2 Post-doc positions in Computational Social Science

[Markus Strohmaier]

Dear colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to 2 exciting Post-doc opportunities
at the GESIS Computational Social Science department located in Cologne,
Germany.

more information is available below and at the following URL:
http://www.gesis.org/das-institut/stellenangebote/stellendetails/article/2-post-doc-positions-in-computational-social-science-css-10/

I would appreciate your help in pointing suitable candidates to this
opportunity.

with best regards,
Markus Strohmaier



*** 2 Post-Doc positions in Computational Social Science ***

The GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences is an
internationally active research and service institution that is part of
the Leibniz Association in Germany. It is funded by the Federal Ministry
of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal States.

The Computational Social Science department was established in October
2013. More information is available at
http://www.gesis.org/en/institute/gesis-scientific-departments/computational-social-science/.


Our research offices in Cologne are seeking candidates to fill
2 Post-Doc positions in Computational Social Science
(TV-L 13, 100%, 4 years)

in collaboration with the Web-Science and Web Technology Institute
(WeST) at University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

The department for Computational Social Science is looking for
candidates with a background in applied mathematics, physics, computer
science or related fields and an interest in social phenomena and
modeling. Strong programming skills and experience in one or several of
the following fields are desirable:

-Analysis and mining of web data, social media and/or social streams
-Large-scale data processing tools and studies
-Machine learning, clustering and classification algorithms and methods
-Software and framework development
-Social modeling and log mining algorithms and techniques

The candidate is expected to conduct cutting-edge research and to
develop services in one or several of the following domains:
-Computational social science
-Social network analysis, network simulations and diffusion
-Web-Science and Web observatories
-Data mining and knowledge discovery

The candidates should have completed (or should soon complete) a PhD.
The ideal candidate has a demonstrated record of independently designing
and conducting research and publishing results in competitive
conferences and journals. The open position is intended to serve as a
platform for promising young researchers (i) to strengthen and develop
their own research profile, (ii) to conduct and publish highly
competitive research, (iii) to acquire research grants and (iv) to build
and lead their own research group.

GESIS offers an exciting environment for interdisciplinary and
competitive research on the intersection between computer- and social
sciences. GESIS is a research and service organization that provides a
research-driven infrastructure for the social sciences and closely
collaborates with computer science and social science departments at top
universities in Europe and Northern America. Strong candidates can
qualify for extensive allowances for research visits and collaborations
with partnering universities. Cologne is a culturally diverse and
vibrant city (the 4th largest city in Germany with about 1 Mio. people)
in the heart of Europe attracting young and creative people from all
over the world.

GESIS guarantees that guidelines regarding employment laws for the
disabled and handicapped as well as laws and regulations governing
part-time employment will be observed. GESIS is an equal opportunity
employer and is certified by the European work & family audit.

For more information and details, please feel free to contact Prof. Dr.
Markus Strohmaier at stroh...@uni-koblenz.de or
markus.s...@gesis.org.


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