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Job Category:
Faculty
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Profile:
Professor
Job Summary:
The College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence (CAI) is UW–Madison’s first new college in more than 40 years, bringing together three established and highly regarded departments: Computer Sciences, Statistics, and the Information School. Building on their longstanding strengths in research and education, CAI advances interdisciplinary discovery spanning computing, data, information, and artificial intelligence and prepares students to shape how technology is designed, developed, and used for the public good. Supported by more than $400 million in philanthropic and institutional investment, CAI is expanding its faculty by 50 positions and significantly growing its research enterprise. Faculty joining CAI have the opportunity to contribute to established academic communities while helping shape a new college at a pivotal moment in its development. CAI is based in Morgridge Hall, a new, state-of-the-art facility designed to foster collaboration, learning, and discovery.
The Information School seeks highly qualified candidates for multiple tenure-track or tenured faculty positions in all areas of library and information science . All faculty positions will be academic nine-month, tenure-track or tenured appointments at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level, starting August 2027.
About the iSchool
The Information School (iSchool) has been home to research and teaching that elevates questions of public good, people, and community in relation to computing, data and information for over 100 years.
The iSchool is in a period of growth, more than doubling its faculty and enrollments over the past five years.
The iSchool offers an Information Science undergraduate major, two professional master's programs, and a PhD degree.
We welcome applications from scholars across all areas of Library and Information Science and closely related fields. We especially encourage applications from scholars who build on and extend the field’s intellectual traditions to address emerging challenges and opportunities at the intersection of information, people, technology, and society, including but not limited to artificial intelligence, algorithmic systems, information infrastructures, and civic technologies.
About UW-Madison
The University of Wisconsin—Madison ranks among the top universities in the country in research expenditures and provides excellent support for faculty seeking external funding. Internal research support is available from funds provided by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
About the city of Madison, Wisconsin
Located at the nexus of four beautiful lakes, Madison is a pleasant medium-sized city (about 250,000 population) located in southern Wisconsin.
It is the state capital with a large base for educational research and government activities, as well as university-industry interaction.
The university and community offer outstanding intellectual, cultural, and recreational activities.
Madison consistently ranks among the top American cities for its quality of life.
With the headquarters of medical software company Epic, Microsoft's Jim Gray Systems Lab, Google, and several other technology giants in the area, as well as a strong startup ecosystem, Madison is also among the fastest-growing technology hubs in the country.
The city also boasts a vibrant cultural and intellectual life, supported by an extensive public library system that offers welcoming community spaces, diverse programs, and resources for residents of all ages.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Faculty responsibilities include research and publication, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses, graduate student advising (both master's and PhD), and service.
Successful candidates will conduct scholarly research…