[agents] Postdoc and PhD student positions in the “Blockchain incentives: consensus and fairness” project at the University of Essex

[Kyropoulou, Maria]

Dear all,

A 2-year postdoc position and a 3-year PhD studentship are available at the University of Essex<https://www.essex.ac.uk/>. The applicants will work in areas related to Algorithmic Game Theory and Fair Division with applications in Blockchain. The research will be integral to the EPSRC project “Blockchain incentives: consensus and fairness”, aimed at providing a systematic analysis of blockchain protocols with respect to the strategic behaviour of the stakeholders and related fairness properties.

The successful applicants will work closely with Dr Maria Kyropoulou<https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/KYROP21400/Maria-Kyropoulou> and will be a part of the Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents<https://www.essex.ac.uk/centres-and-institutes/computational-finance-and-economic-agents>. In the context of the project the applicants will also collaborate with other AGT, Fair Division and Blockchain experts supporting the project, e.g. https://iohk.io/.

Deadline for applications: 30 May.

More details for the positions and how to apply are available here:

Postdoc position
https://vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?WVID=9918109NEm

PhD position
https://www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/opportunities/blockchain-incentives

Feel free to email maria.kyropoulou at essex.ac.uk<mailto:maria.kyropoulou at essex.ac.uk> (or kyropoulou.m at gmail.com<mailto:kyropoulou.m at gmail.com>) for any questions.

Best regards,
Maria

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