or demonstration of ability to teach, and (3) a demonstrated commitment to inclusion and diversity.  </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"><b>AI Accelerators: </b>Outstanding candidates at the Assistant Professor level are invited for a position in “AI Accelerators”. AI’s tremendous capability depends on development and deployment of the lightweight, efficient AI models that can be executed on resource constrained hardware. The move towards bigger models requires ever-growing datasets and compute budgets, which incur massive energy bills over the model deployment lifecycle. It is crucial to design new AI accelerators/AI hardware (eg: digital accelerators, custom ASIC design for AI chips, mixed-signal AI chip design, emerging materials and device technologies for AI systems) that can support the rapid growth of the models and reduce the overall carbon footprint. Researchers in this area will have the opportunity to collaborate with MATRIX researchers with expertise in AI devices, circuit design, and embedded system design.</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">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></p></span></div></div></div></div><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$2" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14.6667px"><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$2" 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(204,204,20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<div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$4" 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"><span id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$4lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Required Qualifications</span></h2><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$4" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:flex"><span aria-disabled="true" id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-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"><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">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"><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"><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"><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">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></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$5" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14.6667px"><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$5" 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"><span id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$5lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Preferred Qualifications</span></h2><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$5" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$5" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:flex"><span aria-disabled="true" id="m_4954896344495210286gmail-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"><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, and service endeavors.</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"> Those who can show a commitment to data-intensive research and software reproducibility.  </span></span></li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div id="m_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_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"><br></h2></div></div></div>
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