Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) - Cybersecurity (27-28)

The School of Computing at DePaul University invites
applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position. We
are particularly seeking candidates with expertise in
Cybersecurity.

The School of Computing houses a robust Cybersecurity Center
with state-of-the-art facilities including a newly developed
Cybersecurity Lab featuring dedicated server infrastructure for
advanced security and privacy research, multi-user attack/defense
hands-on experimentation, and extensive AI/ML integration for
studying emerging cybersecurity threats. Our cybersecurity program
is supported by specialized research labs including the Secure
Design Lab and the Actionable Cybersecurity & Accessibility Lab
(ACAL), focused on exploring, designing, and developing
human-centered, accessible solutions driven towards resilience
against any form of deception in cyberspace.

The School of Computing includes over 70 full-time faculty and
more than 3,600 undergraduate and graduate students. We offer a PhD
program, 17 master's degrees, and 10 bachelor’s degrees as well as
a growing number multidisciplinary CS plus X degrees. The School of
Computing is committed to providing a flexible and supportive
environment for its faculty, promoting a rewarding academic career
with a balance between teaching and research. Located in the heart
of Chicago’s vibrant downtown, it offers vast opportunities to
forge relationships industry, national laboratories, universities,
and other organizations in the Chicago area.

The School of Computing has several centers of excellence,
including Big Data, Cloud Infrastructure, and High-Performance
Computing; Visual Computing, Medical Informatics, and
Bioinformatics; Web Intelligence and Recommender Systems; Computing
Education; Interactive Machine Learning; Cybersecurity and
Adversarial Machine Learning; Computational Geometry and Topology;
Next Generation Networks; Rehabilitation Robotics; and Intelligent
Software Engineering. Over the past decade, faculty within the
school have secured more than $15M in NSF funding and consistently
published in selective conferences.

The culture within the school emphasizes high-impact and
high-quality research, rather than placing pressure on faculty to
secure external funding or publish many papers. Nonetheless, the
university provides extensive support for external funding, as well
as a robust internal research grants program, including PhD
stipends, graduate assistantships and course releases.

Qualifications
Applicants should have a PhD degree in Computer Science, or a
related field.

Application Instructions
Review of applications will begin on November 20,
2026, and continue until the positions are filled.

The application must include:

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Contact information for at least three professional

references - references will be contacted to upload their
recommendations

• Research statement highlighting both current

and future directions of research

• Teaching statement

For more information, contact Filipo Sharevski (fsharevs@depaul.edu).

General Compensation/Benefits Statement

DePaul University has provided a compensation range that represents
its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the
position at the time of posting. The salary offered to the selected
candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not
limited to) the qualifications, education, experience, and training
of the selected candidate, the scope and responsibilities of the
position, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity
considerations, and available market information. The
salary range for this 10-month position is $100,000 - $125,000,
commensurate with qualifications and experience.

DePaul University offers excellent benefits, including medical,
dental, retirement, paid time off, and tuition benefit. Further
information regarding benefits can be found here: https://offices.depaul.edu/human-resources/benefits/Pages/default.aspx.

About DePaul University's Academic
Calendar

Except for the College of Law, DePaul University operates on a
quarter system. Classes in Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters are
11 weeks in length (including finals week) and Summer courses, in
two sessions, are typically 5 weeks in length. The College of
Law operates on the semester system. Classes in the Fall and Spring
semesters are 16 weeks in length (including finals week) and it
offers a Summer Session of 7 weeks (including final exams).

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity employer with a strong
commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty
and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion (except where
religion is a bona fide occupational qualification for the job),
national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual
orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or any other
factor protected by law.

DePaul University and Our Mission

As an innovative Catholic, Vincentian university anchored in the
global city of Chicago, DePaul supports the integral human
development of its students. The university does so through its
commitment to outstanding teaching, academic excellence, real-world
experience, and community engagement. DePaul prepares its graduates
to be successful in their chosen fields and agents of
transformation throughout their lives.

Guided by an ethic of Vincentian personalism and
professionalism, DePaul passionately upholds the dignity of all
members of its diverse, multi-faith, and inclusive community.
Through education, creative endeavors, and research, the university
addresses the great questions of our day, promoting peaceful, just,
and equitable solutions to social and environmental challenges.
Since its founding in 1898, DePaul University has remained
dedicated to making education accessible to all, with special
attention to including underserved and underrepresented
communities.

Comprised of ten colleges and schools, offering 130+
undergraduate majors and 170+ graduate programs, DePaul’s faculty
challenges its students to analyze and solve real-world problems
with rigor and innovation.

As an urban faith-based institution with a diverse student body,
DePaul is committed to growing and maintaining a faculty dedicated
to advancing the Vincentian mission through research, teaching, and
service. DePaul upholds a fair and equitable recruitment,
interview, and hiring process where supporting diverse populations
and academic excellence are compatible goals. Our vibrant and
diverse faculty is supported through academic and professional
development resources. Successful candidates thrive and are
at home in an environment where diverse cultures and identities,
ideas, backgrounds, and experiences are welcomed and supported.