[agents] 3 Year Research Fellow Position at University of Southampton/ICIF

[Sarvapali Ramchurn]

https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=289313FP

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow position in the Agents, Interaction, and Complexity Group, Electronics and Computer Science (ECS), in the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, at the University of Southampton. ECS is the largest of its kind in the UK and in the last Research Assessment Exercise (in 2008) Computer Science was ranked joint second in the UK for the quality of its research, with 85 per cent of its research work receiving either the top 4* rating (defined as ‘world leading’) or the 3* rating (‘internationally excellent’).

The successful candidates will join the International Centre For Infrastructure Futures (ICIF) (http://www.icif.ac.uk), a major collaborative interdisciplinary project that will focus on the development and implementation of innovative business models and aims to support UK firms wishing to exploit them in international markets. The centre will undertake a wide range of research activities on infrastructure interdependencies with users, which will allow problems to be discovered and addressed earlier and at lower cost. Southampton’s focus will be the development of new ICT techniques(particularly, intelligent agents, artificial intelligence, decentralised information systems, machine learning) within a range of challenging applications (including energy, transport, networks, and the built environment).

The post will be based in the Agents, Interaction, and Complexity (AIC) research group (http://www.aic.ecs.soton.ac.uk). You will be working directly with Professor Nick Jennings, and Dr. Sarvapali Ramchurn, and will be joining an internationally renowned team applying techniques from game theory, mechanism design, and multi-agent systems to a range of complex real-world problems.

You should possess a PhD in a relevant discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Operations Research, or Economics), and have established a strong research pedigree in your area (as evidenced by publications in top quality journals and conferences). In particular, expertise in one or more of the following areas will be an advantage: multi-agent systems, machine learning, decision theory, trust, and/or artificial intelligence. Furthermore, you should also have a strong interest in the application of these techniques in challenging real-world contexts.

This post will be for three years duration starting in January 2014.

Informal enquiries may be made to Doctor Sarvapali Ramchurn (sdr1 at soton.ac.uk) or Professor Nicholas Jennings (nrj at ecs.soton.ac.uk).

We use an online recruitment system so please apply through www.jobs.soton.ac.uk. If this is not possible please telephone +44 (0) 23 8059 4048 for an application form.  Please quote reference number 289313FP in all correspondence. 

The closing date for applications are 02/10/2013