[AISWorld] Two postdoctoral positions in computational social science

[Christoph Riedl]

Two postdoctoral positions in computational social science are available 
at the Network Science Institute, to work with David Lazer and Christoph 
Riedl. Candidates will be expected to work on a combination of their own 
research and collaborative projects within the institute.

Research projects at the Network Science Institute usually include a mix 
of theoretical and empirical work with large-scale network datasets 
(mobile phone, art exhibitions, crowdsourcing, team collaboration) and 
often involves collaboration with large industry partners. Visit 
https://www.networkscienceinstitute.org/ to get a sense of recent 
publications. Key conceptual foci range from understanding social 
processes on networks, the flow of information and misinformation in 
sociotechnical systems, collaboration in groups and organizations, 
social influence, and collective intelligence.

Particular priorities for hiring this year are:  (1) experience in 
(online) experiments; (2) demonstrated capability to work with large 
network data, especially social media data.

A wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds will be considered 
(current/past disciplines represented in the Institute include 
computational social science, computer science, political science, 
economics, sociology, applied math, and cognitive psychology) but 
ability to handle and analyze large data sets, creative thinking, and an 
interest in working collaboratively across disciplines is a must. 
Compensation will be competitive.

If you are interested, please send a cover letter, CV, and two letters 
of reference to Janette Briceno <j.briceno at neu.edu> by September 31 
(sooner is better). We are looking for someone to start by January; 
please address your availability in your cover letter. Please label 
e-mails with POSTDOC 2018.