Assistant / Associate / Full Professor of Computer Sciences

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Job Category:Faculty

Employment Type:Regular

Job Profile:Professor

Job Summary:

The College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence (CAI) is
UW–Madison’s first new college in more than 40 years, bringing
together three established and highly regarded departments:
Computer Sciences, Statistics, and the Information School. Building
on their longstanding strengths in research and education, CAI
advances interdisciplinary discovery spanning computing, data,
information, and artificial intelligence and prepares students to
shape how technology is designed, developed, and used for the
public good. Supported by more than $400 million in philanthropic
and institutional investment, CAI is expanding its faculty by 50
positions and significantly growing its research enterprise.
Faculty joining CAI have the opportunity to contribute to
established academic communities while helping shape a new college
at a pivotal moment in its development. CAI is based in Morgridge
Hall, a new, state-of-the-art facility designed to foster
collaboration, learning, and discovery.

The Department of Computer Sciences at the University of
Wisconsin–Madison invites applications for tenure-track and tenured
faculty positions at the assistant, associate, and full professor
levels, beginning August 2027.

Applications and nominations at the associate and full professor
levels are welcome at any point in the year. Senior candidates
considering a move are encouraged to write to recruiting@cs.wisc.edu ,
in addition to applying online; we review senior applications as
they arrive rather than on the standard cycle.

We welcome outstanding candidates in all areas of computer science.
The department has particular interest this year in three
areas:

• Artificial intelligence, broadly construed. This includes

embodied AI and robotics, machine learning and the systems that
support it, and AI developed for problems in science, engineering,
medicine, education, and society. We welcome candidates in this
area whose doctoral training is in a field other than computer
science

• Security and privacy
• Quantum computing

Candidates whose work falls outside these three areas are
encouraged to apply and will receive full consideration.

The successful candidate will advance the educational mission of
the College of Computing and AI, that values, prioritizes, and
actualizes evidence-based and student-centered teaching and
undergraduate student mentoring. They will contribute to an
environment that fosters engagement and a sense of belonging for
faculty, staff, students and members of the broader
community.

The Department of Computer Sciences is among the oldest and
top-ranked computer science departments in the world, renowned for
its research in computer architecture, database systems,
distributed and high-throughput computing, programming languages,
optimization, machine learning, security, and many other areas of
computer science. The department has a strong track record of
building large-scale computing infrastructure, including HTCondor
and CloudLab, and of interdisciplinary collaborations, programs,
and centers, including the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery. The
department has also been the beneficiary of significant donations
supporting its research and educational mission.

Located at the nexus of four beautiful lakes, Madison, the capital
of the state of Wisconsin and home to the University of
Wisconsin–Madison, consistently ranks among the top American cities
for its quality of life. With the headquarters of medical software
company Epic, Microsoft’s Jim Gray Systems Lab, Google, and several
other technology companies in the area, as well as a strong startup
ecosystem, Madison is also among the fastest growing technology
hubs in the country.

Key Job Responsibilities:

Duties will include scholarly research in one or more areas of
computer science; individual and classroom teaching in computer
science at the undergraduate and graduate levels; advising and
mentoring graduate students majoring in computer science or related
areas; and service to the department, college, university, and
academic community, nationally and internationally. The general
teaching load is 2 courses per academic year.

The successful candidate, as a member of the College of Computing
and AI, will proactively contribute to, support, and advance the
college’s commitment to excellence among all aspects of their
teaching, mentoring, research, and service.

Department:

UW-Madison, College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence,
Department of Computer Sciences

Compensation:

Salary is Negotiable

9 months / ongoing / renewable

Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such
as:

• Generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off
• Competitive insurances and savings accounts
• Retirement benefits

More Benefits information can be found
here.

Required Qualifications:

• Successful candidates will show an outstanding scholarly

research program, or clear potential to develop one, in one or more
areas of computer science, and a commitment to innovative,
student-centered teaching in computer science at all levels.

• Candidates for tenured appointment at the associate or full

professor level will show a record of proven excellence in
research, teaching, and service.

• The successful candidate will demonstrate fostering or the

ability to foster a teaching, learning, mentoring, departmental,
and research environments where all can thrive.

Education:

PhD required. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a
closely related field by start of appointment.

How to Apply:

Apply online at Jobs at UW (http://jobs.wisc.edu) under JR10016108.
Applications must be received both through UW–Madison’s online
application system and through Academic Jobs Online (Job #33161) to
be considered. Click the “” button at Jobs at UW to start the
application process.

Applicants should submit the following five items to Jobs at
UW:

• a letter of application
• curriculum vitae
• a teaching and mentoring statement
• a research statement
• three publications

Applicants must also complete the Academic Jobs Online application,
including reference letters. Reference letters do not need to be
uploaded to Jobs at UW. Applications not submitted to both Jobs at
UW and Academic Jobs Online will not be considered.

To ensure full consideration, all materials must be received no
later than 11:59 pm on December 15, 2026. Applications will be
accepted until the positions are filled, and this posting will
remain open through June 30, 2027.

Please note that applicants will be evaluated based upon submitted
application materials and therefore should speak to and include
evidence of their qualifications. Application materials must
clearly demonstrate the applicant’s dedication to excellence in
student-centered teaching and mentoring. Additionally, materials
should showcase the applicant’s ability to purposefully plan their
teaching practices, evidenced through goals, action plans,
reflection, and related documentation. This portion of the
application materials must be created by the applicant and may
include supporting letters. It cannot be only in the form of
letters and testimony by others.

Important Note: The application only has one attachment
field. Upload all required documents in that field, either as a
single file, or as multiple files in the same upload area.

Contact Information:

Paul Barford, Chair, Department of Computer Sciences.

Email: recruiting@cs.wisc.edu.

Telephone: 608-262-1204.

For technical questions related to Jobs at UW application process,
please contact Kayla Weisensel at krweisensel@wisc.edu

Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further
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Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for
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the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience,
status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We
commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching,
research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked
goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by
creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every
background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve
Wisconsin and the world.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, pregnancy,
disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as
defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote
excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all
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are applying to. Please make your request as soon as possible to
help the university respond most effectively to you.

Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also
require your references to answer questions regarding misconduct,
including sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities
of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that
the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis.
Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

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