Yu Zhang (and Colleagues)
Location: (San Antonio, TX)
Personal Research Web Page: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~yzhang/
Keywords: Liberal arts teaching, Undergraduate research
Posted on: Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Broad Research Area: AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision, Computer Science Education / Educational Technology, Databases / Information Retrieval / Data Mining, Graphics / Visualization, HCI / CSCW, Hardware / Architecture, Information Assurance / Security / Privacy / Cryptography, Information Systems / Information Science, Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing, Networks / Operating Systems, Numerical/Scientific Computing / HPC / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing, Other, Programming Languages / Compilers, Scientific/Medical Informatics, Social Computing / Social Informatics, Software Engineering, Technology Policy, Theory / Algorithms
Research Interests:
The Department of Computer Science at Trinity University is looking for a CIFellow who has a passion for teaching in an undergraduate institution and doing research with students. Any area in computing is welcome. Our Department has eight tenure-track or tenured faculty and three instructors. We provide excellent liberal arts and science education to a highly selective student body. During the CIFellow’s tenure, we will provide him/her with opportunities such as:
1) Teach a variety of introductory CS courses such as CSCI 1311 (Intro to Programming Logic) and/or CSCI 1320 (Principles of Algorithm Design – I).
2) Create new elective course(s) in the individual’s area of expertise.
3) Do active research with our talented students.
4) Create his/her own interdisciplinary First Year Seminar to enhance the Common Curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences at Trinity.
The CS Department currently has several NSF funded programs that can help the CIFellow to achieve his/her teaching and research goals in an excellent computing environment, such as REU Site (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) and MRI (Major Research Instrumentation). Our faculty collaborate significantly with other departments in research and teaching, such as Biology, Physics, Sociology, Neuroscience, Economics, and Communication. For example, the DIAS lab (Distributed Intelligent Agent Systems) is currently developing a multi-agent system in social environments. This multidisciplinary project involves Computer Science, Sociology, and Neuroscience. Because of this, AI and related areas are of particular interest to us.
Also, though it is not an active area of research in our Department, San Antonio is a major center for Information Assurance & Security (IAS). NSA and the military have major installations here; and it was just announced that the new Air Force Cyber Command Headquarters will be located in San Antonio. So there would be ample opportunities for IAS work locally as well as course development in our curriculum. These are just two examples; graduates in all areas of computing are welcome to apply.
The CS Department anticipates one to three tenure-track openings over the next few years, so it is possible that the postdoc position could become tenure-track at that time.
Contact Information:
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