Job Description

The School of Advanced Computing at Ashoka University invites applications for full-time faculty positions at all ranks (tenure-track or tenured) in traditional and interdisciplinary fields of Computer Science, Data Science and AI.

Applicants may apply for a position in The Department of Data Science & AI or The Department of Computer Science or Both.

Areas of Interest:(Indicative, not exhaustive)

Department of Data Science & AI

Core AI

1. Foundation Models, Multi-modality, Alignment and RLHF

2. Agentic AI & Autonomous Systems

3. Reasoning & Problem Solving

4. Causal Inference

5. Physical AI

6. AR-VR, HCI

7. Neuro-symbolic Learning

8. AI Safety & Trustworthiness

9. AI governance & policy

10. Learning from minimal labeled examples

11. Federated learning

12. Neuromorphic computing

13. Quantum ML

14. MLOps & Deployment

Data Science

1. Statistical Foundations & Theory

2. Statistical Inference & Uncertainty

3. Time Series & Longitudinal Data

4. High-Dimensional & Genomic Data

5. Spatial & Network Statistics

6. Experimental Design & Adaptive Methods

7. Computational and Scalable Statistics

8. Geometric and Topological ML

Privacy, Fairness & Ethics

Application Domains & Interdisciplinary Crossovers

1. Healthcare

2. Climate

3. Finance

4. Econometrics

5. Biostatistics

6. Psychometrics

7. AI in Computational social science

8. AI in Digital Humanities

9. AI4Science

1. Physics, Chemistry & Biology Informed ML

2. AI & Neuroscience

3. Ecology and Environmental Biology ML

Department of Computer Science

Areas of Interest (indicative and not-exhaustive)

1. Algorithms and Theoretical Computer Science

2. Numerical Algorithms and Optimization

3. Cryptography, Security and Privacy

4. Programming Languages

5. Automated Program Synthesis

6. Verification and Automated Reasoning

7. Computer Architecture and Computer Systems

8. High‑Performance and Exa-scale Computing

9. Distributed, Cloud, and Edge Computing

10. Software Engineering. Quantum Computing

11. Neuromorphic & Bio‑Inspired Computing.

Qualifications

The School also invites established senior faculty to become engaged as regular, non-resident or visiting faculty.

The unique positioning of The School of Advanced Computing at Ashoka, supported by an accomplished faculty and growing specialized programs, offers a diverse set of opportunities in interdisciplinary areas like health data and epidemiology; molecular and systems biology; drug design; quantum computing and cryptography; digitalization and society; privacy, ethics and law; trustworthy AI; economic modeling; social networks and social media; elections technology, campaigning and political data; data science and AI for public good.

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit:

1) a cover letter [Indicate preference for The Department of DS&AI, or CS or Both]

2) curriculum vitae

3) statement of teaching philosophy

4) statement on ongoing and planned research

5) two samples of academic writing (article length), and

6) names and email IDs of three referees.

All materials should be submitted through Interfolio.

Ashoka also offers a substantial Young Faculty Grant to the tune of INR 30 - 40 Lacs, which can be used to advance the research programme of the grantee.

Ashoka offers excellent benefits and competitive salaries for all faculty members. Please visit the FAQ (https://www.ashoka.edu.in/why-join-us/) section of the university website to learn more about the research and teaching experience at Ashoka as well as details about the benefits and resources for Ashoka faculty.

For any further queries related to faculty positions, you may write to director.asac@ashoka.edu.in