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Washington State University Career Track Assistant Professor Cybersecurity in Richland, Washington
Career Track Assistant Professor Cybersecurity
Online applications must be received before 12:00am on:
February 3, 2025
If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.
Available Title(s):
158-NN_FACULTY - Teaching Assistant Professor - Career
Business Title:
Career Track Assistant Professor | Cybersecurity
Employee Type:
Faculty
Position Term:
9 Month
Position Details:
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Washington State University (WSU) has established a new research and education program to meet the burgeoning demand for computer scientists with expertise in cybersecurity. This initiative is supported by $2 million in Washington state funding. In this connection, the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS) at WSU at its Tri-Cities campus in Richland, WA, invites applications for one full-time faculty position of Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity. This is a career-track position with a primary focus on undergraduate teaching. Research focuses on strategic cybersecurity fields, including but not limited to: systems/application security, privacy-preserving computing, applied cryptography, formal methods for security, security of machine learning systems, machine learning for security, hardware security, loT and cyber-physical systems security, differential privacy, and applied cryptography is desirable.
At WSU, career-track Assistant Professors are primarily engaged in teaching undergraduate courses, including laboratory classes and software-design courses; career-track Assistant Professors also engage in another area of faculty activity, such as research or service commensurate with the scope of their appointment.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide outstanding teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level, mentor undergraduate students, make contributions to professional and university service, and participate broadly in the evolution of the school's BS degree programs, the one in cybersecurity and the other in computer science, which is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Ideally, candidates will have a passion for teaching and enthusiasm for involving undergraduate students in research and project-based learning. Recent PhD graduates and doctoral students who will graduate by July 2025 who are devoted to teaching core undergraduate level computer science and cybersecurity courses are strongly encouraged to apply. Candidates will also have an opportunity to collaborate with overseas colleagues at our partner universities and engineering professors in SEAS and at other WSU campuses.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCES:
http://tricities.wsu.edu/engineering/is an integral unit within the university's http://vcea.wsu.edu/ Among WSU's newest academic units, SEAS offers degree programs in computer science and civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering at the Baccalaureate, Master's, and Doctoral levels, encouraging interdisciplinary initiatives. All the undergraduate programs are accredited by ABET. The School currently has 344 students and expects continued enrollment increases. SEAS produces profession-ready graduates by educating them through project-based experiential learning. Students participate in laboratory experiences, develop industry-sponsored projects, complete paid internships, and participate in research with their professors.
SEAS has established international education partnerships with leading overseas universities and acti