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Two postdoctoral positions are available at the
Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center at the School of
Informatics and Computing, Indiana University in a 4-year
NIH-funded project on “Modeling the Scientific Workforce” in
collaboration with James P. Crutchfield, University of
California Davis.
The project will develop monitoring, modeling, and forecasting
approaches and tools for fostering an innovative science and
technology workforce. Large-scale datasets of scholarly activity
will be analyzed and modeled to capture the structure and
dynamics of the U.S. workforce. We are particularly interested
to model individual and team ‘diversity’ as a main predictor of
innovation and the spontaneous emergence of communities of
innovation. The most predictive computational models that best
address science policy maker needs will be made available as a
custom tool to support development and management of
interventions and training programs, to guide the collection and
analysis of data necessary for program design and management,
and to communicate general trends to relevant stakeholders.
The project is part of a larger workforce analysis and modeling
effort involving teams from the Pacific National Lab, Population
Reference Bureau, George Washington University, MIT, Ohio State,
University of New Mexico, and Batelle Center.
Postdocs might come from a diverse range of academic backgrounds
but are expected to have a strong background in statistics,
science of science studies, network science, and/or complex
systems. They must have expertise in model design,
implementation, and validation and be interested to work with
large data sets and across disciplinary boundaries. The
positions will be filled starting December 15, 2013, or as
agreed. Compensation will be competitive.
To apply, please send a cover letter, CV, links to relevant
publications, and two letters of reference (or email addresses
of two senior academics willing to provide references) to [log in to unmask]
by November 30, 2013. Use subject header ‘POSTDOC
APPLICATION: *firstname lastname*’.
Indiana University is the scholarly home of more than 60 network
science faculty members (http://vivo-netsci.cns.iu.edu) working in
more than 17 departments and on many joint projects. IU’s
advanced central IT infrastructure provides easy access to
extensive compute power and scalable storage. The weekly talk
series on Networks and Complex Systems (http://cns.iu.edu/netscitalks.html)
brings external scholars to the beautiful Bloomington campus and
supports the cross-fertilization of research.
-- Katy Borner Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science Director, CI for Network Science Center, http://cns.iu.edu Curator, Mapping Science exhibit, http://scimaps.org ILS, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Wells Library 021, 1320 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166_____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.