Cluster Hire at Cal Poly Pomona in the field of Cyber Security
| February 7, 2017 | Posted by Alberto Tam Yong under General |
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The following advertisement copy has already been approved by the respective departments, colleges and office of diversity.
Over the last decade, our lifestyles in social, political, financial and healthcare arenas have gone through extensive digitization. However, such massive digitization opens up a new domain of risk, as inappropriate access control of these information can lead to data breaches and violation of privacy. To address the critical national need of securing digitized information, Cal Poly Pomona is conducting a cluster hire for three positions at the Assistant Professor ranks; one in each of the departments of Computer Science (CS), Computer Information Systems (CIS) and Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) starting in the fall of 2017.
Successful candidates are required to have a PhD in related areas by September 1, 2017 with a specialization in software and mobile application security (CS), cloud and network security (CIS) or hardware and embedded systems security (ECE). Successful candidates are expected to work as a part of the campus wide cybersecurity cluster members in the department of CS/CIS/ECE to mentor and ensure student success across disciplines, develop interdisciplinary courses in cybersecurity and participate in the accreditation activities of the cybersecurity curriculum, and submit internal and external grants in collaboration with cluster members to promote cybersecurity research, education and outreach activities.
The current Cal Poly Pomona cybersecurity cluster members are very active in cybersecurity community through multimillion dollar federal grants from National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Security Agency (NSA). Cal Poly Pomona is a NSA/DHS accredited Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, participant in nationally recognized programs such as Cybercorps Scholarship for Service (SFS), Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), GenCyber and CyberPatriot. The university’s commitment of learn-by-doing is supported by on-campus research facilities in smartphone and IoT security and cross-disciplinary cloud and big data infrastructure.
A Student Success Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (approximately one page, single-spaced) is required. For more information and application procedures, visit <faculty center website with full announcement of each department>. Each applicant must identify their preferred department (CS/CIS/ECE) on their package. Full consideration will be given to applications received by February 24, 2017. General inquiries for this cluster hire should be sent to cybersecurity@cpp.edu