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The Department of Operations Research (OR) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) seeks applications for an open-rank, tenure-track position in Operations Research. The Department is interested in candidates with expertise in any of the areas related to Operations Research including statistics, optimization, stochastic modeling, simulation, and data science. We are particularly interested in candidates with computational experience in these areas. A successful candidate will be expected to teach and advise students in our masters-level curricula, develop a scholarly research program, and engage with PhD candidates. New faculty members will have the opportunity to work with top researchers on modern, applied military and security problems in both unclassified and classified facilities using cutting edge tools in artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance and distributed computing.
The Department of Operations Research at NPS in Monterey, California is one of the oldest and largest OR departments in the world. Our students are primarily military officers from the U.S. and its allies pursuing Master’s degrees in defense-oriented OR topics. We also have a small Ph.D. program. Our students are capable, mature, and hard working. The department has 37 faculty members, with 17 tenure-track professors, who do research across the breadth of Operations Research. Our faculty include world leaders in large-scale optimization, applied statistics, military logistics, warfare analysis, and critical infrastructure. Our research addresses important and challenging problems in national security, and we foster close collaborations with U.S. Navy and Department of Defense sponsors, other government agencies, and other universities. Additional information about our department can be found at https://www.nps.edu/web/or.
The review of applications will begin on September 9, 2024. The application package should include a cover letter, statements of research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, names of three references, evidence of or potential for teaching excellence, and a sample of published work. Interviews will begin in October.
Minimum qualifications:
· Must hold a Ph.D. in Operations Research or a related quantitative discipline including Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science by the start of employment.
· Must be a U.S. citizen by the start of employment.
· Must have evidence of teaching aptitude with potential to advise student theses and dissertations.
· Must have evidence of strong potential for applied research leading to scholarly publications.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Relocation incentives may be authorized.
To apply, please see details at https://nps.edu/web/or/hiring. Please submit via email your application package to Faculty Hiring Committee, Operations Research Department, Naval Postgraduate School, at or_jobs@nps.edu.
The Naval Postgraduate School is an equal opportunity employer. For additional information about NPS, please visit http://www.nps.edu.
