The NERDS team (The NEtwoRks, Data, and Society) at the IT University of Copenhagen welcomes applications for postdoc positions in the area of Data Science, with focus on Computational Social Science, Natural Language Processing, and Network Science – 2022
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General Info
Position: Postdoc
No. of Positions: 2
Research Field: Computational Social Science
Deadline to Apply: Expired
Joining Date: Oct 01, 2022
Contract Period: 2 Years
Salary: According to standard norms
Workplace:
NERDS team
IT University of Copenhagen (ITU), Denmark
, Denmark
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Qualification Details
- PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related fields
- Excellent programming skills (focus on Python) and experience in handling large-scale datasets
- Proficiency with state-of-the art machine learning tools and techniques
- Strong publication record in journals or conferences in least one of these areas: NLP (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, ICML), Web Mining (e.g., WSDM, KDD, WWW), Computational Social Science (e.g., ICWSM, WebScience)
Responsibilities/Job Description
Project. The project “Collective Coordination through Online Social Media” (COCOONS) is funded by the Carlsberg Foundation. Its goal is to unveil elements of social interactions that enable spontaneous citizen coordination in the face of societal challenges that entail social dilemmas, such as: rapid climate change, health crises, and mass migration. To reach this goal, the project will develop opinion dynamic models and advanced machine learning tools of conversation analysis, and use them to study large-scale online social interactions data in the light of theories from Social Psychology. More at: https://bit.ly/3NxzdYY.
The Post-doctoral Research Fellows' mail tasks wil be to:
- Contribute to the advancement of groundbreaking resarch with crucial societal implications, in a highly-dynamic and interdisciplinary environment
- Publish scientific papers at high-impact journals and top-tier conferences
- Collaborate with teams at City, University of London (UK), and the ISI Foundation of Torino (IT)
How to Apply?
Application Method: Online Application
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Application Procedure
The application must be in English and must include:
- A cover letter explaining your motivation, interest for the position, and how your profile fits (1 page)
- A resume (3 pages max)
- Documentation of academic degrees (e.g., copy of PhD degree)
- An explicit indication of the main area of interest/expertise among: NLP, Network Science, Computational Social Science
- A list of publications, with max. 5 highlighted publications relevant to the call
About the Department/Section/Group
The NERDS team conducts quantitative research at the intersection of Computational Social Science, Data Science, and Network Science. The group has collaborations with other research groups at ITU, (NLP, Machine Learning, Digital Design), with scholars from other major universities in Copenhagen (KU, DTU), and internationally with universities and research centers in Europe and in the US. The group is a down-to-earth and fun place to work. ITU offers a rewarding and stimulating international environment. Both salary and working conditions are excellent. In Denmark, parental leave is generous, and child-care is exceptional. Find more at: https://nerds.itu.dk.
Note or Other details
Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC).
Please note that all application material will be destroyed after the assessment.
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Contact details
Questions about the position can be directed to Associate Professor Luca Aiello, [email protected].
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