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The University of Rochester’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering seeks to hire early career candidates in AI circuits and systems . Appointment will be at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering currently supports over $23M in active research grants, with an average research expenditure per research active faculty member of over $500K per year. The department is home to more than 65 full-time PhD students and a graduate program with over 20 students in residence at any given time, along with a BS program in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Faculty have access to design, fabrication, characterization, and test infrastructure for integrated circuits and systems, high-performance computing resources, and collaboration opportunities through the Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. Faculty also engage with the growing microelectronics corridor in upstate New York.
We seek candidates in three areas:
Computer architecture for AI hardware. Accelerator architecture, hardware-software co-design, memory systems, and domain-specific architectures.
Circuit design for AI hardware. Energy-efficient inference and training circuits, mixed-signal and in-memory computing, evolving beyond-CMOS technologies, and heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging.
Edge AI and robotics. Embedded and real-time AI systems, autonomous systems, and human-AI interaction, with an emphasis on hardware-aware design.
Questions concerning this position can be addressed to Eby Friedman, eby.friedman@rochester.edu , chair of the search committee. Review of applications will begin on December 1 st , 2026, and continue until the position is filled.
Candidates should hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) in either Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field by the time their faculty appointment begins, and should have considerable research experience.
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