Penn State University is aiming to hire multiple Tenure-track or Tenured faculty as part of an ambitious multi-year cluster hire in AI across multiple university campuses, to help realize the university’s goals of transformative integration of AI across research and graduate and undergraduate curricula across all disciplines.  These faculty will complement a strong cohort of over 30 existing faculty in AI and many more whose work leverages AI to advance sciences and engineering.  The university has launched two new undergraduate degree programs – in AI methods and Applications (offered by the College of Information Sciences and Technology and Penn State Harrisburg), and in AI Engineering (offered by the College of Engineering).

The focus of the search this year is on faculty with expertise in AI Foundations and Methods or in the integration of AI into Sciences, Engineering, Healthcare, and Education and Workforce Development.  The successful candidates will join a vibrant, interdisciplinary research community at Penn State and will have collaborative opportunities and access to extensive resources offered by the interdisciplinary research institutes – Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (which provides excellent high-performance computing facilities), Materials Research Institute, and the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.  Faculty members in these positions will be expected to develop nationally recognized research programs, contribute to excellence in graduate and undergraduate education, and engage in collaborative, interdisciplinary scholarship.  In addition, the successful candidates will teach and mentor students and collaborate to develop courses that integrate AI into research and curricula in their respective fields.  The tenure home will be based on the successful candidate’s expertise.

Successful candidates will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses, conduct cutting-edge research, mentor graduate students, secure external funding to support research activities, engage in service activities at the college and university levels, and collaborate with faculty across the university and industry partners. 

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements outlining plans for teaching, research, and contributing to Penn State values (https://universityethics.psu.edu/penn-state-values), and the names and contact information for four references. A single PDF file should be submitted with the application.

Candidates must indicate in their application one or more Departments they wish to apply to. For Questions, contact ICDS director Guido Cervone (icds@psu.edu).