Professor/ Associate Professor: Artificial Intelligence and ICT
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- Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide strategic academic leadership in the development of sustainable inter, multi- and transdisciplinary scholarship in artificial intelligence.
- Guide and support curriculum and programme development initiatives that support AI and technological innovation.
- Facilitate learning and teaching at undergraduate and post graduate level.
- Position the Nelson Mandela University as a place for development of applied AI in our graduate training.
- Contribute to the creation of knowledge by virtue of applied research and innovation.
- Produce accredited research, innovative and creative output.
- Support successful supervision of postgraduate students.
- Mentoring of early-career researchers in AI within and across faculties.
- Identify and initiate strategic, sustainable, high-level institutional transformative partnerships within the African region and beyond, focusing on the application of AI.
- Using AI to advance and contribute to the institutional transformation strategy.
- Develop sustainable equalising partnerships to promote knowledge sharing with the academic community and relevant external stakeholders in support of the universitys vision.
- In-depth knowledge and experience in transdisciplinary scholarship in the application of AI
- Experience within the higher education or similar sector in cross-disciplinary research in AI
- Capability in infusing the application of AI in the Faculty curricula.
- Knowledge and experience in AI and the application thereof
- Capacity to conceptualise and implement sustainable impactful cross-disciplinary projects for graduate and postgraduate students in the field of AI.
- Ability to supervise graduate students and mentor early career scholars.
- Publications in the field of AI in DHET (or equivalent) accredited journals.
- Experience in working effectively with diverse people.
- Doctorate in the field related to the core purpose of the job
- 4 years extensive relevant demonstrable experience in the core functions of the job; preferably in a higher education, science council, or relevant industry environment.
- Proven accredited research record in the field of AI and/or evidence of accredited creative and innovative outputs recognised nationally and internationally.
- Successfully supervised a sustained number of Masters and Doctoral postgraduate students.
- Record of mentoring new academics and early-career researchers.
- Plays a leadership role Record of successful grants/funding applications
- Doctorate in the field related to the core purpose of the job
- 3 years extensive relevant demonstrable experience in the core functions of the job; preferably in a higher education, science council or relevant industry environment.
- Proven accredited research, innovation, and creative output record in the field of AI.
- Successfully supervised a sustained number of Honours, and Masters or Doctoral postgraduate students.
- Record of successful grants/funding applications
- Actively engaged in research as leader of a team or entity.
- Evidence of partnerships and collaboration at national and/or international level
- Evidence of engagement with industry, discipline, or community projects
- NRF rating
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- Provide a motivational letter of how you qualify for the position
- The candidate will be required to make a presentation in the interview
- The candidate needs to provide at least 2 referees for a reference check
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