Harrington Faculty Fellows
Up to four fellows will be selected and will receive generous stipends and housing allowances to spend a full year in residence at UT Austin beginning in August 2025, during which their time will be committed fully to their research and creative pursuits. Each fellow will receive $75,000 in discretionary funds to support those pursuits while at UT, an amount unmatched by fellowship programs of its kind.
CosmicAI Postdoctoral Fellow at UT Austin — HPC/Astrochemistry
The newly established NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) seeks to hire a postdoctoral fellow to initiate a new comprehensive research program exploring the surrogate modeling of astrophysical systems. The Fellow, based at the University of Texas at Austin, will collaborate with CosmicAI researchers within the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and with team members across the Institute to facilitate the development of cutting-edge AI tools and methodologies.
CosmicAI Postdoctoral Fellow at NRAO
The newly established National Science Foundation (NSF)-Simons CosmicAI Institute seeks to hire two postdoctoral fellows to help initiate a new comprehensive research program to foster foundational advancements in AI through the analysis and processing of astronomical data at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), located on the grounds of the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in Astronomy at UT Austin
The Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in August 2025. We seek candidates who will advance our understanding of the cosmos while also furthering artificial-intelligence and machine-learning techniques.
CosmicAI Postdoctoral Fellow at UT Austin — Surrogates
The newly established NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) seeks to hire a postdoctoral fellow to initiate a new comprehensive research program exploring the surrogate modeling of astrophysical systems. The Fellow, based at the University of Texas at Austin, will collaborate with CosmicAI researchers within the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and with team members across the Institute to facilitate the development of cutting-edge AI tools and methodologies.
CosmicAI Postdoctoral Fellow
The newly established NSF-Simons CosmicAI Institute seeks to hire an outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow specializing in AI with a focus on Explainable and Interpretable AI (XAI) methods. The Fellow will play a key role in advancing research efforts aimed at creating innovative AI techniques, with a particular focus on causal inference with AI and symbolic modeling tailored for complex data analysis in astronomy. The Fellow, based at the University of Texas at Austin, will work closely with Dr. Arya Farahi and Dr. Alessandro Rinaldo at the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences and will collaborate with researchers across the Institute to facilitate the development of cutting-edge AI tools and methodologies.
CosmicAI Communications Director
The newly launched NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) seeks a part-time (50% Full Time Equivalent) communications director to manage all aspects of internal and public-facing communications.
The Communications Director will play a key role in managing communications for the CosmicAI Institute, enhance the Institute’s public presence, and contribute to promoting the Institute’s groundbreaking work for a variety of audiences. This position is based at the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins, which is housed in the Oden Institute at UT Austin.