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Associate or Full Professor in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

Position Number: 4660997
Location: Albany, NY
Position Type: Science - Library and Information Science

Associate or Full Professor in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

About University at Albany:
Established in 1844 and designated a University Center of the State University of New York in 1962, the University at Albany's broad mission of excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, research, and public service engages a diverse student body of approximately 17,000 students in nine schools and colleges across three campuses.

Located in Albany, New York, New York State's capital, the University is convenient to Boston, New York City, and the Adirondacks.

UAlbany has recently received $75 million from New York State for the Albany Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Initiative (Albany AI). Through our signature strengths in cybersecurity, climate science, health sciences, and emergency preparedness, UAlbany is uniquely positioned to leverage this computing power to tackle some of society's biggest challenges.

Job Description:
The University at Albany, State University of New York, seeks an Associate/Full Professor at the intersection of Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The successful applicant will also be a member of the UAlbany AI Institute and will be hired into the Cybersecurity Department in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC). There are opportunities for collaboration across departments, particularly through our interdisciplinary Information Science doctoral program. Partner departments include Computer Science, Sociology, Public Administration, Digital Forensics, Information Systems & Business Analytics. Research labs within the Cybersecurity Department include the Hack IoT Lab and Cyber Range. CEHC has a goal of creating an interdisciplinary team of researchers and educators capable of preparing our students to successfully explore and interpret the rich array of disciplines and perspectives contained within cybersecurity and allied disciplines.

UAlbany is a nationally recognized leader in security and preparedness training, research, and education and has longstanding partnerships with key security agencies across the State and the nation. The University has received tens of millions of dollars in federal, state, and private sector support to its schools, colleges, and research centers based on this expertise. The recent New York State funding of UAlbany's $75 million Artificial Intelligence Institute offers additional multi-disciplinary research and educational opportunities. Partnerships with government agencies, private industry, and not-for-profit organizations provide opportunities to contribute to highly applied research, and access to a wealth of resources in these organizations and agencies. In addition, UAlbany takes pride in being a very diverse R1 University and is committed to diversity in its teaching/learning and research endeavors.

The College
The mission of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity (CEHC) and its constituent departments is to make a difference in the world by providing high-quality academic programs, blending an interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial spirit, fostering enthusiasm for learning and teaching, promoting operational application of knowledge, and leading cutting-edge research initiatives that bring together people, technology, and knowledge to address the challenges of the 21st century. As the first college of its kind in the nation, CEHC is growing rapidly as it has recently established both undergraduate and graduate academic programs in Cybersecurity, Emergency Management, and Homeland Security, in addition to the already established Informatics and Information Science programs. One of the hallmarks of the College and its departments is the crosscutting nature of the education and research efforts across these fields. UAlbany and the State of New York are committed to seeing the College become a global leader in education and research in these fields and are providing significant support to the establishment and planned growth of the unit. Like the University, the College and the departments are committed to increased diversity in all its activities.

The Cybersecurity Department
We are an interconnected and cyber-systems dependent society. From personal and business communications systems to smarter and greener energy grids, our reliance on computer networks binding us all together grows daily, while securing these vital connections becomes ever more challenging.

The Cybersecurity Department embraces an interdisciplinary approach and offers programs that will help you prepare for an innovative cybersecurity career protecting data, devices, computers and networks from a wide range of threats. More about the Cybersecurity Department at https://www.albany.edu/cehc/departments/cybersecurity

Primary Responsibilities:

Build and sustain synergistic research agenda within Cybersecurity and AI that directly strengthens the vision of the Cybersecurity Department, CEHC, and the larger UAlbany to impact the real world in various contexts, such as business, healthcare, energy & sustainability, critical infrastructure, and government.

Develop and deliver undergraduate and graduate courses in live and on-line environment that foster transformation towards a more secure and just cyber-society.

Advise and mentor diverse undergraduate and graduate students with strong commitment to excellence, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Contribute to administrative responsibilities within the Cybersecurity Department and CEHC.

Engage the UAlbany community, Cybersecurity professionals and academic societies, industry, and granting agencies.

Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:

A PhD or other terminal degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field from a college or university accredited by a U.S. Department of Education or internationally recognized accrediting organization.

Applicants must demonstrate an ability to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within our diverse campus community.

Applicants must demonstrate an ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging relative to their role.

Experience teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses in varying modalities (in-person, online, and/or hybrid) requisite for appointment as tenured associate or full professor in cybersecurity, including areas such as cyber threat modeling and intelligence, information/network security and privacy, cybersecurity risk management and planning, and network compliance auditing.

Record of innovative, meaningful research and published scholarship on topics in the field of Cybersecurity requisite for appointment as tenured associate or full professor.

The department is open to researchers in a wide range of areas related to cybersecurity. Inter- and multi-disciplinary approaches are welcome, especially those that can employ a wide range of methods. We are particularly interested in researchers who can contribute to the Cybersecurity departments and CEHC's educational programs at all levels.

Applicants must address in their application the integration of artificial intelligence into their research program.

Applicants must have experience in applying for and obtaining funding for their research, requisite for an associate or full professor.

Preferred Qualifications:

Clear plan for developing a scholarly agenda in Cybersecurity and AI at UAlbany.

Nationally or internationally recognized scholar and researcher in Cybersecurity and AI, requisite for an associate or full professor.

Expertise, experience, and active research in Cyber Defense and/or Cyber Operations, including applications in malware analysis, reverse engineering, SCADA security, offensive methods, and threat modeling.

Familiarity with the principles and operation of a variety of sub-areas of cybersecurity and related disciplines, requisite for associate professor or full professor, in which cybersecurity is important as providing needed protections, collaboration, datasources, areas of critical economic or societal importance, providing underlying ethical underpinnings, etc.

The ability to teach and develop classes in existing and emerging subfields of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and related fields.

Additional Information:
Professional Rank and Salary Range: Full or Associate Professor (10 Months), A3
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, without exception, prepare, publish and distribute an Annual Security Report. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the University's crime statistics for the past three years; and disclosures regarding the University's current campus security policies. The University at Albany's Annual Security Report is available in portable document format [PDF] by clicking this link http://police.albany.edu/ASR.shtml

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Please apply online via https://albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=166952

Application Instructions:
Applicants MUST submit the following documents:

Research Statement

Teaching Statement

Available evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., syllabi, student evaluations, and/or teaching statement)

Cover letter stating all the required minimum qualifications and any of the applicable preferred qualifications.

Contact information for three references

Note: After submitting your CV, the subsequent pages give you instructions for uploading additional documents (i.e. cover letter etc.).

A review of applications will start on October 26, 2023, and the search will remain open until the position is filled.