[agents] Four Post-doc Positions in Data Science, AI & Society @ MIT

[Iyad Rahwan]

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*Four Post-doc Positions in *
*Data Science, AI & Society*

Media Arts and Sciences (Media Lab)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Scalable Cooperation group, directed by Iyad Rahwan at the MIT Media
Lab has 4 openings for post-doctoral associates to work on topics related
to Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Society.

For the first time in history, we have the ability to amass massive amounts
of data about human behavior. Algorithms also mediate much of our social
and economic interactions, combining big data with machine learning and AI
techniques to serve us news, find us dates, recommend us products, and find
us jobs. How can we design these social systems in a way that reflects our
values, laws, social norms and ethics? In other words: how can we build
tools for programming, debugging, and evaluating the emerging "algorithmic
social contract" between humans?

Current areas of interest include psychological studies and computational
models of machine ethics, bounds on computational privacy, computational
models of fairness, reinforcement learning algorithms for human-machine
cooperation, and algorithm-mediated collective intelligence and social
media.

Our priority is to attract technically strong researchers, who are also
interested in tackling major societal challenges. Candidates must have a
proven record of publications in top-tier conferences and journals and need
to have completed projects that demonstrate a proven ability to work with
data and/or run experiments. We welcome applicants with strong background
in fields including applied mathematics, machine learning, statistical
physics, Artificial Intelligence, crowdsourcing, social network analysis,
social psychology and behavioral game theory.

Candidates should submit an application by sending an email to
ai_postdoc at media.mit.edu including:
- a CV,
- a link to the candidates professional webpage,
- a 200 word research statement,
- two selected publications

Start date should be spring 2016, exact date negotiable. ​Candidates will
be reviewed on a rolling basis until all 4 positions are filled.