<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif";min-height:14px"><span style="font-size:large">The project “Hybrid Collective Intelligence” at the Center for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, is seeking applications for a </span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif";min-height:14px"><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><b><font size="4">Postdoctoral Research Position </font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><b><font size="4">(E 13 TVöD; 39 hours/week) </font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4">Funding for the postdoctoral position is available for two years, with possibility of extension for a third year. The position is available from December 1, 2019, or later. </font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><b><font size="4"><br></font></b></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><b><font size="4">Job Description </font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4">The “Hybrid Collective Intelligence” theme (PIs: Prof. Rahwan and Dr. Pescetelli) seeks to quantify the impact that digital technologies have on human social learning. This research will advance the fields of cultural evolution and computational social sciences using rigorous experimental and observational methodology, together with strong analytic and computational techniques. We expect that the post-doctoral researcher will conduct rigorous online experiments, supervise quantitative and technical aspects of the project, and apply statistical inference to collected data. </font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4">The successful candidate will have 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. The successful candidate will closely work with Prof. Rahwan and Dr. Pescetelli to produce high impact publications in top journals. </font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><b><font size="4">Requirements </font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4">We are searching a postdoc with a strong interest and established expertise in behavioral science and/or computer science. The successful applicant must be comfortable working with social scientists and computer scientists. The position is open to candidates holding a doctoral degree in either computer science or in a social science discipline (experimental psychology, anthropology, or related fields). </font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><i><font size="4">Essential </font></i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4">The successful applicant needs to possess: </font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:large">Expertise in conducting large online experiments (e.g. on Amazon Mechanical Turk) involving multiple simultaneous participants. </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:large">Demonstrated prior work in causal inference and experimental methodology </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:large">Outstanding experience in data science, as demonstrated by a track record of publications in top scientific journals. </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:large">Demonstrated interest in computational social science </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:large">Experience in working with large datasets </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:large">The ability to work independently. </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:large">Willingness to work in a multidisciplinary and fast paced environment </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:large">High proficiency in English. </span><br></li></ul><p></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><i><font size="4">Preferable </font></i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4">Proficiency also in one (or more) of the following skills will be advantageous to the successful applicant: </font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:large">Experience with Machine Learning, in particular state-of-the-art generative models, e.g. GANs and VAEs. </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:large">Familiarity in Bayesian statistics, Bayesian networks and graphical models </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:large">Expertise in phylogenetic models </span><br></li></ul><p></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4">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. </font><span style="font-size:large">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. </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Agfa Rotis Sans Serif""><font size="4">To apply, please send (as ONE FILE and via email, with the sentence “Postdoc application in Hybrid Collective Intelligence” in the subject line) a statement of research interests, a CV, a copy of relevant certificates, (p)reprints of two publications, and a list of two references to Prof. Dr. Iyad Rahwan, MPI for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin (<a href="mailto:sekrahwan@mpib-berlin.mpg.de" target="_blank">sekrahwan@mpib-berlin.mpg.de</a>). Receiving of applications will continue until the position is filled and evaluation of applicants will start on a first-come-first-serve basis. </font></p></div></div>