Postdoctoral Fellow
About Us
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its 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 has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
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. Georgia Tech's 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 No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
- Students are our top priority.
- We strive for excellence.
- We thrive on diversity.
- We celebrate collaboration.
- We champion innovation.
- We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
- We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
- We act ethically.
- 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.
Location
Atlanta, GA
Department Information
About the School of Interactive Computing
The School of Interactive Computing (IC) aims to redefine the human experience of computing using two primary tools: research and innovation in computing education. Our school nurtures an open, inclusive, supportive environment made stronger through multiple perspectives and diverse expertise.
Job Summary
The School of Interactive Computing is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Fellow to contribute to several research projects.
Responsibilities
Responsibilites include:
Lead and contribute to research studies involving interactive scientific data visualization learning environments.
Take substantial ownership of research activities, from study conception and design through analysis, publication, and dissemination.
Contribute to the design, development, and evaluation of interactive touchscreen displays.
Design and public, laboratory, and/or online studies.
Analyze learning, interaction, and process data using appropriate quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and computational approaches.
Develop frameworks, measures, and methods for evaluating learning processes and human-data interactions.
Lead and contribute to manuscripts for publication in high-quality journals and conferences.
Present research findings at national and international conferences.
Collaborate with faculty, students, developers, teachers, and external research partners.
Mentor graduate and undergraduate researchers.
Contribute to research proposals and the development of new externally funded projects.
Pursue self-initiated research aligned with the lab's research areas.
Participate actively in the intellectual and collaborative life of TILES Lab and the School of Interactive Computing.
Required Qualifications
Doctoral Degree
Preferred Qualifications
A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in Learning Sciences, Human-Centered Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science Education, Visualization Literacy, or a closely related field by the start of the appointment.
Required Documents to Attach
Candidates, please included the following with you application (in PDF format):
Cover letter
CV
List of 3 professional references
Research Interest Statement (not to exceed 1 page)
Relevant journal paper or writing sample
Contact Information
Requests for information may be directed to Jessica Roberts: jessica.roberts@cc.gatech.edu
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Background Check
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