Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

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Position ID:MBZUAI-ML-ASTPML [#17949]
Position Title: Assistant Professor, Machine Learning
Position Type:Tenured/Tenure-track faculty
Position Location:Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [map] sort by distance
Subject Areas: Machine Learning / Data Science, Information Theory, Large Scale Optimization, Machine Learning, Signal Processing
Appl Deadline: finished (2021/01/14, finished 2022/01/15, listed until 2021/07/14)
Position Description:    

*** this position has been closed and new applications are no longer accepted. ***

• Deliver high quality research & scholarship in the field of study, individually and in collaboration with others, by maintaining a substantial program of research, seeking research funding opportunities and preparing proposals for such and publishing peer-reviewed outputs. 
• Undertake research-led teaching at different levels on Masters and PhD taught courses, regularly collecting and responding to student feedback. 
• Provide general support and guidance to students, resolving issues and/or referring to specialist parties, where appropriate. • Provide support to curriculum, resource, program and subject design, development, management • Supervise and advise students throughout the learning journey  
• Support and participate in student recruitment and admission through promoting the university programs and providing potential students with advice and guidance throughout the process. 
• Demonstrate research leadership and promote and ensure compliance of self and others with good practice in relation to the conduct of research, the ethics policy, and other relevant university policies. 
• Develop collaborative links and research partnerships with other researchers within and outside the Academic Department and university who are working in related areas 
• Lead and participate in bids for external research funding and major new initiatives  
• Organize, plan and conduct courses at appropriate levels for students given the subject matter 
• Incorporate the latest knowledge and research into the subject matter of the courses  
• Ensure to apply different methods to engage the interest and curiosity of students and to stimulate their willingness to think critically about ideas and concepts 
• Examine the organization, materials, readings, and approaches related to the courses on regular basis. 
• Participate in service activities both within and outside MBZUAI such as consultancies, training sessions as well as government and industry conferences, seminars or other community activities 
• Contribute to designing, developing, revising and updating the overall curriculum for the university programs 
• Manage any allocated research start-up funds granted for research activities, conferences, trainings and other professional development activities. 
• Provide guidance and mentoring of early stage researchers in their training, skills acquisition, development of research proposals, career development and related fellowship proposals  
• Disseminate research findings through national and international conferences and other outlets.  
• Maintain scholarly activity and keep up to date with developments in the field as necessary to carry out the duties of the post. 
• Be part of academic and non-academic committees as required. 
• Ensure continuous improvement across all services of the department/Faculty 
• Undertake any other related duties as assigned by line manager.


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Masdar City, Abu Dhabi