Research Scientist II

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About Scheller College of Business

Established over a century ago, the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business is a leader in education, research, and innovation with the goal of advancing business and improving the human condition. Strategically positioned at the intersection of business and technology, Scheller is committed to cultivating ethical leaders who create value for business and society.

The College is located in the heart of Midtown Atlanta's Technology Square, an area with the highest density of startups, corporate innovators, and academic researchers in the southeastern U.S. Through top-ranked career services and an expansive alumni network, Scheller connects students to the world's most innovative companies not just in Atlanta, but around the world.

The College offers AACSB-accredited bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in business, along with Graduate Certificate and Executive Education programs. The College manages its broad portfolio and research under eight academic areas: Accounting, Finance, Information Technology Management, Law and Ethics, Marketing, Operating Management, Organizational Behavior, and Strategy and Innovation.

Atlanta, GA

The Financial Services Innovation Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia is seeking a Research Scientist II.

Led by Sudheer Chava, Alton M. Costley Professor of Finance at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, Director of the M.S. in Quantitative and Computational Finance (QCF) program and Director of Center for Finance and Technology, Georgia Tech's Financial Services Innovation Lab is in the heart of the Atlanta's Tech Square innovation ecosystem. The FinTech lab is a hub for fintech education, research, and industry in the Southeast. The lab acts as a platform to connect and bring together faculty and students across Georgia Tech with the financial services industry and fintech entrepreneurs. Fintech Lab conducts research at the intersection of AI and Finance and support more than 10 Finance and ML PhD students and 2 post docs.

• Work in the research areas of artificial intelligence and finance, engaging to fulfill the responsibilities of the sponsored and non-sponsored research projects.
• Lead and contribute to ML/NLP research in the financial services sector writing high-impact publications.
• Write grants, prepare grant reports to funding agencies and corporate sponsors, and serve as project leader on multiple projects.
• As project leader, mentor graduate and undergraduate students working on sponsored and non-sponsored research projects and approve time.
• Assist in carrying out background research for submitting grant proposals.
• Develop and maintain software tools and applications to support research projects at the Financial Services Innovation Lab and Center for Finance and Technology.
• Serve on the organizing committee of the annual AI and Future of Finance conference and other conferences organized by MS-QCF, Financial Services Innovation Lab and Center for Finance and Technology at Scheller College of Business.

• A Master's degree, and three (3) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of that degree, or
• A Master's degree, and five (5) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of a Bachelor's degree, or
• A Doctoral degree

PhD in Machine learning or related field

Applicants should submit:

1. A letter of application
2. Curriculum Vita

For additional information about this appointment, please contact: sudheer.chava@scheller.gatech.edu

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

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The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening. http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening.