In addition, applicants must provide three separate written statements (up to 3 pages each): (1) a research statement; (2) a statement of teaching and mentoring philosophy; and (3) a statement expressing the candidate's ideas for supporting an educational environment consistent with the Virginia Tech Principles of Community-specific examples of experiences, activities, and plans will help us identify candidates who can support and extend our university's commitment to inclusive excellence. The successful candidate will be expected to build experimental platforms and collaborative research programs that bridge algorithms, controls, communications, computing, sensing, and hardware, and that position Virginia Tech for major federal and industry initiatives in AI for physical systems, robotics and autonomy, trustworthy and assured AI, cyber-physical systems, critical infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and national security.