The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - AI Cluster Hire Initiative
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering
and Architecture at Howard University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position
for a broadly trained computer scientist with research expertise and teaching interests in
advancing artificial intelligence to address healthcare challenges with a focus on multimodal
foundation models to clinical decision support systems. With an anticipated start date of August
2026, this position is part of the Office of the Provost Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cluster Hire
Initiative, which aims to expand AI interdisciplinary research and instruction across the
This position is part of the cluster, "Development and Application of Multimodal Foundation
Models to Clinical Decision Support Systems," which is jointly led by the College of
Engineering and Architecture and the College of Medicine. The goal is to bring together and
invest in faculty across departments whose research and scholarship are linked through this
cluster and to attract faculty members who can bring different perspectives.
This cluster aims to recruit scholars with expertise in the development of AI models and
multimodal models, as well as their application to electronic medical records (EMR). These
efforts will contribute to generating predictive insights about patients’ health and well-being,
addressing critical challenges in healthcare delivery, and improving health outcomes.