[agents] Three postdoc positions at CWI/Amsterdam: negotiation, planning, and (multi-agent) learning

[Tim Baarslag]

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Three postdoc positions at CWI/Amsterdam: negotiation, planning, and 
(multi-agent) learning
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Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI, the Dutch national research 
institute for mathematics and computer science) is looking for three 
postdocs to research sample-based planning, multi-agent learning and 
preference modelling for negotiations, motivated by applications in 
smart energy systems. The two pertinent projects are industry 
collaborations in which CWI provides the scientific foundation. The 
positions are embedded in a diverse team of motivated junior and senior 
researchers with experience and ongoing complementary projects on topics 
such as negotiation, smart energy systems, (deep) multi-agent learning, 
and more.

** Researcher on Preference Modelling and Negotiation:

- Project: Grid-Friends - Demand Response For Grid-Friendly 
Quasi-Autarkic Energy Cooperatives.
- Goal: devise algorithms and experiments for preference elicitation and 
aggregation, negotiation, and distributed control in face of uncertainty.
- Background: preference modeling, automated negotiation, (evolutionary) 
game theory, and sequential multi-agent decision-making under uncertainty
- Application: please apply as soon as possible; applications are open 
until 11 March 2018 or until the position is filled.
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https://www.cwi.nl/jobs/vacancies/researcher-cwi-amsterdam-negotiation-with-uncertain-collective-preferences-project-grid-friends


Related positions:

** Postdoc on Learning (13 months): Multi-agent systems for smart energy 
cooperatives.

- Project: Grid-Friends - Demand Response For Grid-Friendly 
Quasi-Autarkic Energy Cooperatives.
- Goal: develop learning algorithms for strategic interactions and 
distributed control in face of uncertainty, with application to 
residential energy cooperatives.
- Background: reinforcement learning, sequential multi-agent 
decision-making under uncertainty, and (evolutionary) game theory.
- Application: please apply as soon as possible; applications are open 
until 11 March 2018 or until the position is filled.
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https://www.cwi.nl/jobs/vacancies/postdoc-cwi-amsterdam-13-months-multi-agent-systems-for-smart-energy-cooperatives-project-grid-friends-1

** Postdoc on Planning (3 years): Planning algorithms for market 
allocations and control.

- Project: Flexible Assets Bid Across Markets (FABAM).
- Goal: improve planning algorithms, market models, and the interaction 
between outside commitments, planning and control.
- Background: sequential decision-making under uncertainty (MCTS, 
POMDPs, learning algorithms), (evolutionary) game theory and market 
response models.
- Application: please apply as soon as possible; applications are open 
until 11 March 2018 or until the position is filled.
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https://www.cwi.nl/jobs/vacancies/postdoc-cwi-amsterdam-3-years-planning-algorihtms-for-market-allocations-and-control-project-flexible-assets-bid-across-markets-fabam

For more information visit www.michaelkaisers.com for up to date 
information about the vacancies, contact Dr. Michael Kaisers 
(michael.kaisers at cwi.nl), or apply via the links above.