The National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disasters Management (CIGIDEN) started its operation in 2013 and is located at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. The Center is a cross-disciplinary research initiative aimed to mitigate the tremendous and complex impact of natural disasters in the society, considering the physical infrastructure, the human stock, and the economic development. The Center takes advantage of Chile as one of the most active natural seismic and geo-hazard laboratories in the world.
To encourage the research work, CIGIDEN is offering four Postdoctoral research opportunities in the global area of Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Physical and Social Systems. One of them focuses on Agent-Based Modelling. The researchers are expected to have experience and skills in one or more of the following topics:
Tasks to be accomplished include: (i) perform simulations and multiple model runs of the spatial ABM of infrastructure subjected to extreme loading conditions (e.g., earthquakes) and consequential disasters (tsunami, fires, etc.); (ii) mine, analyze, synthesize and geo-reference large-scale model output data; and (iii) collect, develop, and extend methods for statistical analysis and visualization of distributed data from spatial ABMs of this and other complex socio-physical systems.
The candidate will be appointed at CIGIDEN, and there will be close cooperation with the School of Psychology and the Institute of Sociology. CIGIDEN is located within the School of Engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, San Joaquin Campus, Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago.
For additional information, view attached file and visit http://www.cigiden.cl or contact Felipe Rivera (fnrivera@uc.cl - +56 2 23541805).