[agents] Post Doc Opportunity: Community Engaged AI @ Tulane University

[Nicholas Mattei]

[Sorry for multiple postings]

The Center for Community Engaged AI @ Tulane (https://sse.tulane.edu/cs/ceai)
has a postdoc opening where we'd love to find a person from any area (AI,
social choice, data science, machine learning) who is passionate about
doing applied, community driven research -- details below! The full
position description is available here: https://apply.interfolio.com/162104

A postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Computer Science
at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. The overarching goal of this
project is to transform the transparency, equity, and accountability of
local criminal court systems by empowering community-driven, real-time,
fine-grained analysis of the decision-making pipeline, from first
appearance to sentencing. Building on deep community partnerships and
cross-disciplinary expertise in law, criminology, social inequality, data
science, and artificial intelligence, we will develop a human-centered
socio-technical platform that integrates municipal databases, volunteer
court observations, and public record requests into a real-time and
rigorous monitoring and analysis toolkit. The resulting system will enable
communities to make informed, data-driven policy decisions around criminal
justice, safety, and equity.

The successful applicant will work with Prof. Aron Culotta
<https://www.cs.tulane.edu/~aculotta/> and Prof. Nicholas Mattei
<https://www.nickmattei.net/> and be a part of the Tulane Center of
Excellence for Community Engaged AI <https://sse.tulane.edu/cs/ceai>.
Funding for this position comes from the Tulane Murphy Institute for Public
Policy Research <https://murphy.tulane.edu/programs/cppr>. The applicant is
expected to join the lab and work on research involving the theory and
practice of artificial intelligence, using tools including algorithm
design, game theory, machine learning, data science, natural language
processing and explore the impact of these technologies on society.
Applicants should be motivated to both join existing projects as well as
propose new opportunities and directions.  The successful applicant will
work with Profs. Culotta and Mattei as well as graduate and undergraduate
students in the lab.

The successful candidate will develop new machine learning models,
supervise and collaborate with graduate and undergraduate research
assistants, collaborate with fellow scholars, and disseminate their work
through publications and presentations in top tier venues including those
in AI, society, and related areas. In addition, the candidate will conduct
community outreach and project coordination within the greater New Orleans
community including our non-profit community partners. The position is
initially for one year with an option for extension, subject to
availability of funding. The start date for this position is ideally
between May and August of 2025.

Review for this position will commence immediately and continue until the
position is filled. There is a stipend to assist with relocation expenses
as well as travel to conferences while employed.


-- 
*Nicholas Mattei*
Associate Professor, Tulane University
nsmattei at tulane.edu | www.nickmattei.net
Stanley Thomas Hall | 305B
+1 504 865 5782
Department of Computer Science
Tulane University
6823 St Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70118
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