Job Openings at AI Institutes

• Communications Director, University of Texas-Austin (UT Austin), NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI)

The newly launched NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) seeks a part-time (50% Full Time Equivalent) Communications Director to manage all aspects of internal and public-facing communications.

The Communications Director will play a key role in managing communications for the CosmicAI Institute, enhance the Institute’s public presence, and contribute to promoting the Institute’s groundbreaking work for a variety of audiences. This position is based at the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins, which is housed in the Oden Institute at UT Austin.

CosmicAI aims to grow transformative AI advances with the overarching goal to increase the accessibility of astronomy data and knowledge for researchers, students, and the public. CosmicAI leverages partnerships between academia (UT Austin, University of Virginia, University of Utah, University of California, Los Angeles), national facilities (NSF NRAO and NSF NOIRLab), nonprofits, and industry to develop capabilities that enable astronomical researchers to conceptualize, define, and execute research projects via trustworthy, efficient, robust, and explainable AI methods. By building next-generation AI tools the Institute aims to accelerate discoveries related to the most basic human question: Where do we come from?

The Oden Institute is an organized research unit that fosters interdisciplinary programs in computational sciences and engineering, computational medicine, computational geosciences, mathematical modeling, applied mathematics, data science, software engineering, and computational visualization.

Learn more and apply for the Communications Director position.

• Program Assistant, NSF-Simons SkAI Institute

The NSF-Simons National AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI Institute) invites Program Assistant applications.

The Program Assistant provides overall administrative support for the SkAI Institute. Responsibilities include assisting with and day-to-day management of social media, internal, and external communications; maintaining the SkAI website; maintaining office space; logistical support for events; assisting with scheduling and maintaining Institute calendar for all SkAI events and programs; drafting and maintaining institute records and documentation; and handling basic financial transactions and purchases.

Spurred by the coming generation of large sky surveys, the newly founded SkAI Institute will bring together astrophysics and AI researchers to advance both fields through cross-disciplinary collaboration and will serve as a nexus for the further development of a nationwide Astro-AI community. SkAI will bring together astrophysicists, foundational AI researchers, educators, and more to seed and nurture a diverse generation of interdisciplinary leaders in science and engineering to ethically apply and extend AI within and beyond academia.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Visit skai-institute.org/jobs/ for more details and to apply for the Program Assistant position!

• Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships, NSF-Simons SkAI Institute

The NSF-Simons National AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI Institute) invites applications for SkAI Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships. Spurred by the coming generation of large sky surveys, the newly founded SkAI Institute will bring together astrophysics and AI researchers to advance both fields through cross-disciplinary collaboration and will serve as a nexus for the further development of a nationwide Astro-AI community.

SkAI Fellows will have the opportunity to lead independent research aligned with SkAI’s broad Astro-AI research mission, in collaboration with SkAI Senior Personnel and their research groups. Fellows will be based in the SkAI Hub (Hancock building in downtown Chicago) but will be able to also spend time at  any of the SkAI institutional research partners (Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and many other partners), depending on the Fellows’ research and education interests. They will benefit from a diverse, cross-disciplinary, and dynamic intellectual environment (including workshops, lecture series, conferences, retreats, and more), a structured mentorship program, training opportunities, access to computing resources at NCSA and Argonne National Laboratory suited for AI research and to collaborations with software engineers, and they will have opportunities to collaborate with peers and mentor students from SkAI academic partners (including SkAI’s Satellite Network).

Please submit applications electronically (AJO Job ID 28812). Candidates with PhDs in Astronomy, Physics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or related fields are invited to apply. Applications should include a cover letter (stating your interest in areas of SkAI research and identifying potential faculty mentors from this list), a CV (including a list of publications with the most important 1 to 3 publications indicated with an asterisk), a 3-page statement of research accomplishments and goals. Note that SkAI’s mission is to advance both astronomy and AI foundations. Applicants should also arrange for at least 3 letters of recommendation to be uploaded to Academic Jobs Online.

Applications received by December 6, 2024 will receive full consideration. Later applications will be considered until all positions are filled.
Learn more and apply online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28812

Direct questions to skai_jobs@lists.skai-institute.org.

• Postdoctoral Preceptorships, NSF-Simons SkAI Institute

The NSF-Simons National AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI Institute) invites applications for SkAI Postdoctoral Preceptors. Spurred by the coming generation of large sky surveys, the newly founded SkAI Institute will bring together astrophysics and AI researchers to advance both fields through cross-disciplinary collaboration and will serve as a nexus for the further development of a nationwide Astro-AI community. SkAI will bring together astrophysicists, foundational AI researchers, educators, and more to seed and nurture a diverse generation of interdisciplinary leaders in science and engineering to ethically apply and extend AI within and beyond academia.

This unique program, run in partnership with the University of Chicago’s Data Science Institute and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), emphasizes pedagogical best practices and allows Preceptors – postdoctoral scholars from a variety of STEM PhD backgrounds – the opportunity to broaden their classroom skills and enhance their teaching and scholarship portfolios with the support of SkAI and CCC faculty mentorship. SkAI Postdoctoral Preceptors will also have the opportunity to lead independent research aligned with SkAI’s broad Astro-AI research mission, in collaboration with SkAI Senior Personnel and their research groups.

Two positions are available. The application deadline is December 6, 2024.
Learn more and access the online application link: https://aas.org/jobregister/ad/748c4795

• Postdoctoral Associate Positions, NSF-Simons SkAI Institute

The NSF-Simons National AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI Institute) invites applications for SkAI Postdoctoral Associates. Spurred by the coming generation of large sky surveys, the newly founded SkAI Institute will bring together astrophysics and AI researchers to advance both fields through cross-disciplinary collaboration and will serve as a nexus for the further development of a nationwide Astro-AI community.

SkAI Postdoctoral Associates will have the opportunity to work with SkAI faculty on specific research projects aligned with the Institute’s Astro-AI research mission. Associates will be employed by any of the three SkAI lead institutions (Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and can collaborate closely with SkAI personnel at any of the SkAI partner institutions depending on their expertise and active research projects. They will also spend time at the SkAI Hub (in the Hancock building in downtown Chicago), interacting with the broader SkAI community across SkAI’s institutional partners. Postdoctoral Associates will benefit from a diverse, cross-disciplinary, and dynamic intellectual environment (including workshops, lecture series, conferences, retreats, and more), a structured mentorship program, training opportunities, access to computing resources at NCSA and Argonne National Laboratory suited for AI research, as well as to collaborations with software engineers, and they will have opportunities to collaborate with peers and to mentor students from SkAI academic partners (including SkAI’s Satellite Network).

Please submit applications electronically (AJO Job ID 28810). Candidates with PhDs in Astronomy, Physics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or related fields are invited to apply. Applications should include a cover letter (stating which of areas of SkAI research you are interested in), a CV (including a list of publications with the most important 1 to 3 publications indicated with an asterisk), a 3-page statement of research accomplishments and goals. Applicants should also arrange for at least 3 letters of recommendation to be uploaded to Academic Jobs Online. Applicants must complete their PhD requirements prior to appointment.

Applications received by December 6, 2024 will receive full consideration. Later applications will be considered until all positions are filled. Learn more and apply online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28810

Direct questions to skai_jobs@lists.skai-institute.org.

• CosmicAI Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas, Austin, Astronomy/Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences

The newly established NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Fellow to initiate a new comprehensive research program exploring the surrogate modeling of astrophysical systems. The Fellow, based at the University of Texas at Austin, will collaborate with CosmicAI researchers within the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and with team members across the Institute to facilitate the development of cutting-edge AI tools and methodologies. 

CosmicAI Fellows will have full access to Institute facilities and equipment (e.g., world-class computational resources at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, including Vista, a newly instantiated 600 GPU node cluster). Applicants with expertise in computational astrophysics, astrochemistry, machine learning, and/or reduced order modeling are preferred.

Applications are due December 1, 2024. Learn more about the CosmicAI Postdoctoral Fellow position.

• CosmicAI Fellow, National Radio Astronomy Observatory

CosmicAI Institute seeks to hire two Postdoctoral Fellows to help initiate a new comprehensive research program to foster foundational advancements in AI through the analysis and processing of astronomical data at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), located on the grounds of the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia. This work will be carried out in close collaboration with CosmicAI team members at the University of Utah. Data volumes for interferometric facilities will increase by over two orders of magnitude in the coming decade with instruments such as the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade (WSU) on Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), and the next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). CosmicAI research efforts at NRAO will be focused on expediting the calibration, imaging, and analysis of this high-dimensional data. Although stationed at NRAO, CosmicAI fellows will have full access to Institute facilities and equipment (e.g., world-class computational resources at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, including Vista, a newly instantiated 600 GPU node cluster) and routinely collaborate with Institute members across all sites to facilitate the development of cutting-edge AI tools and methodologies.

Apply by November 15, 2024. Learn more about the CosmicAI Fellow position.

• Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in Astronomy, University of Texas, NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI)

The Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in August 2025.  They’re seeking candidates who will advance their understanding of the cosmos while also furthering artificial-intelligence and machine-learning techniques. The position is part of a cluster faculty hire between the Departments of Astronomy and Physics on exploring the Universe with AI. They welcome applications from candidates in all fields of astronomy and are open to observers, theorists, and instrumentalists. The search will be at a junior tenure-track level, but outstanding candidates at more senior ranks may be considered.

The application deadline is December 1, 2024, 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

Learn more about this Tenure-Track Assistant Professor job opportunity.

Visit https://www.as.utexas.edu for information on departmental and McDonald Observatory resources and research programs.

• Tenure-Track Faculty in Building Human-Centered, Ethical, and Responsible AI Systems, University of Texas at Austin, NSF-Simons Cosmic AI

The University of Texas at Austin School of Information (iSchool) announced a call for Tenure-Track Faculty in Building Human-Centered, Ethical, and Responsible AI Systems. They expect to hire up to two Tenure-Track Faculty to start in Fall 2025.

The application review and scheduling of initial Zoom interviews will begin on November 1, 2024.

The last day to apply is December 1, 2024.

Direct questions about this call to facultysearch@ischool.utexas.edu. 

Learn more about NSF-Simons Cosmic AI, the new AI Institute led by University of Texas researchers that will accelerate cosmic discovery. The University of Texas at Austin has been chosen to lead a new institute that harnesses artificial intelligence to explore some of the leading mysteries of the universe, including dark matter and the fundamentals related to the search for life. Housed in UT’s Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins will be funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Simons Foundation. Its mission is to develop AI technologies for astronomical research to advance our understanding of the cosmos and accelerate the pace of new scientific discoveries.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, AI2ES

The NSF AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography (AI2ES) is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate with expertise in AI/machine learning, Earth System sciences and ethical and responsible conduct of research. Ensuring that AI is developed and deployed in an ethical and responsible manner is a key part of creating trustworthy AI. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will extend our work on bias categorizations for Earth Science applications and help to create a bias and risk management framework.This Postdoctoral Research Associate position will be located at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK (remote work is possible) and will work with Dr. Amy McGovern, the PI and Director of the AI2ES Institute and Dr. Ann Bostrom (Co-Lead of Risk Communication for AI2ES, located at the University of Washington). The Postdoctoral Research Associate will also collaborate with other institute personnel at the University of Oklahoma in the School of Computer Science and the School of Meteorology, as well as with personnel across AI2ES. This collaboration will also be in conjunction with NIST and their AI Safety Institute, as well as with other agencies, including NOAA.

To apply, please go to https://apply.interfolio.com/151506.