[Infovis] CDS Moore-Sloan Faculty Fellow

[Claudio Silva]

The Center for Data Science (CDS) at New York University (NYU) invites
applications for its highly prestigious CDS Moore-Sloan Faculty Fellow
<https://cds.nyu.edu/our-people/research-engineers-fellows-and-postdocs/>
positions. Building on the success of the Moore-Sloan Fellows program, CDS
has created a Faculty Fellow program to continue to develop outstanding
researchers in Data Science. Alumni of the distinguished Moore-Sloan
Fellowship program have secured top-level academic positions or industry
jobs.

CDS currently has up to 5 Faculty Fellowship positions available. Given the
prestigious nature of the position, we offer a generous compensation
package, funds to support research and travel, and will aim to offer access
to NYU faculty housing. Review of applications will start in December 2019,
and the extension of fellowship offers will begin in February 2020.
Description:

CDS is the focal point for NYU’s university-wide initiative in data science
and statistics, established 6 years ago, and one of the country’s leading
data science research and training facilities. CDS is a vibrant space with
16 jointly appointed faculty (growing to over 20 in the next two years) and
11 associated faculty across computer science, mathematics, engineering,
neuroscience, linguistics, politics, psychology, physics, biology and
business; a list of affiliate faculty spanning a wide range of NYU’s
schools and departments, a highly successful Master’s program and one of
the first Data Science PhD programs as well as the new undergraduate
program in data science. CDS’ research focuses on tools and methods at the
intersection between applied mathematics, data science, high-dimensional
statistics, machine learning, optimization, and several data-driven
application areas.

The CDS & Moore Sloan Faculty Fellow will be expected to work at the
boundaries between the data-science methods and domain sciences. They are
also encouraged to develop collaborations with faculty at CDS and NYU. They
will lead independent, original research programs with impact in one or
more scientific domains and in one or more methodological domains (computer
science, statistics, and applied mathematics).

We seek outstanding interdisciplinary researchers with expertise in the
methods of data science possibly with application in physical, life, or
social science. The program recognizes that rapid advances in our ability
to acquire and generate data are transforming all fields of discovery from
data-poor to data-rich. A significant bottleneck to discovery is our
ability to perform inference over heterogeneous, noisy, and often massive
datasets. Successful candidates will bring a research agenda that can take
advantage of the unique intellectual opportunities afforded by NYU, and
will have experience in working with researchers across different fields.

This is a full-time non-tenure position, with a light teaching load of one
(1) CDS course per year as the primary instructor. You will also be
expected to participate in service activities of the Center for Data
Science (such as helping review admissions applications, committee work,
etc.). Appointments will be for two years, with potential for a 1-year
re-appointment pending satisfactory review and funding. Fellows will be
offered competitive salary and benefits, with funds to support research and
travel. A start date of September 1, 2020 is the date envisaged.
How to apply:

Applicants must possess a doctorate degree. Please submit your curriculum
vitae, a list of publications, and a brief statement of research interests
(no longer than 4 pages) via our Interfolio application page
<https://apply.interfolio.com/69112>.

The statement of research interests should mention the names of one or more
faculty members associated with the NYU Center for Data Science who would
have substantial intellectual overlap with the applicant’s interests and
likely program of research. More information about relevant faculty members
can be found at https://cds.nyu.edu/our-people.

Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation (to
be submitted by the reference writers) by this date. Applications received
by December 23, 2019 will receive full consideration. Any questions may be
directed to our Director of Administration and Operations, Remi Moss who
can be reached at: remimoss at nyu.edu
<https://cds.nyu.edu/facultyfellows/remimoss@nyu.edu>.