Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics

Position Type:

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics

Position Type:

Regular

Salary Range:

Hiring Range (based on experience, education, and expertise):

$113,443 - $125,976

Purpose:

The Department of Applied Mathematics at Santa Clara University invites applications for a tenure- track Assistant Professor position with open rank possibility to be determined by the qualifications of the successful candidate. The department is particularly interested in candidates with a background in probability and advanced statistics, optimization, and numerical analysis who should, in particular, be able to teach any courses related to those areas that are required for statistical learning (supervised and unsupervised), machine learning, deep learning, and data analytics.

Santa Clara University is a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Distinguished by the highest retention rate and having been ranked first among all regional universities in the West by U.S. News and World Report, Santa Clara University is now elevated to a new category in national rankings, ”Doctoral/Professional Universities.” Santa Clara University’s ranking in the 2022 edition of Best Colleges in National Universities was #55. Santa Clara University is California’s oldest operating institution of higher-education.

The School of Engineering is committed to improving the human condition through engineering education, practice, and scholarship, promoting the University’s mission to “fashion a more humane, just and sustainable world.” SCU maintains small class sizes and promotes close faculty/student interaction. The University enrollment is approximately 5,900 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students. The Department of Applied Mathematics only offers M.S. degrees, with 4 full-time faculty, and a strong pool of approximately 10 part-time adjunct faculty. The School of Engineering maintains strong ties to local industry.

SCU is committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion; we seek candidates whose research, teaching, and/or service have prepared them to help fulfill these commitments. All SCU faculty engage in teaching, research and service. The ideal candidate will express enthusiasm for teaching lower and upper division undergraduate and graduate courses in areas of specialization, fulfilling all responsibilities related to those courses, and for engaging students from diverse backgrounds in learning. The candidate will demonstrate a passion for developing an active research program appropriate to Santa Clara University’s mission that leads to high-quality research publications, research funding applications, and engaging students as participants. Successful candidates will be expected to develop their own scholarly research and to mentor undergraduate and graduate students. We welcome candidates ready to contribute to our mission to educate citizens and leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion and cultivate knowledge and faith to build a more humane, just, and sustainable world. We especially encourage applicants whose goals and professional or life experiences enrich the department and school community and who can serve as a role model to a diverse student population.

Basic Qualifications:

Applicants must hold a doctorate in statistics, mathematics, or in a closely related field; have demonstrated a strong potential for high-quality research; and have a strong commitment and ability to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

PhD or ABD (all but dissertation) required by appointment start date.

Responsibilities:

Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in areas of specialization and courses of a fundamental/core nature, and fulfilling all responsibilities related to those courses. The standard academic year course load for tenured and tenure-track positions is seven quarter-level course equivalents, generally with a one-course equivalent reduction for scholarly or creative work. The first- year tenure-track assistant professor is granted an additional one course release. Limited course buyout may be approved using external grant funds. Course equivalents include lectures and supervision of labs, dissertations, and projects, distributed across three quarters of 10 weeks each. Each quarter is 10 weeks excluding the final exams week. Developing a research program that leads to high-quality publications, and engages students as participants in that research. Appropriate service to the department, school, university, and profession.

Start Date: 09/01/2025

Posting Detail Information:

• Open Date: With immediate effect

• Close Date: Review of applications will begin on December 11, 2024

• Open Until Filled: yes

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