LINGUIST List 25.1357
Thu
Mar 20 2014
Jobs: Cog Sci; Comp
Ling: Full Professor, Johns Hopkins
University
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Andrew Lamont <alamontlinguistlist.org>
Date: 20-Mar-2014
From: Peggy MacKenzie
<mackenzie
cogsci.jhu.edu>
Subject: Cognitive Science;
Computational Linguistics: Full Professor,
Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA
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University or Organization: Johns Hopkins
University
Department: School of Arts and Sciences and
School of Engineering
Job Location: Maryland, USA
Web Address:
http://cs.jhu.edu/BDP
Job Title: Bloomberg Distinguished
Professorship in Computational Cognitive
Science
Job Rank: Full Professor
Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science;
Computational Linguistics
Description:
The Johns Hopkins University seeks an
internationally recognized leader as a tenured,
endowed Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in
the area of computational cognitive science. We
seek an individual whose research agenda in
computation and cognition will further bring
together the University’s Whiting School of
Engineering and Krieger School of Arts &
Sciences through their shared interests in
computational modeling and human cognition.
This leader will pioneer new directions,
interact with existing collaborative research
efforts, and help guide additional faculty
growth in this major intellectual area. This
position is one of 50 new Bloomberg
Distinguished Professorships, designated for
outstanding scholars to carry out
interdisciplinary research and teaching in
areas identified for significant growth at the
University.
New advances in computational modeling and
machine learning, along with new sources of
behavioral data, are opening up opportunities
to build more complete and accurate models of
intelligent behavior. The Johns Hopkins
initiative in the Science of Learning (SoL) is
a focus of the University's current capital
campaign. It seeks to bring together the
university’s strengths in machine learning,
cognitive science, neuroscience, education, and
domain-specific areas such as language and
vision, in order to understand the nature of
learning at all levels of scientific inquiry
(from synaptic changes to educational
strategies). This search in computational
cognitive science is one of several SoL-related
searches that will recruit new Bloomberg
Distinguished Professors and other faculty to
drive progress on neural, cognitive, and
computational approaches to learning. These
professors will also benefit from the Whiting
School of Engineering’s strategic initiative in
Leveraging Data to Knowledge.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professors will hold
formal tenured appointments in departments of
two or more schools of the university—in this
case, in the Department of Computer Science and
the Department of Cognitive Science. They will
participate fully in the research, teaching,
and service missions of their departments,
including undergraduate and graduate education.
For this position, the ideal candidate will
have an international reputation based on
research and teaching accomplishments that
involve both computational modeling and human
data. The candidate will be suitable for a
tenured appointment at Johns Hopkins
University.
The appointee will enjoy many opportunities to
engage with other world-class units in the
Science of Learning initiative, including the
Center for Language and Speech Processing, the
Center for Imaging Science, the Machine
Learning Group, the Vision Sciences Group, the
Center of Excellence in Human Language
Technology, the Psychological and Brain
Sciences Department, the School of Education,
and the renowned Hopkins neuroscience community
that includes the Mind/Brain Institute and the
School of Medicine’s Department of
Neurology.
Applicants should send their Curriculum Vitae
(ideally including links to publications) as a
single PDF file to the application email below.
Applications will be reviewed beginning April
30, 2014 although later applications may be
considered.
Additional information is available at the
department URL. The Johns Hopkins University is
committed to enhancing the diversity of its
faculty.
Application Deadline: 30-Apr-2014
Email Address for Applications:
compcogsci-bdp-search
jhu.edu
Contact Information:
Department Administrator Peggy MacKenzie
Email: mackenzie
cogsci.jhu.edu
Phone: 410-516-5331
Fax: 410-516-8020
Page Updated: 20-Mar-2014