Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
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$ 125000 - 150000
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Assistant Professor of Computer ScienceJob Summary:
Job Description:
Barnard seeks to hire two tenure-track assistant professors in Computer Science for the academic year beginning July 1 2026.
Barnard is a premier liberal arts undergraduate college for women in New York City affiliated with Columbia University. Barnards Computer Science (CS) Department works closely with the Vagelos Computational Science Center with the Columbia CS Department and with other Barnard faculty. The goals of the department are to enhance the experience of Barnard CS majors through activities that develop community provide academic support and connect to CS-related opportunities outside the classroom; to serve all Barnard students by expanding the use of computation and data analysis across disciplines through both curricular offerings and other programming such as workshops or support for computational labs associated with courses in other departments; and to advance the state of the art in CS through research curricular and pedagogical advances in CS and its multidisciplinary applications and new models for engaging students and enhancing diversity in computing.
Barnard faculty are expected to engage in teaching research curriculum and program development undergraduate advising and mentoring of undergraduate research. There are also opportunities to collaborate with faculty and students across Barnard College and at Columbia. We are seeking candidates who work in the following areas: Artificial Intelligence including but not limited to Machine Learning Responsible AI and Computer Vision; Theoretical Computer Science including Algorithms Algorithmic Fairness Game Theory and Learning Theory; Systems and Networking including Databases and Mobile Applications; and Data Science. Within those areas we encourage candidates who take a broad approach to computingincluding computing for good connections across multiple subareas of computer science and research connections to another discipline. Successful hires will further the aims and vision of the CS department and will embody strategic strengths for this growing program.
Skills Qualifications & Requirements:
Candidates must have a PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline and should have a promising research agenda and record of scholarship as well as a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate teaching mentoring and increasing participation in computer science.
Applications must be submitted electronically through Workday and should include the following:
Curriculum Vitae (maximum file size: 5 MB)
A single PDF file (maximum file size: 30 MB) containing:
Cover Letter
Research statement highlighting past accomplishments and future plans
Teaching and mentoring statement describing teaching and mentoring philosophy experiences and interests
Applicants will be asked to provide contact information of three professional references in Workday.
For questions about the position please contact Rebecca Wright Computer Science department chair at . Applications received by October 8 2025 will receive full consideration. Review of applications will continue until the positions are filled.
Salary: $125000 - $150000.
Barnard College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Barnard does not discriminate due to race color creed religion sex sexual orientation gender and/or gender identity or expression marital or parental status national origin ethnicity citizenship status veteran or military status age disability or any other legally protected basis and to the extent permitted by law. Qualified candidates of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors including but not limited to departmental budgets qualifications experience education licenses specialty and training. The above hiring range represents the Colleges good faith and reasonable estimateof the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
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