[Air-L] Job opportunity: UCLA PULSE Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence, Law, and Policy

[Griffin Boyce]

Hi all,

   Spotted this job opportunity and just wanted to pass it along! =)

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 From: Alexandra Wood <awood at cyber.law.harvard.edu>

Dear all,

UCLA School of Law’s Program on Understanding Law, Science, and
Evidence (PULSE) is seeking applications for a Fellowship in Artificial
Intelligence, Law, and Policy for the academic years 2017-2019. More
details and a link to the job posting are enclosed below.

Best regards,

Alex

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PULSE FELLOWSHIP IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, LAW, AND POLICY

UCLA School of Law’s Program on Understanding Law, Science, and
Evidence, or PULSE, is now accepting applications for the PULSE
Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence, Law, and Policy for the academic
years 2017-2019. This fellowship is a full-time, two-year faculty
position beginning in the fall of 2017. The position primarily involves
sustained research and writing on the social, economic, and legal
implications of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The
position will also involve teaching and assisting with PULSE projects,
such as conferences and workshops.

Progress in artificial intelligence and machine learning has advanced
rapidly in recent years, and additional advances may proceed at an
accelerating pace. Large recent progress in automated translation, face
and voice recognition, anticipating criminal sentencing consequences,
and automated radiological diagnosis are just a few among many salient
examples. Similar technologies will alter many aspects of human life,
yielding societal disruption and a need for governance.

Rather than focusing on colorful fictional treatments or relatively
immediate consequences, the PULSE fellow will engage in careful,
critical advance thinking about large-scale potential impacts. The
fellow will evaluate methods for assessment and prediction, as well as
legal, economic, institutional, regulatory, and other forms of
preparation and response. The fellow’s research will culminate in the
authorship of papers suitable for publication in law journals or other
respected legal, scholarly, and policy outlets. Throughout, the fellow
will work in collaboration with Professor of Law Edward A. Parson and
PULSE Co-Director Richard M. Re, among other UCLA faculty.

PULSE explores the complex connections between law, evidence, science,
and technology. PULSE engages in cutting-edge and interdisciplinary
research and programming to examine how basic “facts” about our
world, provided through science and credited as evidence, influence
venues of law and policy making. PULSE is co-directed by UCLA School of
Law Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin and Assistant Professor of Law Richard M.
Re.

Candidates for the PULSE fellowship should possess a J.D. or other
advanced degree, a strong academic record, excellent analytical and
writing skills, and demonstrated interest or background in the fields of
law and science, artificial intelligence, or social risk assessment.
Candidates with previous academic, research, or professional experience
in artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer science, or
related fields of science and technology are especially encouraged to
apply. The salary is anticipated to be approximately $90,000 per year
plus a competitive benefits package. UCLA School of Law has a special
interest in enriching its intellectual environment through further
diversifying the range of perspectives represented within the faculty.

Applicants should apply online at
https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF02981. Please submit a letter
discussing your qualifications, scholarly and professional aims, and the
interests you would wish to pursue while holding the fellowship; a
resume; a transcript of studies in law school or graduate school; a
writing sample of no more than ten pages; and contact information for
three references.

To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by Monday,
June 12, 2017 but will be considered thereafter until the position is
filled.

Visit our website at http://www.law.ucla.edu/pulse for more information
about our program.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or
protected veteran status. For the complete University of California
nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: UC
Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy
(http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct).