DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OF COMP. & INF. SCIENCES POSITION - FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES Position number 45871: Florida International University (FIU) invites applications for the position of Director of School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS, www.cis.fiu.edu) in the College of Engineering and Computing to begin on July 1, 2010. Candidates must have a doctorate in Computer Science or a closely related field, a reputation for academic and research excellence necessary for appointment as a tenured professor, demonstrated leadership skills, management or supervisory experience, and a strong interest in working with students and the community. Reporting to the Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing, the Director is responsible for promoting excellence in interdisciplinary research and teaching, mentoring faculty, building research teams, administration of School's budgetary and personnel operations, and collaborating with the community and industry. With a student enrollment of over 39,000, FIU is one of the 25 largest universities in the nation. SCIS is the 6th largest computer science program in the nation and is a major school in the College of Engineering and Computing at FIU. SCIS has 32 faculty members who support its offerings of BS (ABET accredited), MS, and PhD programs in Computer Science, BS/BA in IT, and MS in Telecommunications and Networking. The School serves approximately 1,150 undergraduates, 170 masters, and 90 doctoral students, and provides service courses to many students in various Engineering, Business, and Arts & Sciences departments. In 2008-09, the SCIS received external funding in excess of $4.2M. The School's IT staff operates and maintains research and instructional computing infrastructure and 25 laboratories, including a 10GB network backbone, virtualization-capable data center, multimedia classrooms, and open graduate and undergraduate labs, and IT hands-on teaching labs. The School's faculty is involved in research areas including databases (data mining, visualization, knowledge discovery, GIS), software systems, software engineering, machine learning, telecommunications and networking, security, health informatics, bioinformatics, algorithms and programming languages. FIU offers a competitive salary and benefits package, and an excellent work environment. Application review continues until the position is filled. A letter of application, CV, statements of administrative, teaching, and research philosophies, and a list of three references should be submitted to: http://www.fiujobs.org Applications are especially encouraged from members of under-represented minorities, women and persons with disabilities. FIU is an equal opportunity/ equal access/ affirmative action employer and institution. www.fiu.edu/index.htm