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University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research Application Deadline: November 1, 2022 The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), part of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is now accepting applications for a Data Impact Librarian. This is a full-time faculty position at the rank of Senior Associate Librarian, and is part of ICPSR’s Metadata & Preservation unit. As the Data Impact Librarian, you will employ your bibliographic searching expertise, your database/collection management skills, and your ability to write content that highlights scholarly output for a general audience. You also will contribute your project management and supervisory experience. Some technical skills and a second master’s degree in the social sciences are highly desired. ICPSR is family-friendly, offering hybrid and flexible work schedules, and it has a diverse staff whose varied backgrounds and experience enrich the workplace.

University of South Carolina, School of Information Science Application Deadline: Open until filled. The School of Information Science (iSchool) at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 16, 2023. Candidates with a specialization in Public Librarianship and one or more of the following will be considered: Youth Services and programming Adult services and programming Community outreach and library services to underserved populations Social justice issues Intellectual Freedom Emerging technologies Leadership and advocacy Collection development and management

University of South Carolina, School of Information Science Application Deadline: November 15, 2022 The School of Information Science (iSchool) at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 16, 2023. Successful candidates will be expected to expand on one or more of the following areas in Data Science: Applied Data and Text Mining Applied AI and Machine Learning (ML) Critical Data Studies User Experience, Information Architecture Web and Mobile Application Development Social Network Analysis Cybersecurity

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Information School Application Deadline: November 13, 2022 ​The position will be responsible for stewarding the iSchool program in Tribal Libraries, Archives & Museums (TLAM). This involves teaching in the Tribal Libraries, Archives & Museums curriculum. Specifically, it requires working with students to develop and maintain respectful, responsible, and reciprocal relationships with longstanding community partners through ongoing experiential learning projects. A candidate for the position will have a developed understanding of information issues and practices and experience working in Indigenous information and community contexts. The position will also manage the iSchool Laboratory Library. This includes collaborating with a collections librarian and supervising student staff to oversee library operations and user services. The position serves as the subject liaison for library and information studies and information sciences.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Information School Application Deadline: November 15, 2022 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Information School seeks highly qualified candidates for a tenure track position with research and teaching emphasis in the area of ethics of computing, data, and information. This position will be an academic nine-month, tenure-track appointment at the Assistant Professor level, to start in August 2023. This position is one of three new faculty positions that are part of a cluster hire in ethics of computing, data, and information. Other units participating in the cluster are the departments of Computer Sciences and Philosophy and the Holtz Center for Science, Technology & Society. Applicants who wish to be considered for multiple cluster positions should apply separately to each. Applicants should demonstrate an interest in and ability to do collaborative, cross-disciplinary work with other cluster members on important ethical questions in computing, data, or information.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Information School Application Deadline: November 15, 2022 Up to three tenure-track positions in information sciences. At least one hire will be focused on the following area: Human factors of cybersecurity and privacy e.g. Security and privacy usability Security and privacy by design Security of artificial intelligence systems Human factors of data and information security Cybersecurity policy Applications are also invited in the following areas: Natural language processing and information retrieval e.g. Applied natural language processing Text analysis Text and multimedia retrieval Recommendation systems Conversational systems Machine learning and artificial intelligence e.g.: Explainable machine learning and AI Algorithmic biases and fairness Human-AI interaction Ethical/social AI Computational social sciences e.g.: Analytics and modeling of political behavior Computational analysis of social networks Algorithms and social media analytics Social simulation of organizational behavior

Penn State University, College of Information Sciences and Technology Application Deadline: Review of applications begins on December 15, 2022, and will continue until positions are filled. The College of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for multiple, Open-Rank, Tenure-Line Faculty positions in Cybersecurity and Privacy beginning in Fall 2023 at University Park, PA. We are interested in the following areas as broadly defined: (1) Usable security/privacy, (2) AI for/of security/privacy, and (3) System security. We seek outstanding candidates with a demonstrated record of research to strengthen and complement current research programs. Candidates will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses including residential, online, or hybrid courses. Applicants for the rank of Assistant Professor will possess a Ph.D. degree in Computer and Information Sciences or related fields before beginning employment at Penn State, strong potential for developing an externally funded, collaborative, interdisciplinary research program, and potential to contribute to the college’s teaching mission. Candidates seeking the rank of Associate Professor should have the same qualifications as the Assistant Professor, as well as a strong track record of scholarly achievement, external funding, and demonstrated success in teaching and service. Candidates for Full Professor should have the same qualifications as the Associate Professor, as well as a track record of research publications, funding, teaching, and service that distinguishes them, nationally or internationally, as leaders in Cybersecurity and Privacy, broadly defined.

Penn State University, College of Information Sciences and Technology Application Deadline: Review of applications begins November 28, 2022, will continue until positions are filled. The College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) (http://ist.psu.edu) at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for an Open-Rank, Tenure-Line Faculty position in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) beginning in Fall 2023 at University Park. For this search, we seek exceptional candidates with high-quality research and publications to strengthen and complement our current research programs. We particularly seek scholars who transformatively enhance objectives and approaches to social justice through the design of digital tools and infrastructures. We are interested in actionable approaches that strengthen social justice processes and outcomes through design research, and show how social justice processes and outcomes can expand from remediation of past and present social injustice to an inclusive and equitable re-envisioning of human possibilities. Candidates will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses including residential, online, or hybrid courses. Competitive applicants for the rank of Assistant Professor will possess a Ph.D. in information sciences and technology or related fields before beginning employment at Penn State, a strong potential for developing an externally funded, collaborative, interdisciplinary research program, and the potential to contribute to the college’s teaching mission. Candidates seeking the rank of Associate Professor should have the same qualifications as the assistant professor, as well as a strong track record of scholarly achievement, external funding, and demonstrated success in teaching and service. Candidates for Full Professor should have the same qualifications as the associate professor, as well as a track record of research publications, funding, teaching, and service that distinguishes them, nationally or internationally, as leaders in HCI broadly defined.

Penn State University, College of Information Sciences and Technology Application Deadline: Review of applications begins November 28, 2022, will continue until positions are filled. For this search, we seek exceptional candidates with high-quality research and publications to strengthen and complement our current research programs. We particularly seek scholars who transformatively enhance objectives and approaches to social justice through the design of digital tools and infrastructures. We are interested in actionable approaches that strengthen social justice processes and outcomes through design research, and show how social justice processes and outcomes can expand from remediation of past and present social injustice to an inclusive and equitable re-envisioning of human possibilities. Specific design approaches may include but are not limited to VR/AR/XR, visualization, tangible interface, fabrication, human-AI interaction, assistive technology, sustainable computing technology, and sociotechnical system design. Specific examples are the design of digital tools and infrastructures to support greater dignity in work activity, that show how the enhancement of human dignity can be a design outcome, or how design can help move society from social economies of self-sufficiency, dyadic reciprocity, and autonomy to social economies of co-production, generalized reciprocity, and generalized responsibility. Candidates will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses including residential, online, or hybrid courses.

Indiana University at Bloomington (IUB), Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Applications received by December 1, 2022 will be assured full consideration; however, the search will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. The Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana (IUB) invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor position to begin in August 1, 2023 in the Department of Information and Library Science (ILS). Faculty research areas in ILS include social informatics, digital humanities, documentation, digital libraries, data curation, information retrieval, music informatics, text mining, computer mediated communication, and more. We are particularly interested in hiring in the area of knowledge infrastructure including information architecture, open access, open science, information retrieval, and media preservation and archives. We seek candidates prepared to contribute to our commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education, especially those with experience in teaching or working with diverse student populations. Duties will include research, teaching both online and in person, and service.

University of Kentucky, College of Communication and Information Application Deadline: Ongoing The College of Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky invites applications for the position of Director of the School of Information Science. This is a regular title position reporting directly to the Dean of the College of Communication and Information, with appointment expected at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor (depending on qualifications) with tenure. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2023.

On August 30th, the iSchool of Sun Yat-sen University and Asia-Pacific iSchools Next Generation Committee (AP iNext) successfully held a young scholars’ forum. The theme of this forum was Frontier Research in Informetrics and Scientific Evaluation. Over 170 participants from the Asia-pacific region joined the forum. Professor Yang Zhang, Dean of the iSchool of Sun Yat-sen University presented the welcoming speech, followed by Dr. Di Wang, Chair of AP iNext. Associate professor Houqiang Yu of Sun Yat-sen University organized and chaired the forum. Five young scholars from different iSchools in the AP region were invited to give presentations about their recent studies related to informetrics and scientific innovation. Assistant professor Yi Bu from Peking University, with the topic of "Pandemics are Catalysts of Scientific Novelty: Evidence from COVID-19", elaborated on the influence of COVID-19 on scientific outputs, especially scientific novelty. His research explored how scientific novelty, first-time collaboration, and international collaboration evolved before and during COVID-19 by using a DID approach. At the same time, he shared the ways of using multiple databases to search articles related to the pandemic, extract bio-entities and calculate scientific novelty. Assistant professor Hiroyoshi Ito from the University of Tsukuba gave a talk named "Data mining for social networks: towards modeling, forecasting, controlling”. He developed a general control scheme to automatically intervene and predict the changes in network structure and node’s attribute values and carried out experiments using synthetic datasets and real-world datasets. This research work not only innovates the method but also could further predict the social trend, market sizes, and the mechanism of human relationships, which could well meet the actual needs. Associate professor Ying Huang from Wuhan University, with the topic of “Exploring Technology Evolution Pathways to Facilitate Technology Management: from a Technology Life Cycle Perspective”, defined the meaning of Technology Life Circle (TLC), introduced two traditional identification methods, such as growth-curve approach and multiple indicators approaches, and proposed a new method——dynamic patent citation networks, which realized the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, technological breakthrough and future prediction. Assistant researcher Chao Min from Nanjing University explained the interaction between scientific breakthroughs and the knowledge structure of science in detail with the topic of " Predict Scientific Breakthrough based on Knowledge Structure Variations", and reminded us that disciplinary differences existed in knowledge structure, confirming the negative prediction effect of direct citation counts on scientific breakthroughs, but we would also pay attention to the influence of time. Associate professor Haoyang Song from Sun Yat-sen University reported the recent research results and progress on the catalytic capacity of technological innovation (CCTI), together with Houqiang Yu discussing the frontier issues of informetrics and scientific innovation with all participants. As emphasized and concluded by Professor Yang Zhang, this forum not only help outstanding young talents to share research frontiers and build a high-level academic exchange platform but also cultivate reserve forces for consolidating discipline development in Asia-Pacific region.