Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing

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Position ID:MBZUAI-NLP-DCNLP [#17953]
Position Title: Department Chair, NLP
Position Type:Tenured/Tenure-track faculty
Position Location:Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [map] sort by distance
Subject Area: Natural Language 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. ***

·       Develop the strategy of the Natural Language Processing Department in line with the Academic Affairs & Research Division’s strategy to ensure that the Natural Language Processing Department achieves the highest academic standards and supports the achievement of the University’s mission, vision and overall objectives.

·       Develop policies, regulations and framework of the Natural Language Processing Department while ensuring the physical and human resources of the department are effectively deployed and to manage the finances of the department effectively.

·       Stimulate and support excellence and integrity in teaching, learning, research and University service, and foster a climate that encourages faculty, staff and students to identify and pursue innovation in these activities

·       Oversee the identification, recruitment and retention of qualified faculty and researchers.

·       Lead the academic planning process of the Natural Language Processing Department by initiating discussions, defining priorities, and developing and articulating its vision

·       Oversee the preparation of course schedules, teaching schedules and the assignment of course topics to faculty members

·       Manage the Natural Language Processing Departments’ and faculty participation in specialized conferences and develop an annual agenda accordingly

·       Initiate and oversee activities designed to improve teaching skills within the Natural Language Processing Department and ensure that teaching methods are aligned with international best practices

·       Provide strategic leadership in the development of research activity to capitalize upon the expertise, interests and resources of the faculty and to ensure alignment with the University’s research strategy

·       Instigate, build and maintain local and international partnership and collaborative relationships with academic and non-academic institutions to support and enhance research initiatives, faculty capabilities and students learning and careers progression

·       Play a proactive role in increasing funding support to the Natural Language Processing Department through government, industry and other funding sources and work collaboratively with academic, industry and public sector partners to further enhance the research profile of the Natural Language Processing Department, and expand and improve its infrastructure

·       Promote the research activities of faculty members and ensure that their contributions to the success of the Natural Language Processing Department is known and celebrated within the University and the broader community

·       Ensure cooperative integration among the research centers, support units, and academic units within and related to the Natural Language Processing Department.

·       Continue to seek opportunities to develop and continue interdisciplinary research and teaching initiatives with other academic departments

·       Ensure effective communication and engagement with students, faculty and staff members

·       Build effective relationships, promote and advocate for the Natural Language Processing Department to a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including senior administration, academic departments and section heads, department coordinator, faculty and staff, students, alumni, professional associations, the media, community leaders, and educational and other key institutions, locally, nationally and internationally

·       Encourage research activities and academic learning in wide range of application areas of Natural Language Processing such as information extraction, dialogue systems, semantic parsing, sentiment analysis, question answering, and machine translation

·       Form, chair or be part of academic and none-academic committees as required.

·       Ensure continuous improvement across all services of Natural Language Processing Department.


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Masdar City, Abu Dhabi