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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"Angelini,Christine" <<a href="mailto:christine.angelini@essie.ufl.edu">christine.angelini@essie.ufl.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Subject: UF- AI for Coastal Solutions- 4 Asst Prof Positions</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Date: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">January 16, 2021 at 5:08:36 AM PST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am reaching out to you to inform you of four tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty positions for which we will soon begin accepting applications at the University
of Florida (see relevant job ads attached).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> Given that we are late in the recruiting cycle, I am hoping that you can share these positions with colleagues in
your network to ensure talented candidates become quickly aware of these opportunities. </span>We will begin interviewing excellent candidates as their applications come in. Interested candidates should email me (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:c.angelini@ufl.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">c.angelini@ufl.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
expressing their intent to apply so I can share the application link with these candidates as soon as it goes live. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">These positions, described briefly below, are all linked to a new initiative with the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering,
the Center for Coastal Solutions (visit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://ccs.eng.ufl.edu/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">this
page</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> to learn more) for which I am the Director. Candidates eager to engage in research focused on a wide range of challenges facing our coastal communities
and ecosystems are encouraged to apply, although past experience in this domain space is not required. We are particularly interested in researchers able to develop and apply innovative approaches to improving how we monitor and model coastal hazards (e.g.
sea level rise, pathogen outbreaks, harmful algae blooms, invasive species) and their impacts on coastal environments, economies and public health.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AI Methods for Graphs:</span></u></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Candidates are sought whose
research area is the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods for graphs and graph-based data. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Signal, Image, and Video Processing</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Candidates
are sought whose research focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Signal, Image, and/or Video (SIV) processing.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reinforcement Learning</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Candidates
are sought whose research focus includes reinforcement learning in general, and especially those who are interested in collaborative research with the Center for Coastal Solutions.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Underwater Robotics</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Candidates are sought whose research focus include robotics and autonomous systems, with particular expertise in underwater robotics.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As you may be aware, UF<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">is building an AI program with both breadth and depth: The depth to produce top Ph.D.’s
in AI technology and the breadth to infuse AI into UF’s entire curriculum so that all students, graduate and undergraduate, regardless of their major, develop basic awareness and competence in how AI is transforming their future careers. This will arm every
University of Florida student to help Florida build a tech-driven, high-wage economy in fields as diverse as medicine, agriculture, defense, manufacturing, software development, education, business, and more. The impact will be far reaching – the University
of Florida student equipped with this knowledge will work independently with AI and data science to create new markets, new technologies, and an increasingly inclusive, ethical and just future.</span> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">To support this ambitious vision, the University of Florida has committed to hiring 100 AI-focused faculty across the entire university. These faculty are being sought
as members of interdisciplinary teams that span multiple colleges, where UF will leverage its existing expertise as well as new faculty to tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges. The positions listed above are part of this larger University-wide
effort and we anticipate that the faculty we hire will find a wealth of opportunity for high-impact, collaborative research, student training and curriculum development in joining our ranks. Our CCS faculty are particularly collaborative and eager to engage
new talented colleagues in the spirit of this larger effort. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Any support you can provide in sharing these job opportunities would be greatly appreciated! </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Thank you, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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