Position Summary

The Departments of Statistics and Probability (STT), Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering (CMSE), and Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), at Michigan State University (MSU) invite applications for a tenure-system faculty position beginning Fall 2023. This position is a joint appointment among STT, CSE, and CMSE. While we expect the appointment to be at the assistant professor level, depending on the experience of the candidate, an appointment at the level of associate or full professor will be considered.

MSU has a long and proud tradition of excellence for world-class research in the areas of statistics, machine learning, computation, and artificial intelligence. The three departments (STT, CMSE, CSE) are home to internationally renowned faculty with a wide variety of expertise in fundamental and interdisciplinary research as well as thriving undergraduate and graduate student communities. Collectively, the three departments offer six bachelor's degrees, four master's degrees, and three doctoral degrees including the jointly offered master's degree in Data Science and the bachelor's degrees in Data Science and Computational Data Science. Graduates of our programs go on to careers in academia, industry and government. 

The intellectual focus of the position is algorithmic bias reduction and/or auditing with results that may lead to improvements in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in society.

This open position is supported by the MSU Provost's 1855 Professorships initiative that is aligned with the university's diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plan and seeks to "...elevate the academic quality and reputation at MSU." The new faculty member will be expected to contribute to the multidisciplinary, "Diversity and Data Science" cluster of quantitatively oriented researchers who study and address algorithmic bias. For more information about the 1855 Professorships, visit: . For more information about MSU's strategic plan, visit: 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Degree

Doctorate -Statistics, mathematics, or a related field

Minimum Requirements

Applicants must have a research portfolio that includes work in algorithmic bias reduction and/or auditing with results that may lead to improvements in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in society. Examples of algorithmic bias reduction and/or auditing include but are not limited to the following:  

• Development of statistical and computational algorithms with less bias  

• Data science approaches to auditing algorithmic bias  

• Applications of minimizing algorithmic bias in areas of major societal importance, such as for risk assessment in banking and insurance  

• Legal aspects of statistical and computational algorithms  

The successful candidate should have or be near completion of a Ph.D and will have demonstrated the ability to carry out forefront research with results that may lead to improvements in DEI in society and at MSU. 

Required Application Materials

We request that applications include: 

(1) a 1 page cover letter that frame