[agents] USC Tenure-Track Position in Artificial Intelligence

[Sven Koenig]

USC Viterbi School of Engineering - Computer Science: Big Data, 
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

The Computer Science Department of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering 
seeks to hire tenure-track assistant professors. We are interested in 
exceptional candidates in all areas of computer science. We are 
especially interested in two areas. The first is security. This 
includes, but is not limited to, systems security, secure programming 
languages, privacy, cryptography, risk assessment, social and ethical 
concerns, and security in emerging application areas such as 
cyberphysical and cybersocial systems. The second is Big Data, 
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. This includes, but is not 
limited to, algorithms, foundations and applications, graphics, natural 
language processing, robotics and vision.

Applicants should submit their applications online at:
http://www.cs.usc.edu/about/faculty-jobs/

Applications must include a letter indicating the area of 
specialization, detailed curriculum vitae, a statement on current and 
future research directions, a teaching statement, and names of at least 
three professional references. Evaluation of dossiers will start on 
December 15, 2014, but later applications will also be considered.

We are also interested in exceptionally accomplished candidates who can 
be transformational faculty members both in computer science and 
interdisciplinary computing. Such candidates should contact the 
Department Chair, at cschair at usc.edu. Outstanding senior applicants who 
have demonstrated academic excellence and leadership, and whose past 
activities document a commitment to issues involving the advancement of 
women in science and engineering may be also considered for the Lloyd 
Armstrong, Jr. Endowed Chair, which is supported by the Women in Science 
and Engineering Program endowment.

We expect all candidates to have a strong commitment both to research 
and to teaching. All applicants must have earned a doctorate in Computer 
Science or a closely related field by the date of appointment.

The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is among the top tier engineering 
schools in the world. It counts 174 full-time, tenure-track faculty 
members, and it is home to the Information Sciences Institute, two 
National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers, a Department 
of Energy EFRC (Energy Frontiers Research Center), and the Department of 
Homeland Security’s first University Center of Excellence, CREATE. The 
school is affiliated with the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical 
Engineering, the Institute for Creative Technologies and the USC Stevens 
Center for Innovation. Research expenditures typically exceed $180 
million annually. With 36 tenure-track, 39 research faculty, and 11 
teaching faculty, the USC Department of Computer Science is one of the 
nation’s leading centers of research and education in the field.

USC is an equal-opportunity educator and employer, proudly pluralistic 
and firmly committed to providing equal opportunity for outstanding 
persons of every race, gender, creed and background. The University 
particularly encourages women, members of underrepresented groups, 
veterans and individuals with disabilities to apply. USC will make 
reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known 
disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship. Further 
information is available by contacting uschr at usc.edu.