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Faculty in Data Science (Tenure Track/Tenured, Position # F1050A1)

Commonwealth of Virginia
Norwich
1 month ago
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Title: Faculty in Data Science (Tenure Track/Tenured, Position # F1050A1)

Agency: ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Location: Norfolk, VA

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Job Description:
The School of Data Science at Old Dominion University invites applicants for an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor position in Data Science to begin in Fall 2025. This is a tenured or tenure track appointment (depending on experience) as part of a multiple position hiring initiative for “AI-Infused Connected/Autonomous Systems for Medicine and Health Care”. We seek faculty that will lead the development of data science/AL/ML theory and applications to the broad area of connected autonomous systems, with application emphasis on medicine and health. The areas include but not limited to solutions for environment perception, situational awareness, planning and optimization, distributed decision making and real-time adaptation, communication and coordination among agents. We are also interested in health or medicine related areas such as data science/AI/ML for remote patient monitoring, autonomous diagnostics, public health monitoring and smart health facilities. The candidate will be expected to develop/maintain a vibrant, externally funded interdisciplinary research program in artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) and data science, with focused application area to connected autonomous systems for medicine and health.

The candidate is expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses. Collaboration with other faculty in the School of Data Science, Engineering, Hampton Road Biomedical Research Consortium (HRBRC), as well as data scientists and practitioners in Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences (BVHS, formerly EVMS) is expected.

About the School of Data Science: As one of the three academic units in the Interdisciplinary Schools at Old Dominion University, the School of Data Science is a new initiative that focuses on educating students in the rapidly growing field of data science, conducting cutting-edge research and serving as a center of AI education and research in the University community. Since its establishment in spring 2023, the school has grown to include ten core faculty members and over 80 affiliated faculty members across the campus, with wide range of active research projects from bioinformatics, web science, survey data science to scientific machine learning, explainable AI and generative AI. Faculty of the School of Data Science actively collaborate with researchers from renowned facilities such as Jefferson Lab (sponsored by Department of Energy), NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium (HRBRC), Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences (VHS, formerly EVMS), and ODU's Office of Enterprise Research and Innovation (OERI).
Minimum Qualifications:

Additional Considerations:

Postdoctoral experience in data science, machine learning, AI or a related field, at an academic institution or one of the national labs.


A strong publication record and/or experience with grant-funded research.

Candidates for associate/full professor position must demonstrate a successful record in research and externally funded grants, as well as the ability to interact and communicate clearly with internal and external constituencies

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