Founding Dean

Founding Dean of the College of Connected ComputingNashville, TennesseeVanderbilt University, globally renowned for its transformative education and research, seeks an innovative leader and accomplished scholar to serve as the inaugural dean of a new College of Connected Computing, the university’s first new college since 1981. Vanderbilt is forging a bold and distinct strategic path to meet the growing demand for degrees in technological fields and advance research in rapidly evolving computing-related disciplines. The inaugural dean will be afforded the unique opportunity to establish an interdisciplinary and cross-cutting college in an ambitious academic community focused on excellence, innovation, and bold ideas.The new College of Connected Computing will collaborate with all of Vanderbilt’s schools and colleges to advance breakthrough discoveries and strengthen computing education through a “computing for all” approach. Students will have the opportunity to learn and practice a fundamental set of core computing, analytics, data science, and AI competencies relevant to their disciplines and be positioned to leverage advanced computing effectively to address some of society’s most pressing challenges. This will allow the university to expand on its groundbreaking discoveries at the intersections of computing and other disciplines.The founding dean will establish a college that aims to safeguard Vanderbilt's robust reputation for academic excellence, radical collaboration, and capacity for world-changing innovation. Working in partnership with colleagues throughout the university, the founding dean will build upon Vanderbilt’s strong programs to catapult the university to the forefront of breakthrough discovery and innovation in key areas of computing across a wide range of disciplines that capitalize on advanced computational methods. The dean will advance a vision for connected computing at Vanderbilt and position the college as a hub of university collaboration and innovation through effective communication, managerial sophistication, financial acumen, interpersonal and political skills, effective fundraising, and commitment to inclusion and shared governance.A search committee has been formed and will be supported in this recruitment by Isaacson, Miller, the national search firm. Confidential inquiries, applications, and nominations may be sent in confidence to:

https://apptrkr.com/5694466Vanderbilt University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

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