Employment Opportunities Professor, Department Chair of AI and Society Bookmark this Posting Print Preview | Apply for this Job Posting Details Position Information Position Title Professor, Department Chair of AI and Society Department Department of AI and Society Posting Number F250095 Posting Link https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58810 Employer State Faculty Appointment Term Term Position Type UUP Faculty
Bargaining Unit Posting Detail Information Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Position Summary The Department of AI and Society at the University at Buffalo, invites applications from outstanding scholars with excellent leadership abilities for the position of Department Chair. The Department of AI and Society – the first of its kind in the nation – is explicitly intended to be a home for transdisciplinary research on the
relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and society, with its vision of creating a future world where AI systems are built by society, for society. As a transdisciplinary department that is part of both the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences, the department is home to faculty with diverse disciplinary and training backgrounds, and their profiles of research and
creative activity reflect this breadth.The transdisciplinary nature of the Department means that its faculty may engage in research and creative activities spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences, cognitive sciences, computer science, and engineering. The Chair will work with the department to achieve its vision and to support the university’s goal of becoming a top 25 public research institution.Priorities
include overseeing the department’s research, creative, teaching, operational, and community engagement activities; facilitating collaborative grant writing and research activities; helping to foster research collaborations between academic faculty; recruitment of several additional faculty to fill already approved positions; and advocating for the department at the academic unit and university levels, as well as
externally.The successful candidate will have an exceptional academic record and evidence of administrative leadership abilities, in addition to holding a PhD in an area relevant to the mission of the department. The position is at the rank of tenured Full Professor.Tenured faculty in AIS are expected to obtain external funding to support and conduct research leading to research outputs and creative activities;
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