AssistantAssociateFull Professor - Khoury College of Computer Sciences
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About the Opportunity
The Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University has multiple faculty positions at all ranks (Assistant Professor Associate Professor Full Professor) beginning academic year 202526 or 202627. The tenure home for this position will reside in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences with a potential joint appointment in another Northeastern College to be determined in consultation with the successful candidate. Academic rank at the Associate Professor and Full Professor levels will be commensurate with experience and qualifications reflecting a record of demonstrated teaching and scholarly excellence.
This hiring cycle will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Candidates will be considered across all subareas of AI with an emphasis on the following:
Resilient and Trustworthy AI:areas of interest include AIsolutionsto build scalable and secure systemsrobust networking and IoT infrastructure and enhance security and privacy.
Foundations of AI:areas of interest include machine learning LLMs and SLMs natural language processing computer vision theory and transparent and explainable AI models.
Human Centered AI:areas of interest include sensing and extended reality HCI humanintheloop AI AI for robotics and other embodied applications information ethics visual analytics responsible AI and digital civics.
UseInspired AI: research that propels future AI systems and experiences through deep domain investigations in Engineering Health Sciences and Science (e.g. AI solutions for climate and sustainability drug discovery healthcare materials and manufacturing network engineering and transportation). Candidates can express an interest in a joint appointment with one of the Colleges of Engineering Health Sciences or Science.
We are especially seeking applications from outstanding senior and midcareer faculty candidates with established research records but exceptional earlycareer researchers will also be considered.
We will begin reviewing applications as soon as they are received starting November 15 2024 and continuing through the academic year until the search is completed.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Computer Science Artificial Intelligence and related areas; advising mentoring and overseeing students and postdoctoral researchers conducting an independent research program that attracts external funding and preforming service to the college university and the profession.
Qualifications:
Candidates must hold a Ph.D or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a related field from an accredited institution by their employment start date. Candidates are expected to develop an independently funded research program of international caliber. Candidates should also have demonstrated commitment to promoting experiential learning which is central to a Northeastern University education. Senior candidates must have an established history of grant support or industry research with the potential for strong leadership in their research field. For Associate Professor appointments at least five years of related experience is required by employment start date. For Full Professor level appointments at least eight years of related experience is required by employment start date.
About Khoury College
Northeastern University is a global university system. In addition to Boston Khoury College currently offers programs in Arlington (VA) Miami Oakland Portland (ME) Seattle Silicon Valley and Vancouver. Positions will primarily be on the Boston and Oakland campuses but candidates may indicate their interest in other campus locations.
Khoury College has a tenured/tenuretrack faculty of 105 and it offers a broad array of research and educational opportunities to students. Since 2012 the college has hired 169 outstanding tenured/tenuretrack and fulltimenontenuretrack faculty members and plans to continue this strategic growth in the coming years. Faculty research spans all areas of computing and is interdisciplinary across seven of Northeasterns colleges; 40 of the 105 tenured/tenuretrack faculty have joint appointments with other academic departments including Electrical and Computer Engineering Art and Design Health Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Physics Political Science Psychology Philosophy and Religion Business Mathematics and Law. Khoury faculty members are integral to Northeastern Universitys multidisciplinary institutes including the Network Science Institute the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute the Institute for Experiential Robotics and the Institute of Experiential Artificial Intelligence.
The college offers three core undergraduate degrees (CS Data Science and Cybersecurity); eight MS degrees (CS Health Informatics Data Science Cybersecurity Game Science and Design Artificial Intelligence Robotics Network Science Extended and Virtual Reality and Internet of Things) and four PhD degrees (CS Network Science Personalized Health Informatics and Cybersecurity). Many of these are interdisciplinary degrees with other Colleges at Northeastern.
Khoury College is committed to broadening participation in CS to increase diversity of thought. For undergraduates Khoury offers over 55 combined majors (CSX) and has recently launched the Center for Inclusive Computing which has the mission to broaden participation in undergraduate computing programs nationally. At the graduate level Khoury is now scaling its successful Align MS in CS program for people who did not study CS as an undergraduate. This includes building a consortium of universities in the U.S. to offer similar programs.
Documents to Submit:
CV Cover Letter and Teaching Research links to up to three most significant papers and contact information for three References (upon request). Alink will be sent to you asking for the names of your letter writers shortly after you submit your application.
Research statement: Please describe the focus of your research including the problems you have identified the funding you have received to support the work (if applicable) the results you have obtained and the products of these efforts. Also please outline the research directions you foresee pursuing at Northeastern.
Teaching statement: Please summarize your past instructional and/or mentorship experiences your pedagogical philosophy your plans/goals for teaching at Northeastern (including existing and proposed courses) and your strategies for teaching and mentoring a cohort of undergraduate and graduate students.
Additional information and instructions for submitting application materials may be found at the following web site:Careers at Northeastern
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by the law.
Position Type
AcademicAdditional Information
Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience education and skills when extending an offer.
Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical vision dental paid time off tuition assistance wellness & life retirement as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin age sex sexual orientation disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Pay Range:
NU Boston Campus: Assistant Professor: $130000 $155000 Associate Professor: $154000 $187000 Professor: $167000 $246000 Oakland: Assistant Professor: $135000 $162000 Associate Professor: $160000 $195000 Professor: $173000 $257000With the pay range(s) shown above the starting salary will depend on several factors which may include your education experience location knowledge and expertise and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarlysituated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
