An opening for a Professional Track Research Faculty role Assistant Research Professor or Assistant Research Scientist within the Department of Computer Sciences is available Prof Dinesh Manocha will guide this researcher for the GAMMA group gammaumdedu This position is intended for experienced researchers looking to build a long term career in professional academic research and take on a significant management and leadership role The GAMMA group conducts research in robotics computer vision and simulated environments This position would represent a scientific leadership position on a jointly funded project in collaboration with the Army Research Lab as part of UMDs newly created Joint Research Laboratory It would also position the researcher with access to a broad base of collaborators and opportunities from which to launch and build his or her own research enterpriseSome specific duties include Working with multidisciplinary teams of researchers eg engineers computer scientists to design and carry out research primarily at the intersection of computer vision robotics and machine learning Producing high impact research in support of publications or proposals Developing software systems that Army researchers can use Reviewing and synthesizing existing literature to inform new proposal directions or whitepapers for federal agencies Working with and training faculty research assistants graduate students and undergraduate assistants on various problems in robotics and computer vision Directing and conducting data collection and analysis efforts and evaluating the results at Army Research Labs facilities Preparing presentations reports funding proposals and scholarly publications related to research and communicating those deliverables to internal or external sponsors The A James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland serves as the catalyst for high quality research innovation and learning preparing our students to create innovations that will address the 21st century Grand Challenges eg energy environment security and human health and improve the human condition The Clark School is dedicated to leading and transforming the engineering discipline and profession to accelerating entrepreneurship and to transforming research and learning activities into new innovations that benefit millions