Assistant Professor in AI and Composition Apply now (https://secure.dc4.pageuppeople.com/apply/674/gateway/default.aspx?c=apply&lJobID=533451&lJobSourceTypeID=796&sLanguage=en-us) Job no: 533451 Work type: Tenure-Track Faculty Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) Categories: Information Technology, Humanities Department: 13030100 - COTA-MUSIC-DIRECTOR Classification Title: Assistant Professor in AI and Composition Job Description: The School of Music in the College of the Arts seeks an Assistant Professor in AI and Composition to conduct research and teach courses exploring the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and musical creation within the School of Music and in collaboration with the College of the Arts “AI and the Arts” certificate program. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of creative and research activities that engage artificial intelligence in a creative practice, and experience as an instructor in computer-assisted musical composition. Research specialties may include algorithmic composition, data sonification, musical neural networks, machine learning in the arts, immersive audio, or other related fields. This hire is a part of amajor, long-terminitiative (https://ai.ufl.edu/) at the university focused on artificial intelligence (in research, research infrastructure, and curriculum), with the goal of making UF a national leader in AI. Creatives are the original human-centered innovators and experience makers. The College of the Arts’ making disciplines are unified by bothcritical thinkingANDcritical doing; we are specialists in the relationship between what is being made, its users or audiences, and how that relationship can catalyze more just world-building. With a focus on interdisciplinary and collaboration, we seek a colleague whose work bridges AI and the Arts and is grounded in creative and/or technical practice. The successful candidate will help answer some of the questions we are asking right now and discover the questions we should be exploring next: + How can the arts help AI function in the world in a different way? + How can a focus on process over product inform the future of AI? + How can the practice of critique inform AI or AI pedagogy? + How can improvisation, as a data set or theoretical frame, help shape AI’s possibilities in both capacity and applications? + How can the arts help destabilize techno-cultural power alignments, and help address and shape a more sustainable and inclusive human-AI interdependence? + What role should the arts play in AI across the curriculum at the University of Florida, and beyond? The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will prepare students to access and unsettle centers of power of any ideology in a radically changing world. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels. The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty, seeking faculty of all races, ethnicities, genders, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract. You can view this employment union contract herehttps://hr.ufl.edu/manager-resources/employee-relations/union-contracts/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/. Responsibilities: + Develop, revise and deliver undergraduate and graduate curricula in electroacoustic music, technologically mediated composition, and artificial intelligence and the arts + Serve as director of the School of Music electronic music studios and computer lab + Serve on AI & the Arts Working Group to build a certificate program and help establish a center + Maintain an active national and international creative research profile in areas of specialization, consistent with the expectation of tenure and promotion + Active participation in our learning community, finding innovative ways to connect the arts to critical discourse in other disciplines + Participate in shared governance through service to the School, College and University Expected Salary: $85,000-$92,000 with a comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package Minimum Requirements: The successful candidate will meet all of the following: + Terminal degree in Music Composition or closely related field (ABD considered) + Evidence of creative work and research activities that incorporate artificial intelligence into a creative practice + Skillsets in composition, artificial intelligence, programming, and the ability to effectively transmit that to students + Potential for achievement in the field at a national or international level, in alignment with the School of Music’s tenure and promotion criteria + Evidence of skill in designing and facilitating academic work that advances curiosity, inclusion, open intellectual discourse, and the well-being of all in an environment of complex diversities Preferred Qualifications: The successful candidate will meet some of the following: + Teaching experience of 3 or more years beyond graduate assistantship at the university level + Experience operating and maintaining equipment, with the ability to be a key player in the growth of technology and electronic music studios in the School of Music + Skills and experience in interdisciplinary collaboration, across art disciplines and beyond the arts into STEM fields + Grant writing experience + Evidence of a commitment to innovative and cross-disciplinary curricula + Demonstrated capacity for effective engagement in recruitment + Organizational, management and communication experience in a higher education setting Special Instructions to Applicants: Application Deadline:Review of applications will begin November 15thand continue until an applicant pool is established. To ensure full consideration, all application documents must be submitted by November 15th. Applications received after this date may be considered at the discretion of the committee and/or hiring authority. Application Process:Applications must be submitted via the University of Florida’s online application system. Online applications must include the following: (1) a detailed letter of application that explains how you match the particular qualifications of this position and how your work and perspective will contribute to and enhance our transformative community; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) a research statement that outlines your research experience, current projects, research trajectory, and interdisciplinary experience; (4) a teaching portfolio and/or sample syllabi from relevant courses; (5) links to 3 creative or research work samples, and (6) names and contact information of three professional references. The UF system will give you the option to upload letters of reference. We are not requiring letters of reference with initial application materials. Please ignore that option. The Search Committee may request additional materials at a later time. Inquiries may be sent to: Paul Richards Chair, AI & Composition Search Email:prichards@arts.ufl.edu The selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an educational institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call +1 (352) 392- 2477or the Florida Relay System at +1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law. SCHOOL OF MUSIC:Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Music plays an important role in the academic and cultural life of the University, the College’s Creative Campus initiative and the community. The School has 40 full-time and nine adjunct faculty, serving some 200 graduate and 200 undergraduate music majors. Degree programs include B.A., B.M., M.M., D.M.A., and the Ph.D. in music education, composition, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology. Program emphases include performance, music education, theory, composition, music history and literature, ethnomusicology, conducting, and sacred music. The School of Music is also home to the UF Bands program, which includes “The Pride of the Sunshine” Gator Marching Band. School of Music facilities include the School of Music Building and Steinbrenner Band Hall, among others. The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information, visitwww.arts.ufl.edu/music. THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS:The mission of the College of the Arts is to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. We achieve the university’s mission by training professionals and educating students as artists and scholars, while developing their capacities for critical study, creative practice, and provocation. The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,700 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 135 faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, and the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA:The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation, ranked one of the top five best public universities in the nation in U.S. News & World Report. We are The Gator Nation, a diverse community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50,000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida, with outstanding resources such as the University of Florida Performing Arts (Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Squitieri Studio Theatre, the Baughman Center, University Auditorium), the Harn Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History and in the community, the Hippodrome State Theatre and Dance Alive National Ballet. In addition to salary, the University of Florida (UF) offers low costState Health (https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/health/health\_insurance\_plans) plans, a number of Dental plans to fit you and your family’s needs, and Vision. Domestic partner coverage through GatorCare is also available. Optional plans such as life, disability, legal and accident insurance are also available. UF provides a variety of leave programs including vacation, sick leave, 11 paid holidays and family medical leave. Faculty employees accrue approximately 13 sick days annually. UF also provides you the flexibility to deal with life’s challenges by offering paid family leave, eight full weeks of leave over a 24-month period. Build a retirement roadmap with competitive pension plans, investment accounts and a host of voluntary add-ons, such as 457 deferred compensation and 403(b) plans. UF Employees are also eligible for theGatorPerks discount program (https://benefits.hr.ufl.edu/gatorperks/) , which provides big savings at various business and retailers! Explore UF’s plethora of benefit options here:FACULTY Benefits (https://benefits.hr.ufl.edu/my-benefits/explore/eligibility/faculty/non-clinical/) Health Assessment Required:No Advertised: 11 Oct 2024 Eastern Daylight Time Applications close: