Career Center

The Department of Computer Science at Tufts University invites applications for multiple tenure-track faculty positions to begin September 2024, as follows.

Programming Languages (PL): The department seeks candidates who conduct research in programming languages, including software engineering researchers whose work is adjacent to programming languages. Candidates who can connect to and build on the department's and/or university's strengths in related areas are strongly encouraged to apply. While candidates at the Assistant or Associate Professor level are preferred, candidates at all levels will also be considered.

Artificial Intelligence (AI): The department seeks candidates who conduct research in artificial intelligence, especially those with interests in neuro-symbolic AI, language processing with large language models (LLM), formal methods for safe learning, cognitive systems, and multi-agent planning and reasoning.  Candidates in areas of artificial intelligence that connect to and build on the department's and/or university's strengths are particularly encouraged to apply. While candidates at the Associate Professor level are preferred, candidates at all levels will also be considered. 

Any Area, with Leadership Potential: The department seeks candidates for the Ada Lovelace Professorship of Computer Science. Candidates for this professorship must demonstrate strong leadership potential and may be in any area of computing. This is a regular, permanent position, for which the Lovelace Professorship will apply for the first five years, after which the candidate will automatically continue as a regular faculty member. Mid-career, new or established Associate Professors, or recently promoted Full Professors are preferred. 

Exceptional candidates not matching the above position descriptions will also be considered. We welcome candidates with a variety of life experiences and perspectives that will add value to our department. Women, Black/African Descent, Indigenous/Native American, Hispanic/Latinx, People of Color, LGBTQ , individuals with disabilities, and others with intersecting marginalized identities are strongly encouraged to apply. The department especially values candidates who have an interest in civic engagement, social impact, and the betterment of society. 

Tufts Computer Science has grown significantly in the past decade in terms of faculty count, number of students, and research funding. The department recently moved into the brand-new Joyce Cummings Center, which is also the home of Math, Economics, the Data Intensive Studies Center, and the Derby Entrepreneurship Center. The department benefits from outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, collaborative faculty, and cross-disciplinary research opportunities. Tufts University, a member of the AAU, is one of the smallest universities ranked as an R1 university, so it offers the best of a liberal arts college atmosphere coupled with the intellectual and technological resources of a major research university. Tufts University supports and encourages a culture of interdisciplinary research, and there are numerous such opportunities across the School of Engineering, the School of Arts and Sciences, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the School of Medicine, and our other graduate and professional schools. 

Located only six miles from historic downtown Boston, faculty members on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus have extensive opportunities for academic and industrial collaboration as well as participation in the rich intellectual life of the area. The new Medford/Tufts MBTA stop on the Green Line opened recently and is located immediately adjacent to the Joyce Cummings Center. The Tufts School of Engineering is in the midst of a period of exciting growth that has seen the recruitment of outstanding new faculty, a quadrupling of funded research over the last ten years, the addition of new buildings and laboratory space, an emphasis on building diversity in engineering, and major curricular initiatives at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Applicants must hold a doctorate by the beginning of the appointment, must have an active research program, must show promise of continued outstanding research activity, and must exhibit a strong commitment to excellence in teaching.

Please submit your application online through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/129454. We request the following: (a) a cover letter explaining your interest in Tufts and in this position; (b) your curriculum vitae; (c) a statement describing your current and planned research; (d) a statement of your teaching philosophy; (e) a sample of your scholarly work; and (f) three to five confidential reference letters.

Candidates are encouraged to demonstrate throughout their application their attention to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice as these topics relate to teaching, research, and engagement in the academic environment.

Review of applications will begin December 15, 2023 and will continue until the positions are filled. For more information about the department or the positions, please visit http://go.tufts.edu/CSpositions. Inquiries should be emailed to ttsearch@cs.tufts.edu.

For assistance with Interfolio, please contact help@interfolio.com or call 877-997-8807.

Tufts University, founded in 1852, prioritizes quality teaching, highly competitive basic and applied research, and a commitment to active citizenship locally, regionally, and globally. Tufts University has also committed to becoming an anti-racist institution and prides itself on the continuous improvement of diversity, equity and inclusion work. Current and prospective employees of the university are expected to have and continuously develop skill in, and disposition for, positively engaging with a diverse population of faculty, staff, and students.

Tufts University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff and fostering their success when hired. Members of underrepresented groups are welcome and strongly encouraged to apply. See the University's Non-Discrimination statement and policy here https://oeo.tufts.edu/policies-procedures/non-discrimination/. If you are an applicant with a disability who is unable to use our online tools to search and apply for jobs, please contact us by calling the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) at 617-627-3298 or at oeo@tufts.edu. Applicants can learn more about requesting reasonable accommodations at https://oeo.tufts.edu/

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