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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Apologizes for cross-postings.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Dear Madam, Dear Sir: Is there a possibility that you could forward this job ad on to interested students and/or distribute it at your faculty? Thank you very much. Sincerely, Julian Marewski<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Doctoral Student Position in Adaptive Decision<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Making and Cognition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>The Modeling Adaptive Cognition Research Group at the Faculty for Business and Economics at the University of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Lausanne seeks applicants for a doctoral student position. The position (60%) is to begin February 1st, 2012, or on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>another starting date to be mutually agreed upon. The position has a maximum funding duration of 5 years. The work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>location is the University of Lausanne, Lausanne Dorigny, Switzerland. Successful candidates will receive a Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>from the University of Lausanne. The gross salary ranges from about 35,000 Swiss Francs to about 43,800 Swiss<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Francs per year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:#0070C1'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:#0070C1'>Job description<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>We seek applicants to work on an interdisciplinary research program on modeling adaptive decision making<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>processes and cognition in real-world domains. Current and past researchers working on this program have had<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>backgrounds in psychology, cognitive science, economics, mathematics, biology, physics, and computer science to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>name but a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>We provide excellent resources, including a fully-equipped laboratory for conducting experiments and computer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>simulations, generous travel support for conferences, an excellent international research network, and most<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>importantly, the time to think.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>The position is heavily-research oriented, preparing for a career in academia. We expect Ph.D. candidates to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>publish their research in top-tier journals. There are no teaching obligations. We are an international research group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Our working language is English.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:#0070C1'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:#0070C1'>Research on Adaptive Decision Making Processes and Cognition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Research on adaptive decision making processes and cognition addresses a key question: How do humans and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>other animals make decisions under uncertainty, that is, when time and information are limited and the future is<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>unknown? In experiments, computer simulations, and mathematical analyses, we study both (i) how people (e.g.,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>managers, politicians, consumers, doctors) make such decisions, and (ii) how they ought to make these decisions in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>order to behave adaptively. In doing so, we build detailed computational models of how decision processes are<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>adapted to the structure of the environment, as well as how the decision processes interplay with other cognitive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>processes, such as memory or time perception. Building such models helps us to address basic research questions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>as well as to tackle a wide range of problems in the applied world. For instance, past areas of research include<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>modeling how people select from a repertoire of decision strategies, how people make inductive inferences, how<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>memory is nestled into to the structure of the environment, how to predict memory retrieval using internet search<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>engines such as Google, how to forecast the outcomes of political elections, how to predict consumer choice, how to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>help doctors make better diagnoses, or how to foster moral decision making in organizations, to name but a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:#0070C1'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:#0070C1'>Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Applicants should be interested in modeling decision and/or other cognitive processes. A university degree in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>psychology, business, economics, mathematics, computer sciences, physics, biology, or in a related discipline as<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>well as good English skills are required. Already existing modeling or programming skills (e.g., MATLAB, R, LISP,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>ACT-R) are helpful but not required.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:#0070C1'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:#0070C1'>Application materials and deadline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>The application deadline is January 9</span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>th</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2012, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Application materials include a cover letter describing research interests, a curriculum vitae, university transcripts,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>and up to two letters of recommendation. Please submit your materials via email to </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:julian.marewski@unil.ch">julian.marewski@unil.ch</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:#0070C1'>Working at the University of Lausanne<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>The Modeling Adaptive Cognition Research Group is located at the Department of Organizational Behavior of the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Faculty for Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne. The department provides a stimulating<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>interdisciplinary research environment. We publish in top-tier journals in different disciplines, including Science,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Psychological Review, and the American Economic Review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Located at Lake Geneva and surrounded by the Jura Mountains and the French Alps, Lausanne is a beautiful and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>cosmopolitan spot to live and work. The Lake Geneva region enjoys a Mediterranean microclimate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>More information about the position can be inquired from the responsible professor, Julian Marewski<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>(</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:blue'>julian.marewski@unil.ch</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>). Information about the Modeling Adaptive Cognition Research Group is available at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.modeling-adaptive-cognition.org/ </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>. Information about the Department of Organizational Behavior can be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>found at </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.hec.unil.ch/hec/recherche/unite?set_language=en&unite_id=239&cl=en</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>. Information about Julian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>Marewski can be found at </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/julian-marewski </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>and at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.hec.unil.ch/people/jmarewski&vue=contact&set_language=en&cl=en </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial-ItalicMT","sans-serif"'>Disclaimer: This is not an official job ad of the University of Lausanne</span></i><span style='font-size:7.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Assistant Professor <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Department of Organizational Behavior<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Professeur assistant en prétitularisation conditionnelle <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Département de comportement organisationnel <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Université de Lausanne/University of Lausanne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Quartier UNIL-Dorigny<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bâtiment Internef<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bureau/Office 601<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>1015 Lausanne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Julian.Marewski@unil.ch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tél: 0041.(0)21.692.33.81<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Web: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><a href="http://www.hec.unil.ch/people/jmarewski&vue=contact&set_language=en&cl=en">http://www.hec.unil.ch/people/jmarewski&vue=contact&set_language=en&cl=en</a> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>and </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><a href="http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/julian-marewski">http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/julian-marewski</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>