We are currently recruiting Faculty candidates for the Computer Sciences Department and the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery.

Department of Computer Sciences

The Computer Sciences Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is recruiting in all areas of Computer Science at the Assistant Professor level. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or in a closely related field prior to the start of the appointment.

Candidates must show potential for developing outstanding and highly visible scholarly research as well as excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vita, a statement of research objectives and sample publications, and arrange to have at least three letters of reference sent directly to the department. Please refer to Position Vacancy Listing # 72213. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications along with supporting materials as soon as possible, but no later than January 15, 2012 to ensure full consideration. For questions, please send mail to recruiting@cs.wisc.edu.

Electronic submission of all application materials at https://oberon.cs.wisc.edu/recruiting/ is preferred.

Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality.

UW-Madison is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Optimization and Its Applications

The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for faculty openings in Optimization and its Applications. The WID optimization theme aims to develop and apply optimization technology to systems-level problems emerging in science and engineering applications in an interdisciplinary, integrative, and collaborative fashion. Collaborations with biology and medical researchers will be a focus. Our interests encompass (but are not limited to): (i) Development of core optimization technology and large scale computational methodology; (ii) Planning techniques for medical treatment that exploit unfolding understanding of the physical system; (iii) Applications of simulation and stochastic optimization techniques; (iv) Use of optimization and statistical methods to understand and predict systems phenomena, even when competition exists between entities; (v) Sparse optimization and image reconstruction leveraging compressed sensing frameworks, optimization algorithms, and powerful computational platforms.

Opportunities are available at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level. Successful candidates will occupy a new state-of-the-art and centrally located WID research facility specifically designed to spark and support cross-disciplinary collaborations. WID is the public half of an exciting public-private pair of Institutes that will promote basic research and facilitate the translation of new discoveries to practice.

The position will be a tenure-track or tenured position in a physical or mathematical sciences department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Electronic submission of all application materials is required, see https://oberon.cs.wisc.edu/recruiting for details. (If you are unable to submit a teaching statement, we will obtain one at a later date).  Please refer to Position Vacancy Listing # 71489.  Contact Professor Michael Ferris at ferris@cs.wisc.edu for further information.

Living Environments Laboratory

The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for faculty openings in the Living Environments Laboratory and its Applications. The WID LEL theme aims to develop aims to accelerate the design and development of personal care technologies through an innovative design space that employs a virtual reality CAVE, a chamber that can mimic home-found factors that may alter the function of personal care technologies, such as temperatures, vibrations and particulates, and a fully-instrumented apartment to be built in the new School of Nursing. These environments will stimulate designers to create solutions that better fit in the home context, and will provide the opportunity to undertake sophisticated user testing in controlled but familiar settings. Faculty whose research interests lie in human computer interaction, robotics and avatar engagement, product design, technical textile design, and human factors engineering are encouraged to apply.

Opportunities are available at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level. Successful candidates will occupy a new state-of-the-art and centrally located WID research facility specifically designed to spark and support cross-disciplinary collaborations. WID is the public half of an exciting public-private pair of Institutes that will promote basic research and facilitate the translation of new discoveries to practice.

Each candidate will interview both with the LEL theme members and the department of the University that most appropriately matches their experience and interests. Candidates will be expected to qualify for a tenure track appointment in one University department.

Electronic submission of all application materials can be performed through http://newfac.lel.discovery.wisc.edu/ for details. Contact Kendra Jacobsen at kljacobsen@wisc.edu for further information.