Description

Job Summary:

With this posting, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (https://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/civil-environmental-engineering) is searching for an interdisciplinary tenure track faculty member at the intersection of civil and environmental engineering with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), as part of the RISE-AI Initiative (https://rise.wisc.edu/rise-ai/). We specifically seek candidates with expertise in the use of AI and/or ML to affect transformational advances in civil and environmental engineering. A successful candidate would conduct research and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in their engineering domain expertise, as well as on AI and/or ML and related topics. While we give the highest priority to the overall originality and promise of the candidate's work, a successful candidate will have a deep knowledge of AI and/or ML in a domain relevant to some part of civil or environmental engineering applications. We particularly welcome expertise that is complementary and synergistic to activities already established in the CEE department and give highest priority to the originality, quality, and potential impact of the candidate's work.

Applicants are expected to create, advance, and maintain a productive research program, and provide universality in the classroom and individuality in the instruction for undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students. In addition, candidates will support department efforts to enhance inclusion in higher education through their teaching, research, and service activities, while contributing to the intellectual and academic life of the department. University and professional service will be expected as appropriate. Additionally, the successful candidate will engage in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other departments, schools, and colleges.

Additional Information:

This position is part of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE)-Artificial Intelligence (AI) cluster hire initiative. While the tenure home for this position will be in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, the successful candidate will participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other departments, schools and colleges.

Through accelerated and strategic faculty hiring, research infrastructure enhancement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and increased student and educational opportunities, RISE addresses complex societal challenges of importance to the state, nation and world. AI is a field with tremendous possibility for improving the human condition, but it also carries with it a concerning set of risks. It can accelerate the pace of discovery, reflecting a seismic technological shift, but it also requires thoughtful attention to ethics and security. UW–Madison has foundational expertise across research disciplines to address these realities. RISE-AI will advance deep learning and foundation models, natural language processing, signal processing, learning theory, optimization, and related areas. RISE-AI will also ensure AI trustworthiness, mitigate biases, preserve privacy, enhance fairness, help establish AI policy and legal frameworks, and facilitate AI applications to multiple traditional disciplines and promote multidisciplinary collaborations.

Building on UW–Madison’s strengths, RISE expands the University’s successful track record of connecting with communities and industry on collaborative solutions. Over a three-year period, UW–Madison will substantially increase current hiring levels, bringing 150 new RISE faculty to campus. 

Candidates hired through RISE will join a community of scholars working across disciplines, schools and colleges on research, teaching and outreach endeavors. The community will engage regularly in venues such as seminar series and colloquia to share ongoing projects and identify opportunities to work together. The University will support the community, facilitating access to research infrastructure, and funding to support broad and rich collaboration. Further information regarding RISE can be found at: https://rise.wisc.edu/

Key Job Responsibilities:

Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses and contributing to curriculum updates and innovations; mentoring graduate students and supervising their research; developing and directing a successful, extramurally funded research program; participating in departmental and university shared governance; and contributing to professional and public service.  Faculty at the associate or full professor rank will also have the responsibility of leading large research proposals and center-type activities.

https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assistant-associate-full-professor-civil-environmental-engineering-rise-ai-madison-wisconsin-united-states

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

Applicants should have a demonstrated academic record of achievement such as peer-reviewed publications and grant awards or fellowships appropriate for the appointment level, exceptional potential for creative research, and a demonstrated commitment to inclusive undergraduate and graduate education in civil and environmental engineering. Appointment to this tenure track position requires a PhD degree received prior to the start of appointment. For applicants at the assistant professor level, prior teaching experience is desired although not required.

Associate and Full professor candidates must possess experience and scholarly credentials that meet the tenure standards of the UW-Madison Divisional Committee, the College of Engineering, and the CEE department.

Preferred applicants have graduate or postgraduate research experience in areas related to the application of civil or environmental engineering principles with AI and/or ML.

Education:

PhD in Civil or Environmental Engineering or closely related field by the start date.