<h2>School of Information at the University of Michigan (UMSI) 2012 Faculty Opening: Human-Computer Interaction</h2><div> </div><div class="meta">The School of Information at the University of Michigan (UMSI) seeks a tenure-track professor at any rank in the field of <strong>Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)</strong>. While we encourage applications from any area of HCI, we are particularly interested in candidates with research and teaching experience in the design, building and testing of interactive systems, such as physical computational artifacts, mobile applications, online environments, or other kinds of devices or software. Such a candidate will be well-versed in modern design practices and tools, new forms of interaction, evaluation, and/or designing for novel application domains.</div>
<div class="content"><p>The successful candidate will join a large interdisciplinary community engaged in research on interactive and social computing, with dozens of faculty and graduate students spanning UMSI, Art and Design, Computer Science, Engineering, Education and Psychology among other departments across the university. For more information about relevant UMSI research and activities related to HCI see<a href="http://misc.si.umich.edu/" target="_blank"> http://misc.si.umich.edu/</a>.</p>
<p>***</p><p>For all UMSI positions, we favor candidates whose research interests complement our existing expertise in such areas as computer-supported cooperative work; digital archives and preservation; human-computer interaction; incentive-centered design and information economics; information seeking, sharing and use; Internet-scale data, network and text analysis; social computing and informatics.</p>
<p>The mission of the School of Information is to create knowledge so people can use information and technology to build a better world, and to educate socially-engaged information professionals. A successful candidate will be committed to, and will directly contribute to our goal of being the best research and teaching institution for the understanding and design of information and its technologies in service of people and society.</p>
<p>The School is home to a dynamic and vibrant research and teaching program, with 35 FTE faculty, and over 400 students. We offer a PhD, a Master of Science in Information, a Master of Health Informatics (joint with the School of Public Health), a jointly offered undergraduate informatics major, and as of Fall 2014, we will offer our own bachelor’s of Information.</p>
<p>Founded in 1817, the University of Michigan has a long and distinguished history as one of the first public universities in the nation. It is one of only two public institutions consistently ranked among the nation's top ten universities. The University has one of the largest health care complexes in the world and one of the best library systems in the United States. With more than $1 billion in research expenditures annually, the University has the second largest research expenditure among all universities in the nation. The University has an annual general fund budget of more than $1.4 billion and an endowment valued at more than $7.57 billion.</p>
<p>Qualifications:<br>• Ph.D. in an area such as information, computer science, engineering, design, or related fields<br>• Demonstrated potential for successful teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level<br>• Demonstrated potential for high scholarly impact<br>
• A strong commitment to teaching, interdisciplinary research, and cultural diversity</p><p>Review of applications will begin <strong>November 1, 2012 </strong>and continue until the position is filled.</p><p>For more information or to apply, please visit <a href="http://umsi.info/facultyapp" target="_blank">umsi.info/facultyapp</a>. Please contact the HCI search chair, <a href="mailto:mwnewman@umich.edu?subject=HCI%20Faculty%20Position">Mark Newman</a>, for questions of fit or area.</p>
<p>The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action educator and employer.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://si.umich.edu/aboutsi/2012-faculty-opening-human-computer-interaction">http://si.umich.edu/aboutsi/2012-faculty-opening-human-computer-interaction</a><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br></p></div><div>Lionel P. Robert Jr.</div><div>Assistant Professor of Information</div><div>School of Information </div><div>University of Michigan</div><div>4417 North Quad</div><div>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</div>
<div>Phone: 734-764-5296</div><div>Fax: 734-615-3587</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:lprobert@umich.edu" target="_blank">lprobert@umich.edu</a> </div><br>