6 faculty liberal arts humanities jobs found in Pittsburgh, PA

Description For over 25 years, the Master of Science in Computational Finance (MSCF) program at Carnegie Mellon University (https://www.cmu.edu/mscf/) has been a leader in the training of professionals working in quantitative finance. The program’s coursework combines relevant material covering financial markets, mathematics, programming, and data science. Courses are taught by a combination of expert faculty from across CMU and industry practitioners. The MSCF program seeks to further expand its coverage of modern methods of data science, including machine learning, relevant to market-centered financial data. To meet this goal, the program is recruiting industry practitioners who can deliver courses that cover both the foundational and practical aspects of such methods. Sample topics for courses include natural language processing, deep learning, reinforcement learning, visualization, and so forth. Courses run for seven weeks, and consist of 19.5 hours of...

Description The Department of Statistics & Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University (www.stat.cmu.edu) invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor starting in Fall 2023. The Department seeks strong candidates in all areas of statistics and data science, as well as related interdisciplinary fields. Potential areas of interest include but are not limited to finance, social sciences, physical sciences and statistical computing. Excellent candidates with other research interests will also be considered and are highly encouraged to apply.  Applications received by December 1st, 2022 are guaranteed to receive full consideration.   Carnegie Mellon Statistics & Data Science is world-renowned for the significance of its contributions to statistical theory and practice and for its outstanding interdisciplinary applied research. Faculty in the Department are engaged in a wide range of theoretical,...

Description The Department of Social & Decision Sciences (SDS) seeks highly qualified candidates with training and research focus in behavioral economics with high potential to make pioneering advancements. Candidates should have a PhD in Economics, Behavioral Science, or a related discipline by the start of the appointment.  Candidates who can collaborate with current SDS faculty and engage early-stage PhD students in their research are of special interest, as are those whose behavioral economics research is informed by a deep understanding of psychology or uses modern computational or data analytic techniques such as machine learning, but the search committee is eager to evaluate all qualified candidates. The successful candidate will teach in the PhD program as well as the undergraduate major in Behavioral Economics, Policy, and Organizations. The Department of Social & Decision Science has been at the forefront of behavioral...

Description Teaching track Assistant Professor position (start date Fall 2023).  The Department of Social & Decision Sciences (SDS) seeks highly qualified candidates who can deliver excellent undergraduate instruction and curriculum development in decision science while also maintaining a modest research presence. Candidates should have a PhD in Psychology, Behavioral Science, or a related discipline by the start of the appointment, and demonstrated excellence in teaching undergraduate courses including classes in judgment & decision making, research methods and statistical analysis.  The successful candidate will teach in the undergraduate curricula in Decision Science; Behavioral Economics, Policy, and Organizations; and Policy & Management and supervise undergraduate research. Teaching track faculty members teach the equivalent of 6 sections per year and engage in other instructional activities such as supervising undergraduate research. ...

Description Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh seeks applicants for a teaching-track position beginning in Fall Semester, 2023. This is a career-oriented, renewable faculty appointment with primary responsibility for teaching and scholarly contributions to the educational mission of the University. We are interested in candidates who can teach in one or more of the areas of computing, data science, and information systems. We have several broad areas of interest, including application software development, mobile computing, data science and big data, information security and assurance, and design and development of human-centered information systems. Our most immediate need is to teach a required web application design and development course offered to all second-year students. We will also consider candidates who can teach data science and database courses. We give high priority to the overall passion and promise of the candidate’s teaching. The...

Description Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh seeks applicants for a  Special Faculty - Information Systems Consulting Project Adviser position beginning in January 2023 and running through the spring semester until May 2023. This is a part-time, renewable appointment with primary responsibility for advising students in a consulting class. No specific advanced degrees are required, but we are looking for working or retired candidates who have at least 10 years of senior-level experience leading IT Projects. Qualifications A good Consulting Project Adviser allows the student team to lead the project and the client relationship, offering advice, encouragement and assuring them that they can handle the difficulties that might arise.  The ideal Consulting Project Adviser has deep experience advising, managing, directing and overseeing an array of software development projects, brings a real-world perspective to...