Please see below for details a new tenure-track position in our department, which could include someone with interests in the cryosphere. Note the requirement to be able to teach in French at the time of appointment.
--
The Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Spatial Data Science in the Anthropocene. We are interested in candidates who investigate the human and/or biophysical implications of environmental change using machine learning, including AI and big data. The successful candidate is expected to develop an externally funded research program with strong connections to industry, government, and/or relevant end-users (stakeholders / rightsholders) while contributing to undergraduate and graduate programs. Preference will be given to candidates who can teach courses related to applied geomatics, spatial data science, machine learning and AI within physical geography or other areas of geography and/or environment. Applicants must be comfortable in Canada’s official languages (English and French) and be able to teach in French at the time of appointment. The successful candidate will receive start-up funding from the Faculty of Arts.
The successful applicant will join an innovative and collaborative department of sixteen full-time professors with expertise in a wide range of fields, including climate change, environmental and community impacts, cold regions (human and biophysical), urban environments, culture and sustainability, geomatics, spatial data analysis, and AI. Our department maintains close collaborations with researchers in other departments at uOttawa, and those at nearby universities and government, and offers BA, BSc, MA, MSc and PhD programs. The Faculty of Arts maintains three computer teaching labs and two fully equipped physical geography laboratories. Position expected to start July 1, 2023.
For more information see: https://uottawa.njoyn.com/CL3/xweb/Xweb.asp?clid=57566&page=jobdetails&jobid=J0922-1794&BRID=EX179597&SBDID=1&LANG=1
--
Dr. Luke Copland (he/him/his)
Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
https://cryospheric.org
