[Asis-l] University of Michigan Faculty Position - Digital Curation

[Soo Young Rieh]

The School of Information at the University of Michigan (UMSI) seeks to
hire a tenure-track professor at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank
who conducts research in the multidisciplinary field of digital
curation. Broadly construed, digital curation research includes digital
curation technologies and methods, representation and interpretation of
heterogeneous digital content and collections, integrity and user
acceptance, interoperability, and long-term sustainability.

We favor candidates with strong interest and expertise in:

·     Methods to assess and improve the quality of data that originate from
formal and informal sources, such as research data, social media trace
data, and citizen science

·     Models and methods to extract and trace data provenance, and
correspondingly, methods to use provenance in analysis, quality assessment,
and reasoning about, linking, and retrieving data

·     Incentives for data sharing and models for reuse of digital data

·    Ontologies and models (general and domain-specific) that make it
possible to conceptualize, act, and reason about data in a more atomic and
structured fashion

·    Policy, algorithmic, organizational, and practice-based methods to
mitigate privacy and security problems with digital data

For all UMSI positions, we favor candidates whose research interests
complement our existing expertise in such areas as computer-supported
cooperative work; digital archives and preservation; human-computer
interaction; incentive-centered design and information economics;
information seeking, sharing and use; Internet-scale data, network and text
analysis; social computing and informatics; and health informatics.  This
new faculty position provides the opportunity for interdisciplinary
collaboration in the context of the University’s recently announced $100M
investment in data science (http://midas.umich.edu).

The mission of the School of Information is to create and share knowledge
to help people use information -- with technology -- to build a better
world. A successful candidate will be committed to, and will directly
contribute to our goal of being the best research and teaching institution
for the understanding and design of information and its technologies in
service of people and society.

The School is home to vibrant research and teaching programs, with 40 FTE
professors, and over 600 students.  We offer four degrees: a Ph.D., a
Master of Science in Information, a Master of Health Informatics (joint
with the School of Public Health), and a Bachelor of Science in Information.

Founded in 1817, the University of Michigan has a long and distinguished
history as one of the first public universities in the nation. It is one of
only two public institutions consistently ranked among the nation's top ten
universities. The University has one of the largest health care complexes
in the world and one of the best library systems in the United States. With
more than $1 billion in research expenditures annually, the University has
the second largest research expenditure among all universities in the
nation. The University has an annual general fund budget of more than $1.7
billion and an endowment valued at more than $7.6 billion.

*Qualifications*

·         Ph.D. in an area such as information science, archival science,
computer science, informatics or fields  related to digital curation
including social science

·         Demonstrated potential for successful teaching at the
undergraduate and graduate levels

·         Demonstrated potential for high scholarly impact

·         A strong commitment to teaching, interdisciplinary research, and
cultural diversity

*Background Screening*

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates
upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party
administrator to conduct background checks.  Background checks will be
performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

*U-M EEO/AA Statement*

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer.Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2015 and continue
until the positions are filled.

For more information or for application instructions, please visit
http://apply.interfolio.com/32067.

For questions about potential fit and your application please contact Dr.
Carl Lagoze at clagoze at umich.edu.
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