[agents] Post-doc position at IRIT, Toulouse, France in agent-based modeling and simulation

[benoit gaudou]

Dear all,



The SMAC Team of the IRIT lab (Institut de Recherche en Informatique de
Toulouse)

invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship

in the EmoTES project funded by the ANR.

The aim of the EmoTES project is to study a specific class of emotions,
so-called "strategic emotions",

namely those emotions such as guilt, remorse... which arise in the context
of strategic interaction

(that is, when an agent's utility of a given choice also depends on other
agents’ behaviors).



The main goal of the postdoc fellowship will be to investigate theoretical
and experimental studies

led on these emotions in the aim of integrating them into the decision
process of artificial agents used

in agent-based social simulations in order to enhance their cognitive
plausibility.

The fellowship will focus on incorporating strategic emotions into the
SocLab simulator in order to account

for their influence on the agents' social behavior (
http://soclabproject.wordpress.com).



Profile :

Applicants should have a PhD thesis and skills in agent-based modeling and
simulation.

Knowledge in emotions (formalization and implementation), decision-making
process, sociology and/or modelling for social sciences

will be appreciated.



The fellowship will begin in January (negotiable).

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Review of the applications will begin on the 22th of December.



The monthly salary will be in accordance with CNRS regulations for academic
personnel in France.



Complete dossiers, including a cv and letters of recommendation should be
sent to

Christophe Sibertin-Blanc (Christophe.Sibertin-Blanc at univ-tlse1.fr) and
Benoit Gaudou (benoit.gaudou at univ-tlse1.fr).



More details on the subject can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxiZW5vaXRnYXVkb3V8Z3g6MTg4M2UwZTUyM2RmODE0Mw



Best Regards



Benoit Gaudou

SMAC Team

IRIT lab

University of Toulouse