Jobs & Appointments

The LAMSADE team in Paris-Dauphine is looking for a PhD student to work on a formalization of « threats » : “A formalization of threat for dealing with natural and industrial risks - Integrating Sen’s capability approach in an evaluation of loss and protection within a population » The PhD is funded by Paris-Dauphine University for 3 years. Contact: Juliette Rouchier Detailed subject: attached Required Profile - Master in Computer Science, Mathematics or Economics - Minimal knowledge in […]

The Computational Epidemiology Laboratory seeks an exceptional postdoctoral researcher with interdisciplinary interests and a passion for using complex systems models (e.g., agent-based, microsimulation, system dynamics) to improve human health and well-being. The current focus of the group is on developing complex systems models in the following areas: 1. Food access, food insecurity and health 2. Pediatric asthma healthcare utilization 3. Predicting asthma attacks due to multipollutant […]

A vacancy has arisen in the Complex Systems Research Centre for a senior researcher on the STEPPING UP project, funded by the EPSRC. With experience of complex systems research methods and in particular agent based modelling tools, you will develop a UK model representing the Water Energy Food Nexus and showing its impact on the environment, economy and society. Working closely with the STEPPING UP project team, located from Exeter to Dundee, and Surrey to Glasgow, you will have […]

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant post, funded by EPSRC, to work on a project, MISTRAL, led by Professor Jim Hall FREng at the University of Oxford, in collaboration with Professor J. Doyne Farmer and the INET research team. The successful candidate will be based in the Institute for New Economic Thinking. This is a 36 month fixed term position and is available for an immediate start. The goal of INET’s role in MISTRAL is to develop agent-based modelling in […]

Applicants must be within 3 years of having completed their PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a closely related discipline. The successful candidate will have excellent English language communication skills (both written and verbal), with prior experience of writing scientific or technical articles. The successful candidate must possess a working knowledge of statistics and statistical methods. Applicants should have experience developing computational […]

This is a PhD position available at MAPIX technologies, UK & Utrecht University, The Netherlands, through the EU European Training Network SAF21. The candidate should have an MSc in Computational Linguistics, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Science, or Computer Science. Research domain: To uncover the potential wealth within unstructured and semi-structured textual data relevant to the multi-stakeholder fisheries market, this PhD research topic investigates the […]

1. Uses a high degree of concentration to plan, develop, build, test, validate and operate multiscale agent-based simulation models for a variety of nonlinear, time-based problems within ALSAC, drawing on a current inventory of predictive models as well as exploratory work. Multiscale agent-based simulation models for strategic and/or tactical applications in Java or C++ produce system-level financial and other outputs (metrics, forecasts) based on (a) consumer econometrics, algorithms, […]

Associate professorship in Computational Methods and Complex Systems at the Ca Foscari University of Venice: The successful candidate will have a strong record in research and teaching with proven expertise / exposure in one or more of the following areas: • computational economics/finance • risk mitigation/management • networks and graph theory applied to the analysis of social and economic systems. Candidates with strong quantitative background in mathematics, engineering, computer […]

The Laboratory of Urban Complexity and Sustainability (LUCAS) at the University of Nottingham has advertised a number of Ph.D opportunities for outstanding students. The following might be of interest: - PhD Studentship in Computer Modelling (Ref: ENG884) - PhD Studentship in Computer Modelling – Social Modelling (Ref: ENG886) This is an exciting opportunity to join LUCAS, to contribute to the research programme supported by the prestigious Leverhulme Research Programme Grant “Sustaining […]

Dear all, The Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Institute for Urban Futures is seeking a predoctoral researcher in a two-year project in the field of „computational social psychology“, starting in October 2015. The Institute for Urban Futures is a recently founded interdisciplinary research institute studying strategies of sustainable urban transformations by combining research approaches from social and computational sciences, urban planning, and information visualization. […]