[agents] [Umeå, Sweden ] Postdoctoral fellowship (2 years) within logic-based methods to deal with misinformation

[Juan Carlos Nieves]

Dear all,

The Department of Computing Science at Umeå University (Sweden) is 
offering a postdoctoral scholarship within the project “Dealing with 
Misinformation through Sources Evaluation to enhance Decision-Making”. 
The scholarship is full-time for two years of full-time studies, 
starting September 1, 2024 or by agreement.

The overall purpose of the project is to develop formal theories and 
software tools to deal with misinformation. Misinformation (e.g. fake 
news) can be defined as false or inaccurate information that is 
deliberately created and is intentionally or unintentionally propagated. 
Misinformation has been principally studied in journalism due to its 
negative impact on people since it leads to poor judgments and obstructs 
good decision-making. Due to the openness of social networking platforms 
along with the potential for automation, e.g. Generative Artificial 
Intelligence, Chat GPT, it has had a fast propagation to a larger group 
of people. In recent years, to mitigate the problem of misinformation, 
computational detection of fake news has been widely studied, producing 
some promising results. This project aims to develop formal theories to 
develop Trustworthy AI tools that could help in the detection of 
misinformation.

This project is open to exploring different logic-based methods to deal 
with misinformation. Hence, the postdoc is encouraged to bring his or 
her expertise and will get the opportunity to contribute to the social 
problem of misinformation.

The scholarship project is financed by the Kempe Foundation. The 
scholarship is for two years with a starting date as agreed. The 
scholarship amounts to 350 000 SEK per year (around 32 000 Euros). The 
scholarship is not subject to tax.

Are you the person for this project? *We welcome applications until May 30.*

For information on how to apply to this position visit the following 
website:

https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/postdoctoral-scholarships/6-897-24/

Kind regards,

Juan Carlos Nieves

Department of Computing Science, Umeå University, Sweden

https://www.umu.se/en/staff/juan-carlos-nieves/


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