Research Associate in Computational Social Choice (ACCORD) – 2 posts
Posted: 8th April 2019
Department of Computer Science, Parks Road, Oxford.
Research Associate in Computational Social Choice (ACCORD) – 2 posts
Fixed term until 30 June 2020
Grade 7: £32,236 - £39,609 p.a.
The Department of Computer Science has a vacancy for 2 Research Associates to join the ERC-funded project ‘Algorithms for Complex Collective Decisions of Structured Domains’ (ACCORD) led by Professor Edith Elkind. This project aims to develop new tools and methodologies for making complex group decisions in rich and structured environments.
The role involves formulating desiderata that apply to such preference aggregation procedures, designing specific procedures that satisfy as many of these desiderata as possible, and developing efficient algorithms for computing them. You will be expected to manage your own research and administrative activities which will include small scale project management, as well as collaborate in the preparation of research papers for publication in conferences and journals.
The primary selection criteria are a PhD (or close to completion), in a relevant area of science (which could be computer science, mathematics, economics or operations research) together with a documented track record of completing research projects in the area of algorithms, complexity, social choice, multi-agent systems, or operations research as witnessed by published peer-reviewed work, as well as ongoing research activities in these areas. You should also possess the ability to work with real-life preference data, and contribute to software implementation, have experience of preparing publications as a lead author, and the ability to work in a team, including supervising Undergraduate and Masters’ projects in the group. Experience of implementing algorithms, and a track record in computational social choice with recent publications in EC, AAMAS, AAAI, IJCAI, or relevant economics journals is highly desirable.
For further details and to apply please visit:
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=140300
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 9 May 2019.
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