Connectionists: faculty position in AI/ML/NLP at UC Irvine

[Padhraic Smyth]

FACULTY POSITION IN AI/NLP/MACHINE LEARNING AT UC IRVINE

The Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine
is seeking applications for an open faculty position from qualified
applicants in any of the following areas: artificial intelligence, machine
learning, or natural language processing. UC Irvine has international
visibility broadly in AI/ML with faculty such as Rina Dechter, Anima
Anandkumar, Pierre Baldi, Alex Ihler, and Padhraic Smyth, as well as strong
research groups in closely related areas such as computer vision, cognitive
science, bioinformatics, and databases. The computer science department is
collocated in the same school and building with the Department of
Statistics and the Department of Informatics, offering a rich collaborative
research environment. AI and machine learning have high visibility on
campus through a number of different centers and institutes, including the
Center for Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems (http://cml.ics.uci.edu),
the newly formed UCI Data Science Initiative (http://datascience.uci.edu),
and the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics http://www/igb/uci.edu),
providing many excellent opportunities for collaboration with faculty and
researchers across a wide variety of disciplines on campus.

About UC Irvine: One of the youngest University of California campuses, UC
Irvine is ranked first in the United States and fifth in the world among
universities less than 50 years old, according to The Times Higher
Education survey. Compensation is competitive, and includes priority access
to purchase on-campus faculty housing at below-market prices. UC Irvine is
located 4 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 45 miles south of Los Angeles.
The area offers an excellent year-round Mediterranean climate, numerous
recreational and cultural opportunities, and one of the highest-ranked
public school systems in the nation.

Full application details can be found at:
https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03163 (tenure-track assistant level)
https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03166 (tenured associate level)
The appointment may be made at either the assistant or associate level.

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status,
or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy. A
recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity, UCI is responsive to
the needs of dual career couples, supports work-life balance through an
array of family-friendly policies, and is dedicated to broadening
participation in higher education.


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Padhraic Smyth
Professor, Department of Computer Science
Director, UCI Data Science Initiative
University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3435

www.ics.uci.edu/~smyth
www.datascience.uci.edu
tel: 949 824 2558
email: smyth at ics.uci.edu
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