Tenure‑Track Faculty Position in Statistics and Data Science

About the role

The School of Computing and Data Sciences at the American University of Beirut is seeking founding faculty members for a full‑time, tenure‑track, open‑rank position in Statistics and Data Science. Successful candidates will help shape the school’s research agenda, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, and mentor students.

Key responsibilities

• Develop an independent research program that integrates computational modeling with data‑driven methods.
• Teach and mentor students at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Contribute to the school’s broader research and innovation mission, including collaboration with the CMA CGM Artificial Intelligence and Insights Institute.

Required profile

• PhD in computational sciences, applied mathematics, computer science, physics, or a closely related field by the start date.
• For Assistant Professor rank: strong potential for internationally recognized research and high‑quality teaching.
• For Associate Professor rank or higher: established record of research accomplishment, scholarly impact, and academic leadership.

Required skills

• Experience with large‑scale scientific simulation, inverse problems, reduced‑order modeling, scientific machine learning, stochastic modeling, uncertainty quantification, or complex network analysis.
• Ability to apply computational and data‑science methods across physical, medical, environmental, engineering, or human‑science domains.