Assistant Professor; TT - Computer Engineering specializing in Artificial Intelligence

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The flagship of the Commonwealth, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is a nationally ranked public land‑grant research university that seeks to expand educational access, fuel innovation and creativity, and share and use its knowledge for the common good. Founded in 1863, UMass Amherst sits on nearly 1,450‑acres in scenic Western Massachusetts and boasts state‑of‑the‑art facilities for teaching, research, scholarship, and creative activity.

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The Daniel J. Riccio Jr. College of Engineering is recognized as one of the top 30 public engineering schools in the country by U.S. News & World Report and is the #1 public engineering program in New England. Our inclusive community includes ~2,600 undergraduate, ~750 graduate students, and ~150 instructional faculty across five engineering departments-biomedical, chemical, civil and environmental, electrical and computer, and mechanical and industrial.

Our faculty members are developing life‑saving medical devices and therapeutics, designing smart infrastructures, tackling climate change, and revolutionizing materials science, computing, and cybersecurity. They are recipients of prestigious national awards, including 18 CAREER Awards in the last five years. With over $60 million in research expenditures and 20+ affiliated research centers and programs, we're at the forefront of innovation and discovery.

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The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) invites applications for a tenure‑track Assistant Professor position in Computer Engineering specializing in Artificial Intelligence Systems. This position is part of a broader expansion in AI engineering in the college.

The position is defined with broad scope that includes research related to developing, securing, or using AI chips and workloads, from edge devices to data centers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, GPUs, FPGAs, custom accelerators, protecting model IP, hardware‑enforced safeguards against misuse or adversarial inputs, trusted execution, securing supply chains for AI, robustness and explainability, safe and equitable human‑in‑the‑loop decision systems, and other advanced hardware and software topics in computer engineering.

The successful candidate will be…