Principal Research Scientist, Resilient AI Leader

NU USA Northeastern University; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Northeastern University in Boston, MA seeks a Principal Research Scientist to lead cutting-edge work in resilient artificial intelligence, focusing on adversarial AI and out-of-distribution detection. The candidate should have a strong publication record and leadership skills, joining Prof. Restuccia’s group.

The role involves scientific leadership, grant development, budgeting, and mentoring staff and students within a dynamic research team.

Qualifications

• Mandatory: PhD in Computer Science or similar field.
• At least three first/second author publications in top-tier AI venues (AAAI, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, ECCV, CVPR, WACV, NeurIPS, TNNLS).
• Preferred: six first/second author publications in top-tier AI venues, three as first author; proposal writing and leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and technical leadership in the research program on resilient AI.
• Design, develop, and establish standards for research; publish findings; obtain new grants.
• Develop project budgets; interview, hire, and manage staff; supervise students.

Skills

Adversarial AI

Out-of-distribution detection

Leadership

Proposal writing

Top-tier AI publications

Education

PhD in Computer Science

Job description

Northeastern University in Boston, MA seeks a Principal Research Scientist to lead cutting-edge work in resilient artificial intelligence, focusing on adversarial AI and out-of-distribution detection. The candidate should have a strong publication record and leadership skills, joining Prof. Restuccia’s group.

The role involves scientific leadership, grant development, budgeting, and mentoring staff and students within a dynamic research team.