[agents] JOB: Full Professorship in Economics/Game Theory & Computation, University of Liverpool, UK

[Wooldridge, Michael]

THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL -- DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
CHAIR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE -- ECONOMICS AND COMPUTATION

Salary negotiable

The Department of Computer Science was ranked in the top 10 UK
Computer Science departments in RAE2008, and building on this success,
seeks to significantly expand current research around existing
strengths at the intersection of economics/game theory and computer
science.  To this end, we invite applications for a full Professorship
to be attached to the newly established Economics & Computation
Research Group.

Led by Professor Paul Goldberg, the Group carries out research in the
computational foundations of economics/game theory and economic theory
in computer science. In addition to Prof Goldberg, the group currently
has three other faculty members: Dr Martin Gairing, Dr Piotr Krysta,
and Dr Rahul Savani.

Current areas of research activity in the group include:

* algorithmic game theory;
* mechanism design and auction theory;
* complexity of solution concepts, algorithms for solution concepts;
* optimisation problems in economics;
* computational social choice.

We welcome applications from candidates in these areas, as well as
more application-oriented areas, such as recommender systems, and
related areas, such as computational finance and computational
economics.

Two further faculty positions have been approved for this group, and
will be advertised after the professorial appointment. It is expected
that the successful candidate will be actively involved with these
appointments.

The successful candidate will have an excellent track record of
research leadership at the intersection of computer science and
economics/game theory, and will join a dynamic, world-class
Department.

Informal enquiries may be directed to the head of group:

        Professor Paul W. Goldberg
        mailto:P.W.Goldberg at liverpool.ac.uk
        phone: +44 151 795 4259

** Job Ref: A-570583
** CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 8 January 2010 **

Further details and an application pack will be available
from the following URL after 12 November:

        http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/job_vacancies/

** AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER