Faculty Affiliation Agreement

The Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS) is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Memphis. The mission of the IIS is to advance understanding of intelligent systems, including cognitive, social, biological, and artificial systems. Full time, tenured or tenure-track faculty at the University of Memphis may become full affiliate members of the IIS by agreeing to the following conditions. Only full affiliate members have access to financial resources.

Benefits for UofM Faculty:

Use of IIS Pre-Award Specialist to assist with grant applications.
Use of IIS Software Developers on existing and future projects.
Can request IIS office infrastructure support for research-related activities
Can request travel funds for IIS students
Can request IIS research space
Collaborative opportunities with IIS community partners IIS advocacy in university disputes
Promotion on the IIS website and other IIS media outlets

Benefits for External Faculty:

Develop and formalize research partnerships with UofM Faculty and Students
Share your research and teaching expertise related to the IIS core issues (langauge, learning, artificial intelligence)
Participate in IIS activities

Responsibilities for UofM Faculty:

Name the IIS as research center on grants relevant to the IIS mission, thereby generating indirect cost recovery for the IIS.
Participate regularly in the IIS Cognitive Science Seminar
Participate regularly in the IIS Research Lightning Talks.
Be available to advise, mentor, and interact with student advisees of IIS members
Serve on IIS T&P Committees for IIS faculty lines, as appropriate
Attend yearly IIS membership meetings
Recruit students for the Cognitive Science Minor and Graduate Cognitive Science Certificate

Responsibilities for External Faculty:

Participate in IIS activities such as the Cognitive Science Seminar and Research Lightning Talks
Seek collaboration with IIS Core and Affiliate members on multi-disciplinary projects related to language, learning, and artificial intellilgence that lead to publications and externally-funded projects
As appropriate, name the IIS as research center on grants relevant to the IIS mission

By submitting this form, the faculty member agrees to the above benefits and responsibilities. The faculty member can exit this agreement at any time by sending a letter to the Director. Membership may also lapse if faculty members fail to fulfill the above responsibilities; however, faculty will be notified by the Director and will have a semester to resume their good standing.

Faculty Affiliate Name (as will appear on IIS Website):

Faculty Affiliate UUID (e.g. awindsor from my email awindsor@memphis.edu):

Faculty Affiliate Email Address (as will be used on IIS website):

Title (as will be used on IIS website):

Department (as will be used on IIS website):

For External Faculty Affiliate members, please list your affiliation (employer/institution/department/title):

(Optional) If you have a website that you wish us to link to then please provide the URL here:

(Optional) Picture to accompany your IIS Affiliate Profile:

Please enter a 1-2 paragraph description to accompany your IIS Faculty Affiliate Profile. Give a description of your research interests and possibly currently projects. This will be linked from the IIS Affiliate Page and may be highlighted on the main IIS page.

There is an opportunity below to include a longer research statement.

Please upload a copy of your current CV. If you use an online CV there is a space below for a link.

If you did not upload a CV above, please provide a link to your online CV.

Do you want your CV to be linked from your IIS Faculty Affiliate entry?

Yes

No

(Optional) Upload a Research Statement. If you have an online Research Statemnt there is a space below for a link.

(Optional) If you did not upload a Research Statement above, please provide a link to your online Research Statement.

(Optional) Do you want your Research Statement to be linked from your IIS Faculty Affiliate entry?

Yes

No