Chair - School of Computer Science

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship.

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Its faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and is No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech’s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values:
1. Students are our top priority. 2. We strive for excellence. 3. We thrive on diversity. 4. We celebrate collaboration. 5. We champion innovation. 6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression. 7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community. 8. We act ethically. 9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good, breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time, making technology broadly accessible, and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

The College of Computing has been a leader in defining modern computing as a paradigm that combines the foundations of theoretical mathematics and information science, the force of invention in computational systems and processes, and interdisciplinary practice that integrates innovation in computing with all facets of life. Today, it comprises five schools offering unique academic programs and conduct research specifically related to their concentration areas:
Computer Science, Computing Instruction, Cybersecurity and Privacy, Interactive Computing, and Computational Science and Engineering.

The Chair of the School of Computer Science for the Atlanta campus will build upon the success of the School and the College of Computing. The School offers PhD programs in ACO, Computer Science, and Machine Learning, as well as Masters and Bachelor degrees managed by the College. Specializations include Computer Architecture, Data Systems and Analytics, Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, Networking, Programming Languages and Compilers, Software Engineering, Systems, and Theory.

Reporting to the Dean of the College of Computing, the Chair will have overall responsibility for the academic and research programs in the School, focusing on all budgetary, administrative, academic, fiscal, and personal decisions in conjunction with the mission and goals of the College and Georgia Tech. The Chair must have a forward‑thinking strategic vision and the appropriate skills to lead a group of faculty and staff.

The Chair will provide overall leadership for all teaching and research components at the undergraduate and graduate levels, establish collaborative and interdisciplinary relationships with other Computing School Chairs, other leaders in the College, and all internal and external constituents at Georgia Tech and abroad. The Chair will also build successful partnerships with executive leaders at Georgia Tech. External affairs,…