Tenured Professor in Statistics

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Title Tenured Professor in Statistics

School Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Department/Area Statistics

Position Description

The Department of Statistics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences ( FAS ) of Harvard University seeks to appoint a tenured full professor in Statistics in the area of statistics and AI. We seek outstanding candidates whose research advances the interface of statistics and AI, from foundational and methodological developments to integrated theoretical and applied approaches to trustworthy AI-enabled discovery. The tenured full professor will contribute to teaching and mentoring at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Basic Qualifications

Candidates are required to have a doctorate.

Additional Qualifications

Demonstrated strong commitment to teaching, advising, and research is desired. Candidates should also evince intellectual leadership and impact on the field and potential for significant contributions to the department, University, and wider scholarly community.

Special Instructions

Please submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal (https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/). Review will begin on November 1, 2026; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Early applications are encouraged.

Contact Information

Department of Statistics

Contact Email [email protected]

Salary Range

$200,000 – $380,000

Pay offered to the selected candidate is dependent on factors such as experience, training or qualifications, field of scholarship, and accomplishments in the field.

Minimum Number of References Required

Maximum Number of References Allowed 5

Keywords

faculty, instructor, professor, senior, tenure

Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA, Northeast, New England, statistics and AI; probability and AI; statistical foundations and methodologies of AI; machine learning; generative AI; trustworthy AI; AI for science.

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