Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver has appointed a committee to conduct a national search for the first dean of Vanderbilt University’s new College of Connected Computing. The new dean will report to the provost. The dean initially will have a dotted reporting line to Bruce & Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering Krishnendu “Krish” Roy.
Roy serves as chair of the search committee, which consists of faculty from several colleges and nonfaculty peers. The committee officially began its work on Sept. 5.
“This search committee will play a pivotal role in identifying the visionary leader who will shape the future of the College of Connected Computing,” Raver said. “Their expertise and cross-disciplinary insights will be essential in selecting a dean who can drive innovation, foster collaboration across fields and position Vanderbilt as a global leader in computing education and research.”
The interdisciplinary College of Connected Computing will be dedicated to computer science, AI, data science, digital humanities, and computational approaches to policy, law, and social science. In addition to meeting the growing demand for degrees in technological fields and advancing research in rapidly evolving computing-related disciplines, it will collaborate with all of Vanderbilt’s schools and colleges to advance breakthrough discoveries and strengthen computing education through a “computing for all” approach.
“The founding dean will set the tone for our bold ambitions and vision of quickly becoming one of the world’s premier colleges of computing,” Roy said. “Our search committee includes a diverse, truly cross-disciplinary group of scholars working in fields that include anthropology, computer science, education, the humanities, law, physics and pharmacology. This esteemed committee is looking for candidates with proven records of success in applying computing technology to broad fields of research, leading cross-disciplinary collaborations across academia, industry and government, and equipping new generations of students to thrive in a rapidly changing digital world.”
- Members of the College of Connected Computing dean search committee.