[ACT-R-users] ANNOUNCING: 1-year Post PhD position with DoD's DTRA for graduates in Cognitive and Information Sciences (Thrust Area 2)

[Jan Mahar Sturdevant]

Frank et all,
 Currently we have two US-citizen Post PhD openings with an application deadline of 11/15/11.  Attached of the postings along with an application. Please have anyone interested, email me their completed application.
Jan

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Ritter [mailto:frank.ritter at psu.edu] 
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 6:48 AM
To: soar-group at lists.sourceforge.net; act-r-users at act-r.psy.cmu.edu
Cc: Jan Mahar Sturdevant
Subject: Fwd: ANNOUNCING: 1-year Post PhD position with DoD's DTRA for graduates in Cognitive and Information Sciences (Thrust Area 2)

please share this as appropriate.  the
application deadline is a start date something like 23oct11 (!).  details from Jan Mahar in the first case, or from me.

cheers,

Frank

>From: Jan Mahar Sturdevant <jmahar at ist.psu.edu>
>CC: "'Caramanica, Janet L.  CIV'" <janet.caramanica at dtra.mil>,
>         "Meghan Hayes
>  (mkf11 at arl.psu.edu)" <mkf11 at arl.psu.edu>
>Subject: ANNOUNCING: 1-year Post PhD position  with DoD's DTRA for 
>graduates
>  in  Cognitive and Information Sciences (Thrust Area 2)
>Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 04:38:27 +0000
>
>Fellow Researchers,
>
>We are looking for Post PhD whose expertise in in the following area:
>  Cognitive and Information Science: The basic science of cognitive and 
>information science results from the convergence of computer, 
>information, mathematical, network, cognitive, and social science. This 
>research thrust expands our understanding of physical and social 
>networks and advances knowledge of adversarial intent with respect to 
>the acquisition, proliferation, and potential use of WMD. The methods 
>may include analytical, computational or numerical, or experimental 
>means to integrate knowledge across disciplines and improve rapid 
>processing of intelligence and dissemination of information.
>
>Attached are the Recruitment Letter and the Application that I ask you 
>forward onto whomever you feel would be interested.
>
>Further Detail
>For qualified candidate, this opportunity would provide the following 
>to a US citizen, capable of obtaining a security clearance at the 
>Secret level, to spend one year working at DTRA (Fort
>Belvior):
>
>*                     $71,663 annual salary
>*                     $1,000 monthly living allowance
>*                     Domestic Travel allowance
>*                     Potential funding for additional academic degrees
>
>Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Program
>
>The objective of this fellowship program is to establish and sustain a 
>long-term process through which the University Strategic Partners
>(USP) will develop and execute a Post- Doctoral Research Fellowship 
>Program to address critical scientific, technology and engineering 
>needs for reducing the threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).  
>This project will enable DTRA to utilize mission-critical expertise 
>possessed by highly qualified faculty and graduate students (nearing 
>completion of their
>degree) who hold doctoral or terminal
>professional degrees in relevant scientific, technical and engineering 
>disciplines.
>Post-Doctoral / Masters Fellows will be selected based upon their 
>responsive ability to enhance the joint DTRA-Strategic Partnership 
>mission requirements.  Key science and technology skills
>include: nuclear and radiation physics; weapons engineering; 
>structural, electrical and mechanical engineering; broad-based 
>nano-technological engineering and applications; weapons effects and 
>system response technologies; physics, chemistry and biological 
>sciences related to detection, characterization and destruction of WMD 
>materials; medical and pharmaceutical sciences; information technology, 
>modeling, data visualization and advanced computational sciences; 
>social, adversarial and behavioral modeling, science and analysis.
>Post-Doctoral / Masters Research Fellows will be assigned to DTRA's 
>Research and Development and subsequently detailed to perform such 
>duties as may be required among the various agency Enterprises, 
>Directorates and Offices which are typically reviewing research 
>proposals and white papers.
>
>=======================================================================
>====================
>
>Looking forward to your sharing this opportunity, Jan Mahar Sturdevant
>
>Professor of Practice
>College of Information Science and Technology Penn State University

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