The Department of Compute Science and Engineering (CSE) at Wright State University seeks applicants for a tenure track Assistant Professor Position. The Department is one of the four departments in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees both in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. Candidates for these positions are expected to have an earned Ph.D. in computer science, computer engineering or a closely related field and evidence of scholarship in that field appropriate to the position. Successful candidates will be expected to participate fully in the Department through research, teaching and service. The focus of the current search is for faculty specializing in data management, integration and analysis (including Web search, data/text mining, and knowledge discovery), Web 2.0/Web3.0/Semantic Web and related research (including use of IR/NLP/KR/AI/learning/statistical approaches), Services Science, and distributed computing using Grid or Cloud Computing. Successful candidates may be able to find significant opportunities for collaborations within the department (e.g., see the Kno.e.sis Center, http://knoesis.org) and across the region with potential for interdisciplinary research in biomedicine, healthcare, and defense applications with the neighboring Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB).
The CSE Department has 25 faculty members, more than 400 undergraduate, 90 M.S. and around 40 Ph.D. students. It is house in an attractive engineering building with well equipped research laboratories. The departmental facilities recently received significant enhancement with the completion of the 50,000 sq. ft. Joshi Research Center which houses the Kno.e.sis Center, additional research labs, and faculty offices. This addition was made possible by an 11M USD award from the State of Ohio to establish a Wright Center of Innovation for Advanced Data Management and Analysis. Salaries and resources are competitive. Additional information about the programs and faculty of the Department as well as any update regarding this advertisement can be found at: http//www.cs.wright.edu/cse. Wright State University, an institution of nearly 17,000 students, is located on a spacious campus with a significant area of protected green space in a growing high-technology suburban community. It is s!
urrounded by commercial (Lexis-Nexis, NCR, Reynolds & Reynolds, etc.) and defense companies, as well as government (e.g., WPAFB) research and development facilities. The University is proactively committed to industrial and government partnerships for research and economic development ventures. A variety of affordable and pleasant living environments, schools and parks, attractive to professionals are conveniently located close to the campus. Wright State University has a strong institutional commitment to diversity, and we are particularly including underrepresented groups, women, persons with disabilities, and veterans. Applicants should provide a brief statement of their research, teaching interests, and professional goals. The application should include a complete vita with the names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of at least four references, plus any additional supporting information. Send applications and supporting information to:
Tenure Track Faculty Search Committee
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435-0001
Consideration of candidates beings November 15, 2008 and continues until the position is filled. We encourage interested candidates to apply early. For details and additional information, you may contact Prof. Thomas Sudkamp, Chair (thomas.sudkamp@wright.edu). You may also contact Kno.e.sis Center faculty members including Prof. Amit Sheth (http://knoesis.org/amit) on matters related to current activities (research, funding, students, etc) in the areas of focus for this search.
Web link for this annuouncement: http://knoesis.wright.edu/aboutus/joiningus/facultypositions/