A two-year postdoctoral position starting in October 2024 is available to work within the MapCDPerNets project (https://www.mapcdpernets.es). The project explores the existence of a sociocultural continuum able to predict the consistency of observed cultural dimensions and patterns of interaction, and develop a set of network measures oriented to capture this "cultural signature". The project is funded through a generous grant of the Fundamentos Programme of Fundación BBVA and involves researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and University of Florida.The postdoctoral research will join the GISC and RySC groups at UC3M. This is a unique opportunity to work at the interface of complex systems with internet measurements and web transparency and privacy. Thus, GISC, led by Anxo Sánchez (project coordinator) focuses on topics such as personal networks: evolution, structure, prediction; social norms and their relationship with behavior, as well as their measurement in experiments; behavioral experiments, and evolutionary game theory, whereas the RySC team participating in the project led by Rubén and Ángel Cuevas has a long background of developing advanced methodologies to collect large scale datasets from major technological players including Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. The postdoctoral researcher will be based at the Leganés campus of UC3M, some 20 km away from Madrid downtown and easily reachable by train.Position overviewThe main tasks the postdoctoral researcher will be involved in are:• Combining cognitive (survey on alter-alter links) and behavioral (use traces) data to build personal networks of participants in the study.• Identifying cultural (e.g. cultural clustering) and structural measures of the networks.• Using open APIs from major social media sites (e.g., Facebook) to create a large-scale dataset including the penetration of thousands of items across hundreds of countries.Collecting behavioral traces on Social Media Sites.Storing and curating pseudonymized data.Conditions• Competitive salary (approx. 40 k€ gross).• Duration: 2 years (1+1). The continuation for the second year will be confirmed through a performance assessment of the first year.• Extension further than 2 years might be possible, subject to funding availability and performance criteria.Tentative Starting Date: October/November 2024.RequirementsA PhD degree in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or related fields on the starting date.Demonstrable research record.Technical skills:o Strong analytical and modeling skillso Web programming skills (with especial interest in python)Capacity to work both individually and as part of a team.Good communication skills.ApplicationInterested candidates should send by email (******):A curriculum vitaeA statement of interest related to the objectives of the project (1 page)Two letters of reference
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