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Blacksburg, Virginia
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Virginia Tech Institute of Advanced Computing (Alexandria, Virginia)
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About the department
We are part of the comprehensive and highly-ranked College of Engineering and collaborate extensively on transdisciplinary research and education initiatives across the college, university, and at other institutions.
We have 89 faculty members, including 67 tenured or tenure-track, 29 early career awardees, and numerous recipients of awards from IBM, Intel, AMD, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Cisco, and others. Our faculty direct several interdisciplinary research centers, including the Center for Human-Computer Interaction, the Center for Community Empowering Pandemic Prediction and Prevention from Atoms to Societies, and the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics. The department is home to 967 graduate students and 1,720 undergraduate majors.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
The College of Engineering undergraduate program ranks 13th, and its graduate program ranks 31st among all U.S. engineering schools, according to U.S. News and World Report. The mission of the College of Engineering is to educate and inspire our students to think critically, innovate, and lead. Our core values are inclusiveness, excellence, integrity, perseverance, and stewardship.
Our main campus is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, in an area consistently ranked among the country's best places to live. Our department occupies over 70,000 square feet across several buildings on the Blacksburg campus, including Torgersen Hall and the new Data and Decision Sciences Building and Gilbert Place facility.
In addition, our programs in the greater Washington, D.C., area -- including the new Institute for Advanced Computing Alexandria, Virginia -- offer unique proximity to government and industry partners and also are expanding rapidly.
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Our commitment to excellence
The department fully embraces the university's commitment to:
- inspire excellence in our faculty, staff, and student body
- ensure a welcoming, affirming, safe, and accessible campus
- advance our research, teaching, and service mission
Virginia Tech is an equal opportunity employer. All persons, including individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Anyone having questions concerning discrimination or accessibility should contact the Office for Civil Rights Compliance and Prevention Education at civilrights@vt.edu or (540) 231-2010.