Tenure-Track Associate or Full Professor Position in Applied Mathematics Announced at the University of Alabama

Posted: October 1, 2024

Associate/Full Professor Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty Position in Applied Mathematics

 

The University of Alabama Department of Mathematics invites applications for one tenured/tenure-track position at the Associate or Full Professor rank in Applied Mathematics, as part of a machine-learning focused cluster hire, with an expected starting date of August 16, 2025.

 

The successful candidates for this position will be expected to augment the department's strengths in applied mathematics by combining mathematical modeling, computational, and theoretical approaches with ML/AI techniques, as well as to take advantage of a new $96 million-dollar High Performance Computing and Data Center that will come online in 2024-2025. More information about the department can be found on the department’s website www.math.ua.edu.

 

The minimum qualifications for this position are Ph.D. or equivalent in mathematics or a closely related field, postdoctoral experience, scholarly publications, and experience in ML/AI. Candidates are expected to have an outstanding research record commensurate with their career stage and develop a high quality, externally funded research program, as well as teach and mentor at the undergraduate and graduate levels effectively.

 

The successful candidate is expected to possess a national/international reputation with an active research program, a record of securing multiple external research grants, and an outstanding record of teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. Extraordinary candidates will be nominated for the Endowed Shelby Distinguished Faculty position:  https://provost.ua.edu/the-shelby-endowment-for-distinguished-faculty/

 

The review of applications will begin November 15, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled. Applications should include a letter of application, a current curriculum vitae, a research statement, a teaching statement, and at least four letters of recommendation (one of which concerns teaching). The recommendation letters should be submitted electronically through MathJobs (https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/25260).

 

Applications must be submitted online at the University of Alabama website at  http://careers.ua.edu/cw/en-us/job/524856