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Tenure-Track Faculty Positions, University of California, Irvine


Organizational Studies
of Information Technology
University of California, Irvine
Department of Informatics

The Department of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is seeking excellent candidates for a tenure-track position in organizational studies of information technology or a related research area.

The position, for appointment in July 2008, is targeted at the rank of associate professor, but exceptional candidates at all ranks will be considered.

The Department is home to an interdisciplinary group of scholars, with backgrounds in computer science, engineering, anthropology, psychology, and new media arts, focused on research problems around the design, use, applications and implications of information and communication technologies.

Particular areas of research strength include: human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, software engineering, programming languages and environments, organizational use of information systems, social studies of information technology, and computer-supported collaborative work.

A new undergraduate major in Informatics and an affiliated graduate program in Arts|Computation|Engineering complement our existing graduate program in Informatics and undergraduate offerings in Information and Computer Science.

The Department of Informatics is one of three departments in the Bren School of ICS and is internationally recognized as a unique group of faculty, visiting researchers, students and, educational programs.

The School is slated to grow substantially over the next decade with the recent establishment of ten endowed chairs (some in Informatics). Thus, outstanding candidates in other research areas and at more senior levels are encouraged to contact us.

For a perspective on the Informatics Department, the Bren School, and our vision, see http://www.ics.uci.edu/informatics.

UCI is targeted as a growth campus for the University of California. It is one of the youngest UC campuses, yet ranked 10th among the nation’s best public universities by US News & World Report.

Salary and other compensation (including priority access to on-campus faculty housing) are competitive with the nation’s finest public universities. For an overview of UCI, see http://www.uci.edu.

Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Informatics, Computer Science, Information Science, Organizational Studies or other relevant field and show strong teaching promise as well as research potential evidenced by scholarly publications.

Senior applicants must also demonstrate a proven track record in funded research activities.

Screening will begin immediately upon receipt of a completed application. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled, although maximum consideration will be given to applications received by January 31, 2008.

Completed applications containing a cover letter, curriculum vitae, sample research publications, and three to five letters of recommendation should be uploaded electronically.

Please utilize the online recruitment tool at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/.

The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity, has a National Science Foundation Advance Gender Equity Program, and is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.


Software Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Department of Informatics

The Department of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is seeking excellent candidates for a tenure-track position in Software Engineering.

The position, for appointment in July 2008, is targeted at the rank of assistant professor, but exceptional candidates at all ranks will be considered.
The Department is home to an interdisciplinary group of scholars, with backgrounds in computer science, software engineering, anthropology, sociology of science, and new media arts, and is focused on research problems around the design, use, application and implication of software, information, and communication technologies.

Software engineering is a particular strength of the Department, and we are looking for candidates who both broaden and deepen our vision of software engineering.

The Department offers an undergraduate major and graduate program in Informatics (both including a significant software engineering component), and also is strongly affiliated with a graduate program in Arts|Computation|Engineering and other undergraduate majors in the School.

A separate graduate program in Software Engineering is planned.

The Department of Informatics is one of three departments in the Bren School of ICS and is internationally recognized as a unique group of faculty, visiting researchers, students, and educational programs.

The Bren School is slated to grow substantially over the next decade with the recent establishment of ten endowed chairs (some in Informatics). Thus, outstanding candidates in other research areas and at more senior levels are encouraged to contact us.

For a perspective on the Informatics Department, the Bren School, and our vision, see http://www.ics.uci.edu/informatics.

UCI is targeted as a growth campus for the University of California. It is one of the youngest UC campuses, yet ranked in the Top 15 of the nation’s best public universities by US News & World Report.

Salary and other compensation (including priority access to on-campus faculty housing) are competitive with the nation’s finest public universities.

For an overview of UCI, see http://www.uci.edu.

Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant field and show strong teaching promise as well as research potential evidenced by scholarly publications. Senior applicants must also demonstrate a proven track record in funded research activities.

Screening will begin immediately upon receipt of a completed application. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled, although maximum consideration will be given to applications received by January 15, 2008.

Completed applications containing a cover letter, curriculum vita, sample research publications, and three to five letters of recommendation should be uploaded electronically.

Please utilize the online recruitment tool at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/.

The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity, has a National Science Foundation Advance Gender Equity Program, and is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.


Medical/Health Informatics


Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
and Institute for Clinical Translational Science

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) is seeking excellent candidates for tenure-track/tenured/endowed positions in Medical/Health Informatics starting in July 2008.

The targeted rank is that of an assistant professor, but exceptional candidates at higher ranks will be considered, including that of a distinguished endowed professor.

The positions will be in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) and affiliated with UCI's Institute for Clinical Translational Science (ICTS).

Qualified candidates from all research areas that focus on understanding and promoting the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information and data in medicine and health care are invited to apply.

The Bren School of ICS is one of eleven academic units at UCI. As an independent school with three departments – Computer Science, Informatics, and Statistics – the Bren School has a unique perspective on the information technology disciplines that allows us a broad foundation from which to build educational programs and research initiatives that explore many applications of computing.

The school has approximately 1000 undergraduates, 100 masters and 275 doctoral students, and 70 faculty members. Many faculty in the school engage in interdisciplinary research through various organizations such as ICTS, the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics (IGB), the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), ACE (Arts Computation Engineering) among others.

The Bren School of ICS recently received a major endowment, just dedicated a contemporary high-tech building designed to enhance collaborative research and education, and continues to grow.

The Institute for Clinical Translational Science is committed to break down the barriers that inhibit the process by which scientific discovery becomes good clinical practice, train the next generation of clinical scientists, and consistently maintain a bidirectional and robust sensitivity to the community we serve. ICTS

  • provides opportunities and resources for original research on novel methods and approaches to translational and clinical science,
  • provides the translational technologies and knowledge base for the spectrum of clinical and translational science,
  • integrates translational and clinical science by fostering collaboration between academic units and between academia and industry,
  • provides a point of contact for partnerships with industry, foundations and community physicians, and
  • provides research, education, training and career development leading to an advanced degree for the next generation of clinical and translational researchers.

UCI is targeted as a growth campus for the University of California. It is one of the youngest UC campuses, yet ranked 10th among the nation’s best public universities by US News & World Report and has received three Nobel prizes in the past 10 years.

Salary and other compensation (including priority access to on-campus faculty housing) are competitive with the nation’s finest public universities.

UC Irvine is located three miles from the ocean in Southern California with an excellent year-round Mediterranean climate.

The area surrounding campus offers numerous outdoor and fine arts opportunities and the public school system in Irvine is ranked one of the highest in the nation.

Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Informatics, Computer Science, Information Science, Medicine or other relevant field and show strong teaching promise as well as research potential evidenced by scholarly publications.

Prior research collaboration with MDs and scientists in an interdisciplinary, clinical setting would be an advantage.

Applicants at tenured ranks must also demonstrate a proven track record in funded research activities.

Screening will begin immediately upon receipt of a completed application.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, although maximum consideration will be given to applications received by January 31, 2008.

Completed applications containing a cover letter, curriculum vitae, sample research publications, and three to five letters of recommendation should be uploaded electronically.

Please utilize the online recruitment tool at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/.

Having recently received a transformational gift including ten endowed chairs, the Bren School of ICS is also seeking highly distinguished scholars who work on emerging issues in any area of information and computational sciences, including medical/health informatics.

Further information regarding these positions is available at the distinguished professor page.

UCI is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and strongly encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women and minorities.

UCI is responsive to the needs of dual career couples, is dedicated to work-life balance through an array of family-friendly policies, and is the recipient of a National Science Foundation ADVANCE award for gender equity.


Biostatistics

Applications are invited for a tenure-track assistant professor faculty position in biostatistics to begin Fall 2008. (Higher rank is possible for exceptional candidates.) Successful candidates will possess a Ph.D. in biostatistics, statistics, or a related field, along with demonstrated potential as a researcher and teacher.

The Department of Statistics (www.stat.uci.edu), in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (www.ics.uci.edu), has a strong interdisciplinary flavor. The faculty are focused on developing methods to solve applied problems and advancing the statistical theory that underlies those methods. Started in 2002, the Department now has 8 faculty members and is still growing. The successful candidate will participate in UC Irvine’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) (www.icts.uci.edu), an interdisciplinary group working to improve the process by which technological and laboratory advances find their way into clinical practice.

UC Irvine (www.uci.edu) is targeted as a growth campus for the University of California. It is one of the youngest of the existing UC campuses, yet consistently ranks among the nation’s best public universities.

A cover letter indicating primary research interests, a CV, and three letters of recommendation should be submitted electronically at recruit.ap.uci.edu.

Applications received before February 29, 2008 will receive preference; all applications will be considered. Informal inquiries may be directed to Professor Hal Stern of the Department of Statistics (sternh@uci.edu).

The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity, has a National Science Foundation Advance Gender Equity Program, and is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.


Bio-medical Informatics, Computational and Systems Biology, Chemical Informatics

Two junior tenure-track positions are available at the University of California, Irvine in all areas of research at the intersection of life and computational sciences.

These appointments will be made in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences with joint appointments in the School of Biological Sciences, the School of Physical Sciences, or the School of Medicine if desirable.

Exceptionally qualified senior candidates also will be considered for tenured positions.

These positions will be coordinated with the interdisciplinary research programs of the UCI Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics. For an overview of the IGB, see www.igb.uci.edu.

Examples of general areas of interest include: bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, computational biology, systems biology, synthetic biology, and medical informatics.

Examples of specific areas of interest include: protein structure and function prediction; molecular simulations and docking; computational drug screening and design; comparative genomics; analysis of high-throughput data; mathematical modeling of biological systems; medical imaging.

Research methods should encompass computational, statistical, or machine-learning approaches.

UCI is targeted as a growth campus for the University of California.

It is one of the youngest UC campuses, yet ranked 10th among the nation’s best public universities by US News & World Report. Salary and other compensation (including priority access to on-campus faculty housing) are competitive with the nation’s finest public universities. For an overview of UCI, see http://www.uci.edu.

The Bren School of ICS is one of eleven academic units at UCI and was recently elevated to an independent school by the UC Regents.

ICS' mission is to lead the innovation of new information and computing technology and study its economic and social significance while producing an educated workforce to further advance technology and fuel the economic engine.

The Bren School of ICS has excellent faculty, innovative programs, high quality students and outstanding graduates as well as strong relationships with high tech industry.

With approximately 1000 undergraduates, 100 masters and 275 doctoral students, and 70 faculty members, ICS is one of the largest computing programs in the country.

The Bren School of ICS just dedicated a contemporary high-tech building designed to enhance collaborative research and education. For a perspective on ICS, see http://www.ics.uci.edu.

Screening will begin immediately upon receipt of a completed application.

Applications will be accepted until positions are filled, although maximum consideration will be given to applications received by January 31, 2008.

Completed applications containing a cover letter, curriculum vita, sample research publications, and three to five letters of recommendation should be uploaded electronically.

Please refer to the following web site for instructions:

The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity, has a National Science Foundation Advance Gender Equity Program, and is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.