Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

Georgia State University is a national model for innovation and opening opportunities for all, ranked 2nd most innovative by U.S. News & World Report, ranked 1st among public universities in undergraduate teaching, the number 1 nonprofit university to award bachelor's degrees to African American students, 6th in the country for its first-year student experience, and highly ranked for enabling the social and economic mobility of its students. Among the most diverse universities in the nation, Georgia State opens global perspectives as the number 1 U.S. public university sending African American students to study abroad.

A regional gateway to higher education, the five suburban Perimeter College campuses provide more than 30 associate degree pathways. The downtown Atlanta campus offers more than 250 degree programs in 100 fields of study at the undergraduate, graduate and first-professional degree levels.

With five university-wide research centers and numerous centers and institutes at the college and school levels, Georgia State's interdisciplinary, dynamic and productive research enterprises address major health and societal challenges. It is one of only 146 universities with an R1 designation from the Carnegie Foundation, an honor reserved for the nation's most active research institutions. Outgoing research expenditures have doubled in the last decade and topped $1.2 billion over the last six years, an indication of the University's rapid research growth.

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is also a vital part of Atlanta's vibrant arts and entertainment community, with highly regarded programs in music, art, creative writing and film, the Rialto Center for the Arts, and the Creative Media Industries Institute that contributes to innovation and the workforce for interactive media and media entrepreneurship.

The Department offers the following degrees: B.S. in Mathematics, M.S. in Mathematics with no concentration or concentrations in Bioinformatics, Discrete Mathematics, Scientific Computing, Statistics, and Applied Mathematics, M.S. in Applied Statistics with with no concentration or concentrations in Biostatistics and Statistics & Allied Fields, and Ph.D. in Mathematics and Statistics with concentrations in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, and Machine Learning and Data Science. Faculty members in the department have established nationally and internationally recognized research programs in both mathematics and statistics, including applied statistics, biostatistics, data science, dynamical systems, complex networks, machine learning, inverse problems, mathematical biology, optimization, computational mathematics, systems biology, modeling neural, cardiovascular, and multi-organ systems, physical and biomedical image analysis. Additionally, the department collaborates with other departments at GSU in epidemiology, pathogen genetics, immunology, inflammation, and translational biomedical sciences. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.mathstat.gsu.edu/.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University invites applications to fill two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in the areas of combinatorial and stochastic optimization with applications in machine learning and/or mathematical and statistical foundations of data sciences with a start date of August 2025. Candidates in all related areas of mathematics and statistics are encouraged to apply.

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or a closely related field at the time of appointment

Strong preference to work in a cross-disciplinary, collaborative environment;

Experience in supervising undergraduate and graduate students.

Ability to teach core undergraduate and graduate mathematics and/or statistics courses;

Dedication to excellence in research and teaching in the areas of combinatorial and stochastic optimization with applications in machine learning and/or mathematical and statistical foundations of data sciences.

A criminal background check is required

Position may require nonstandard hours (including day, evening, online, hybrid, weekend and/or other campus locations)

Vladimir Bondarenko, vbondarenko@gsu.edu

Vladimir Bondarenko, chair of the search committee, vbondarenko@gsu.edu

For full consideration applicants should submit:
1) a cover letter outlining qualifications and research interests
2) a curriculum vitae with a publication list and an (optional) teaching and funding list
3) a research statement, including a current and future research agenda
4) a teaching statement with evidence of aptitude or ability to teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
All materials should be submitted online at https://facultycareers.gsu.edu/postings/4792 . Applicants should also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be submitted directly to https://facultycareers.gsu.edu/postings/4792

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