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Recruit a Scientific Director: In 2014, we created the Scientific Director position to provide intellectual leadership for arXiv and appointed Dr. Chris Myers as the interim Scientific Director to test and refine the role. After Chris Myers's departure in April 2016, we have started to revise the job description with the goal of filling the position in 2017. The Scientific Director (.5 FTE) will collaborate with the arXiv staff and the arXiv's Scientific Advisory Board in providing intellectual leadership for arXiv's operations.
Status: Complete Completed. After Chris Myers’ departure in April 2016 as the interim Scientific Director, we took a few months to review the original job description and expectations and Chris’s assessment of how the position played out in reality. Accordingly, a revised job description was developed and and announced. We are pleased to announce that Professor Steinn Sigurdsson accepted the position and will start in September, working remotely from Penn State. Coordinated by Oya Rieger, the search committee included Dave Morrison (SAB), Carol Hoover (MAB/SAB liaison), and Eberhard Bodenchatz.
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