Non-Tenure-Track Norbert Wiener Assistant Professorship

The Department of Mathematics invites applications for a Norbert Wiener Assistant Professorship in Computational Data Analysis to begin September 1, 2022, and lasting up to three years pending satisfactory review. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in areas that overlap with those of Tufts faculty. This includes areas such as numerical analysis and linear algebra, computational PDEs, machine learning, high dimensional statistics, graph algorithms, optimization, and image processing. The teaching load will be two courses per semester and will include teaching of courses of fundamental importance to the data science/analysis initiatives at the university such as Numerical Linear Algebra and Mathematics of Data Analysis.

Doctorate in Computational or Applied Mathematics or related field is required. Applicants must show promise of outstanding research and evidence of excellent teaching.

Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a research statement, and a teaching statement. All of these documents should be submitted electronically through https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/18455. In addition, applicants should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be submitted electronically on their behalf through https://www.mathjobs.org. The cover letter should include a statement describing the candidate’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. If a recommender cannot submit online, we will also accept signed PDF attachments sent to Sarah.Rich@Tufts.edu or paper letters mailed to Search Committee Chair, Department of Mathematics, 503 Boston Avenue, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155. Review of applications will begin on December 15, 2021, and will continue until the position is filled.

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