Overview
Nazarbayev University's School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence is recruiting faculty at assistant, associate and full professor levels across high-impact computing and AI research areas.
Full job description
The official posting lists research, external-grant development, teaching and supervision of master's and doctoral students among the core duties. Priority areas include generative AI, natural language processing, cybersecurity, statistics, physical AI, computational finance, AI-for-X, theoretical computing and software. Appointments are three-year renewable contracts subject to annual performance review. The package includes protected research time, seed-grant and conference support, 56 days annual leave, two home-country flights per year, international health insurance, rent-free housing and relocation/child-education support subject to university rules.
Requirements & qualifications
Applicants must hold a PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Statistics or a closely related field and demonstrate research and teaching potential or accomplishment appropriate to the requested academic rank. English is the language of instruction and research communication.
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