[AISWorld] University of Michigan (UMSI) 2012 Faculty opening: Information Analysis & Retrieval

[Lionel Robert]

School of Information at the University of Michigan (UMSI) 2012 Faculty
opening: Information Analysis & Retrieval

The School of Information at the University of Michigan (UMSI) seeks a
tenure-track professor at any rank in the areas of *information analysis,
information retrieval, or “big data.”*

While we encourage applications from all areas of information analysis and
retrieval, we are particularly interested in candidates with strong
interest and expertise in creating novel techniques for mining large-scale
text, behavior, and scientific data. Particular applications of interest
include but are not limited to scientific and health data analysis, text
analysis, social media analysis, digital humanities, and information
interfaces.

The successful candidate will join a large interdisciplinary community
engaged in research on information analysis and retrieval, with dozens of
faculty and graduate students spanning the School of Information, The
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, the Department of
Statistics, the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, and the Department
of Linguistics among other units across the university. For more
information about School of Information research and activities see
http://www.si.umich.edu/ <http://si.umich.edu/>.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in an area such as computer science, information science,
statistics, informatics, computational linguistics, or related fields
concerned with information analysis and retrieval.
• Demonstrated potential for successful teaching at the undergraduate and
graduate level
• Demonstrated potential for high scholarly impact
• A strong commitment to teaching, interdisciplinary research, and cultural
diversity

Review of applications will begin *November 1, 2012* and continue until the
position is filled. For more information or to apply, please visit
umsi.info/facultyapp. Please contact the IAR search chair, Qiaozhu
Mei<qmei at umich.edu?subject=IAR%20Faculty%20Position>,
for questions of fit or area.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
educator and employer.



Link:
http://si.umich.edu/aboutsi/2012-faculty-opening-information-analysis-retrieval

-- 
Lionel P. Robert Jr.
Assistant Professor of Information
School of Information
University of Michigan
4417 North Quad
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
Phone: 734-764-5296
Fax: 734-615-3587
Email: lprobert at umich.edu
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