Bodily Bicentennial Professorship in Analytics

Overview

The Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia invites applications for an analytics Professorship. We are actively seeking an exceptional business and/or academic leader with real world experience, who has contributed innovative methodology and practice to analytics. This leader will take a break from their normal activities to create, write, and present s appointment will strengthen the School and the University of Virginia by growing the capabilities of tomorrow’s leaders in data science, decision analysis, decision making, statistical forecasting, artificial intelligence applications, optimization, and uncertainty models for real-world problems.

The successful candidate will have an opportunity to interact and collaborate with faculty experts in the field of data science at Darden and the School of Data Science, ensuring Darden offers a unique contribution to analytics focused on helping practicing managers use analytics for decisions to drive strategy and business success.

The primary activity will be to capture in media and writing the innovations the candidate has made, interact with Darden and UVA colleagues, present their contributions, and share their work with the world. The candidate will also further develop their contributions and innovations. The holder of the professorship will not have responsibility for Darden courses, although they will from time to time teach class sessions or deliver presentations to the Darden community.

The awardee will either be full-time in residence at the Darden School for 4–8 months of the year of their appointment, taking a leave of absence from existing responsibilities, or will dedicate part time to give a similar overall time equivalent. This time will primarily be spent at the Darden School with the option of some virtual connection periods. The successful candidate is encouraged to immerse themselves in the Darden/UVA community.

To support their efforts, office space and administrative assistance will be provided.

In accepting the Professorship, the awardee will commit to making a presentation of their best work to students, faculty, and interested members of the Darden and UVA community during the year of the award. In addition, the recipient will commit to work with the Darden School to disseminate their ideas and scholarship to the world. This will include posting on the Darden website the presentation and additional support documents representing the vision of the work and contribution to improving the world.

Once the website is established, it will be linked from news sites, blogs of thought leaders, and compendia of consulting and scientific firms.

The professorship will be given for a one-year period (not necessarily exactly matching a calendar or academic year) with a flexible start and end date. The award may be renewed for one additional year, as determined by the Advisory Board. It may be awarded to a prior recipient, providing there has been at least one award of the Professorship between the prior award and a subsequent award.

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The Darden School of Business is a top-rated global business school. The University of Virginia is regarded as one of the nation’s finest public universities. Charlottesville is consistently ranked among the best places to live in the United States. See below for more information about UVA and the surrounding Charlottesville area.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System and the University Physician’s Group, is committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressed through every person’s perspective and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified nominations will receive consideration without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, national or ethnic…