Jobs & Appointments

The Social Simulation group from the Computer Applications & Engineering Department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center is offering a postdoc position (2 years) and two fully funded PhD studentships (4 years each) available in the ERC-project “EPNet. Production and Distribution of Food during the Roman Empire: Economic and Political Dynamics” (http://www.roman-ep.net/epnet/). Additional information provided here: Postdoc: http://www.bsc.es/about-bsc/employment/vacancies/post- […]

We are seeking a Post Doctoral Researcher to join an international project on the development of methods for analysis and visualization of ‘big data’ from computational agent-based models (ABMs) of coupled human-natural systems. This vacancy is part of a multidisciplinary multinational MIRACLE project (MIning Relationships Among variables in large datasets from CompLEx systems). MIRACLE is a joint project between the Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity at the Arizona State University […]

The NetLogo team at Northwestern University (near Chicago) is hiring a full-time developer. This might interest you if you want to: - work with researchers at a university - make things for kids, teachers, and scientists - write Scala and CoffeeScript - hack on compilers and interpreters - do functional programming - use the Play framework - write open source software - do your work on GitHub (https://github.com/NetLogo) The CCL is looking for two full-time developers to work on NetLogo. […]

Fully-funded PhD opportunity at The James Hutton Institute, which has a substantial social simulation component: “Sustainable development: Why is it not delivering on its promises?” Supervisors: Prof. Iain Gordon (The James Hutton Institute) Prof. Terry Dawson (University of Dundee) Dr. Rosemary Hill (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Dr. Gary Polhill (The James Hutton Institute) The position is open to candidates worldwide, and the application deadline is 28 […]

Research Fellow (Postdoc) position is available for 4 years at the School of Computer Engineering (http://www.ntu.edu.sg/SCE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, starting immediately. You will be conducting research and development in the area of agent-based modeling and simulation. Specifically, it is an industry funded project and you will be working closely together with the team in NTU and a world-wide reputable company. You will be researching, designing and developing […]

The James Hutton Institute Information and Computational Sciences Social Systems Simulation Modeller Salary Band E £35,282-£37,534 or Band D £27,792-£29,566 * Applications are invited for a Social Systems Modeller to join a small team of researchers applying agent-based social simulation to lifestyles, renewable energy and the low carbon economy. You will be developing and working with agent-based social simulation model(ler)s to feed into policy deliberation and complex multi-stakeholder […]

Required profile: MSc in Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Electronics, Economics or Sociology. Description: The candidate will work in a new research line by developing a decision support tool based on agent-based economics and simulation scenarios. Required skills: * Agent-based modelling and simulations. * Knowledge and expertise in databases, programming (C++, Java preferably). * Knowledge on statistics, model validation and econometrics. **The following skills are […]

Research Fellow - Participatory Agent-Based Modelling Centre for Research in Social Simulation, University of Surrey Salary: up to GBP 29,541 per annum The Evolution and Resilience of Industrial Ecosystems programme (ERIE) is a large project funded by EPSRC under its ‘Complexity Science for the Real World’ theme that is addressing a series of fundamental questions about the application of complexity science to social and economic systems. The research aims to embed complexity science […]

Course on Agent-based Modeling and Simulation The International Advanced Studies in Demography (IDEM) program is currently accepting applications for the upcoming IDEM winter semester 2013/14 at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany. The IDEM winter program includes an advanced course on Agent-based Modeling and Simulation, see http://tinyurl.com/idem-abm Other IDEM winter courses cover the Demography of Aging across the Tree of Life, Spatial […]

Kiel University seeks to appoint more women to professorships. The Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes” at Kiel University (CAU) invites applications for the position of: Professorship (W2) in “Ancient Socio-Environmental Modelling” The appointment is initially for five years with tenure track. The Graduate School (www.uni-kiel.de/landscapes/) is funded in the framework of the German Excellence Initiative and will be transferred into the Johanna Mestorf Academy as a permanent […]