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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is the world’s first graduate AI research university and is already ranked in the world’s top 20 by CSRankings for AI. Currently MBZUAI is home to 230 Master’s students and 135 PhD students and over 80 world leading faculty members led by its President, Eric Xing. The university offers MSc and PhD degrees in five programs: machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, and computer science. It will soon launch graduate programs in human-computer interaction, statistics & data science, and computational biology. For more information about MBZUAI, see https://mbzuai.ac.ae/

The new Department of Statistics and Data Science will focus on rigorous, high-impact, original research that emphasizes statistical and probabilistic foundations of machine learning and data science, statistical inference and modeling for data-intensive applications, and data-driven research design and decision sciences. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: statistical learning theory, theoretical foundations for deep learning techniques such as transfer learning and active learning, high-dimensional statistics, scalable inference, causal inference, uncertainty quantification, differential privacy, and statistical techniques that address challenges such as data bias and fairness, and enhance the robustness, interpretability, and explainability of AI applications. Candidates with interdisciplinary research in population health, medical imaging, precision medicine, drug discovery, and biological sciences are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants will be considered at the levels of Full Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor. We invite applications from outstanding academics with a strong research focus in Statistics. Successful applicants will be provided an attractive remuneration package and allocated generous start-up research funding.

A small number of distinguished visiting faculty positions are also available.

If you are interested in a position with us, please apply via: http://apply.interfolio.com/126367

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. For more information about the University, see https://mbzuai.ac.ae/

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