Assistant Professor of Statistics & Data Science with ICSD

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Description The Department of Statistics & Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University ( www.stat.cmu.edu ) invites applications for a tenure-track position in Statistics & Data Science, with a specialty focus on Computational Social Science, at the rank of Assistant Professor starting in Fall 2026. The assistant professor will be a core member of the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics. The Department seeks candidates in the areas of social science statistics and data science, as well as related interdisciplinary fields. Potential areas of interest include causal inference, data privacy, data science for social good, network analysis, simulation-based inference, social simulation, and statistical text and image analysis. Candidates with other research interests related to the work of both the Department and the Institute are also highly encouraged to apply. Applications received by December 1st, 2025 are guaranteed to receive full consideration. Carnegie Mellon Statistics & Data Science is world-renowned for the significance of its contributions to statistical theory and practice and for its outstanding interdisciplinary applied research. Faculty in the Department are engaged in...