[agents] Postdoctoral Research Position on "Optimal Strategies in Networked Labour Markets"

[Iyad Rahwan]

The project *Optimal Strategies in Networked Labour Markets *at the Center
for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, is
seeking applications for a


*Postdoctoral Research Position *

*(E 13 TVöD; 39 hours/week) *


Funding for the postdoctoral position is available for two years. The
position is available from 1 January, 2020, or later.


*Job Description *

The *Machines and the Future of Work *project (PI: Dr. Alex Rutherford)
investigates *Optimal Strategies in Networked Labour Markets*. The postdoc
will work closely with the CHM director Prof. Iyad Rahwan, and with the
principal investigator of the Machines and the Future of Work theme, Dr.
Alex Rutherford.


Future research will advance research into how individual skills retraining
can protect workers from the negative effects of automation. We expect that
the post-doctoral researcher will undertake novel research into the network
structure of skills and jobs, possible strategies for navigating this
network through retraining and implications for the workforce as a whole.

The successful candidate may supervise students who assist him/her during
data analysis and data collection. There are no formal teaching
requirements. The project is part of the Center for Humans and Machines
(director: Iyad Rahwan) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
(MPIB) in Berlin.


*Requirements *

We are searching a postdoc with a strong interest and established expertise
in computational modelling and data analysis of social systems.


*Required Experience *

- PhD in computer science, physics, applied maths, economics or related
fields.

- Network analysis (e.g. modularity, path length, diameter, assortativity)

- Graph algorithms (e.g. greedy search, depth first search)

- Data science (data cleaning and munging using e.g. pandas, numpy, scipy)

- Network simulation in Python/R (e.g. graph-tool, networkX, igraph)

- Previous publications in interdisciplinary journals (PLoS One/EPJ Data
Science)


*Highly Desirable Experience *

- Preparing manuscripts for publication in interdisciplinary and high
impact journals (e.g. Nature/Science)

- Analytic methods (e.g. differential equations, evolutionary game theory)

- Use of quantitative methods to model social systems

- Monte-Carlo simulation

- High performance computing


The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals
with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications
from such qualified individuals. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks
to increase the number of women in those areas where they are
underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

To apply, please send (as ONE FILE and via email) a statement of research
interests, a CV, a copy of relevant certificates, (p)reprints of two
publications, and a list of two references to Dr. Alex Rutherford, MPI for
Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin (
sekrahwan at mpib-berlin.mpg.de) Receiving of applications will continue until
the position is filled and evaluation of applicants will start on a
first-come-first-serve basis.
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