The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is accepting applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in the Department of Operations Research (OR) in the area of statistics. While the desired specific interest is flexible, we would be most interested in candidates working on problems in the emerging areas of data analytics, data mining, and “big data”.
The Department of Operations Research (OR) at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, is the oldest and one of the largest OR departments in the nation. Our students are primarily military officers seeking 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 47 faculty members, with 18 tenure track professors, who do research in defense-related stochastic modeling, data analysis, optimization, and simulation. Our research addresses important and challenging problems in national security and we foster close collaborations with US Navy and Department of Defense sponsors, as well as other universities. Additional information about our department can be found at http://nps.edu/or.
Interested parties are encouraged to submit their applications by November 15, 2015. In your application package include your curriculum vitae, names of three references, and a sample of your published work, if any. Tell us in your cover letter why you are interested in this position and comment on your initial research goals, teaching interests, and capabilities.
Minimum qualifications:
• Have a Ph.D. in Statistics, Operations Research or a related discipline.
• Be a U.S. citizen or committed to obtain citizenship when eligible.
Please forward your application package to Professor Moshe Kress, Search Committee Chair, Operations Research Department, Naval Postgraduate School, 1411 Cunningham Rd G-239, Monterey, CA 93943. Email: mkress@nps.edu.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Relocation package, including recruitment/relocation incentive may be authorized.
The Naval Postgraduate School is an equal opportunity employer. For additional information about NPS, please refer to the website at http://www.nps.edu.
------------------------------
Robert Dell
Professor of Operations Research
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey CA
------------------------------