Dear colleagues,
Please see the announcement below for an exciting job opportunity. Syracuse
University invites applications for the Director of the Autonomous Systems
Policy Institute (ASPI). We are looking for candidates at the advanced
associate/full professor level who study the design, governance, and wider
societal implications of autonomous systems and artificial intelligence.
If you have any questions about the position, please reach out to me at
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Best regards,
Baobao Zhang
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Director/Professor of the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute, Syracuse
University
Link to job ad:
https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/92886
Link to ASPI:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/autonomous-systems-policy-institute
Job Description:
Syracuse University invites applications for the Director of the Autonomous
Systems Policy Institute (ASPI). Housed within the Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs and involving faculty from across Syracuse
University, ASPI is dedicated to interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching
related to the design, governance, and wider societal implications of
autonomous systems and artificial intelligence. It aims to critically
engage and shape the policy and ethical frameworks that will guide the
design and use of these emerging technologies. Across its initiatives, ASPI
endeavors to be the leader in uniting interdisciplinary scholarship and
teaching related to emerging autonomous technologies, in integrating and
thinking across different sociotechnical systems, and in bringing academic
insight, community needs, and industry developments into conversation and
joint action.
Launched in 2019, ASPI includes 20 core faculty spread across Syracuse
University and more than 130 faculty who are involved in some capacity. The
Institute supports multiple interdisciplinary research teams as well as a
speaker and research series, and has prioritized developing and maintaining
strong relationships with key stakeholders in industry, advocacy, and
government domains. Most recently, ASPI has launched initiatives including
a graduate-student lab, regular industry roundtables, and an annual public
symposium. Future plans include the creation of both undergraduate and
graduate academic programs related to autonomous systems and artificial
intelligence, innovative executive education programming, and additional
faculty hires as part of a cluster hire initiative inArtificial
Intelligence, Autonomous Systems, and the Human-Technology Frontier.
The director position in ASPI presents an exceptional opportunity for a
visionary and collaborative academic leader with interests at the
intersection of emerging autonomous technologies and policy. ASPI is unique
among research institutes in its dual focus on the development of
autonomous systems across multiple domains (e.g., mobility, healthcare,
future of work, AI systems), as well as the need for deep and broad
interdisciplinary engagement to understand the social and policy
implications of these developments. Harnessing Syracuse University’s
strengths in public communications, management, design, computer science,
and policy, ASPI offers its next director an ideal platform for
establishing Syracuse University as the place for interdisciplinary,
socially relevant research and teaching on autonomous systems and
artificial intelligence.
Qualifications:
For ASPI’s director, we seek a senior scholar with a stellar research
record related to autonomous systems and/or artificial intelligence and
established experience in interdisciplinary engagement, program building,
and translational work between and among academia, government, advocacy,
and industry domains. Preference will be given to candidates who emphasize
and demonstrate understanding of how the design, policy, and societal
impacts of autonomous systems and artificial intelligence – ASPI’s core
focus – can be brought together in both scholarship and teaching. A record
of extramural grant funding from a range of organizations is expected.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. and demonstrate expertise in policy,
governance, and the societal implications of technology through their
scholarship, leadership, and teaching. The successful candidate must meet
the requirements of being hired as a full professor with tenure. The tenure
home for the person hired will be determined in conversation with the
candidate.
Priority Consideration: May 1, 2022
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*Baobao Zhang*
Assistant Professor
Political Science | Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars
https://baobaofzhang.github.io/
Syracuse University
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