<div dir="ltr"><p class="">Data science and HCI positions</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Syracuse
University’s School of Information Studies (The iSchool, see
<a href="http://ischool.syr.edu">http://ischool.syr.edu</a>) is soliciting applications for scholars involved in the
broad and evolving spaces of data science/ data analytics and human-computer
interaction (HCI) to join its renowned and interdisciplinary faculty. These
positions are open rank, and we specifically encourage graduating doctoral
students, senior assistant professors, and recently tenured faculty to apply.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Located at
the center of the picturesque Syracuse University, we seek entrepreneurial
colleagues with a passion for innovative scholarship, a desire to work with
others on interdisciplinary projects, and enthusiasm for teaching. The iSchool
has seven degree programs and an enrollment of 50 doctoral students, 650 masters’
students and 650 undergraduates, led by 42 full-time faculty and over 100
part-time faculty. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The
iSchool is at the cutting edge of scholarship and instruction. The school hosts
five research centers and laboratories and faculty with recognized strengths in
natural language processing, information retrieval, Internet governance and
telecommunications policy, digital literacy, information management,
information and network security, new forms of work and organizing, gamification,
data science, entrepreneurship, and social media. There are campus-level
initiatives on computational linguistics, sustainability, and urban education, along
with strategic partnerships with J.P. Morgan Chase, IBM, and others as reflected
in a curricular focus on Global Enterprise Technologies. The SU-ADVANCE
program provides extensive mentoring services for female faculty in STEM
disciplines. The ISchool recently acquired an IBM Netezza box, allowing for
complex, fast analysis of large data sets, and SU has large data-storage
capabilities and is home of the Qualitative Data Repository.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The
iSchool seeks colleagues who can deepen and extend our emerging strengths in
data science. We see this as a broad area that spans the following: visualization
of large data sets and analytic approaches to large and often heterogeneous
data sets; developing tools and approaches for scientific collaboration, and for
data access and retrieval; computational social science involving large-scale
quantitative data, examining large-scale online social configurations; and other
possible areas emphasizing large-scale data and its analysis and representation.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The iSchool faculty also seeks colleagues who will continue
to expand our strengths in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Although we
encourage applications from any area of HCI, we are particularly interested in
candidates with research and teaching experience in the design, building and
testing of online systems and environments, mobile applications, and other
artifacts, and who are engaging in studies of uses and users in the field or
laboratory. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The
ability to obtain research funding will be considered a competitive advantage
in our evaluations, as will evidence of teaching excellence. A record of
publishing impactful scholarship is expected. Although rank and years of
experience are open, we will consider outstanding ABDs with a strong
expectation of a successful dissertation defense by 2015.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To be
considered, applicants must submit: a cover letter outlining their interests and
qualifications (including the rank they are seeking); a current <i>curriculum vitae</i>; short statements
describing research and teaching interests and accomplishments; and the names
and contact information of at least three references to: <a href="http://www.sujobopps.com/">www.sujobopps.com</a> (job #071012). Strong candidates will be
contacted for letters of reference and asked to provide research samples and a
teaching portfolio or other evidence of teaching experience. Please do not submit
these items with the initial application. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will
begin screening applicants on <b>2 April,
2014</b> and continue accepting applications until the positions are filled,
which may extend into the 2014-2015 academic year. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please
direct questions to Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, search chair, at <a href="mailto:jstromer@syr.edu">jstromer@syr.edu</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><br></div>-- <br>Bei Yu<br>Assistant Professor<br>School of Information Studies<br>Syracuse University
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