Academic

As part of a major expansion in the Sciences, the College of Science
and Technology at Temple University is recruiting for multiple faculty
positions at the level of Full, Associate, or Assistant Professor in
the Center for Information Science and Technology and the Department
of Computer and Information Sciences.  All tenure-track positions
require a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Computer and Information
Sciences or related areas at the time of employment.  Successful
candidates are expected to have significant research programs and to
provide effective instruction at both undergraduate and graduate
levels.  Applicants for Associate Professor or Professor positions are
expected to have a substantial publications record and an externally
funded research program.

Areas of interest include bioinformatics, databases, data mining,
collaborative technologies, networks, distributed and mobile computing
and programming languages.  Strong candidates in other areas of
Computer and Information Sciences are encouraged to apply.  We
especially encourage applications from candidates whose research is
interdisciplinary in nature.  Salaries for new faculty are highly
competitive, and substantial resources have been allocated for startup
funding.

The Department of Computer and Information Sciences has 22
tenure-track faculty members with strengths in broad areas of Computer
and Information Sciences and offers B.S. M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
basic and multidisciplinary areas.  Temple University, a Carnegie
Research I Institution, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is part
of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education and serves
more than 30,000 students.

Applicants should provide curriculum vitae, a bibliography, a
statement of recent achievement and research goals, four letters of
reference, three representative publications, and a statement of
teaching philosophy to the address below.

Prof. Zoran Obradovic
Chair, Faculty Search Committee
Center for Information Science and Technology and
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
303 Wachman Hall (038-24)
Temple University
1805 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6094

Faculty applications received by December 1, 2001 will be given full
consideration.  Temple University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer and specifically invites and encourages applications
from women and minorities.  Additional information about the
University and the Department and the Information Science and
Technology Center is available at www.temple.edu, www.cis.temple.edu,
www.ist.temple.edu .