POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
REQ. 2007010210
Department: Computer Science
Position Title: Assistant Professor – Tenure Track – Full Time 9-month
Date Position Advertised: November, 2007
Salary: Commensurate with Qualifications
Special Conditions: Effective – August 2008
Qualifications: ACADEMIC: Ph.D. in Computer Science or closely related discipline, by the time of appointment, and demonstrated evidence of excellence in teaching and research.
EXPERIENCE: We particularly solicit applications from candidates with expertise in data mining and data management, experience in inter-disciplinary research activities and candidates whose research foci complement and integrate the existing research activities in the Department, in areas like knowledge representation, bioinformatics, software engineering, and wireless and sensor networks. Men and women, and members of all racial and ethnic groups, are encouraged to apply.
Examples of Duties: The successful candidate will be expected to develop an independent research program and teach graduate and undergraduate courses in Computer Science. The Department has strong research and educational programs, extensive computing infrastructure (which includes several parallel and distributed platforms), and various computing and research laboratories, and it actively participates in several inter-disciplinary educational programs. The Department has received extensive funding for support of its instructional and research activities from a broad spectrum of agencies, including a $4.5M grant from NSF to establish a Center for Research Excellence in Bioinformatics.
Benefits Offered: Group medical and hospital insurance, group life insurance, state educational retirement, worker’s compensation, and unemployment compensation.
Reply to/Deadline for
Applications: Applicants should submit a letter of intent, complete curriculum vitae, a research and teaching statement, and at least three letters of reference to:
Dr.
Enrico Pontelli, CS Faculty Search Chair
Department
of Computer Science,
New
Mexico State University
P.O.
Box 30001, MSC CS
Las
Cruces, NM 88003, USA
Enquires by email (faculty_search@cs.nmsu.edu) are welcome. Screening will begin December 1st, 2007. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
NMSU is located in southern New Mexico, the “Land of Enchantment”, just 50 miles from the El Paso airport. NMSU is a land grant institution, with strong research programs (Carnegie Research Extensive) and a tradition in serving a diverse student population (NMSU is a Minority-serving Institution). The NMSU campus houses the Physical Science Laboratory and has close ties to Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, the White Sands Missile Range, and the National Center for Genomics Research. For more information, please visit http://www.cs.nmsu.edu.
New Mexico State University is an EEO/AA Employer. Offer of employment is contingent upon verification of individual’s eligibility for employment in the United States.