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<span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">TITLE: Cognitive Scientist</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
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<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">BACKGROUND:</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">Kairos Research is a newly formed company in Dayton, OH, performing basic and applied research at the intersection of human and artificial
intelligence. We currently have an opening for a full-time PhD-level Cogniti</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ve Scientist to work on a research project funded by
the US Government aimed at improving </span><span style="border-color: currentColor; color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">counterfactual</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</span><span style="border-color: currentColor; color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">reasoning</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
in intelligen</span><span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">ce analysis. The ultimate goal of the project is to create better intelligence analysis methodologies and to enable
analysts to perform accurate "lessons learned" following intelligence failures (e.g., failure to anticipate a significant geopolitical event, such as military action by an adversary).</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
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<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">The Cognitive Scientist position is anticipated to be a permanent position and offers competitive salary and benefits. Because Kairos Research
is a new company, this is a great </span><span style="border-color: currentColor; color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">opportunity</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
for a motivated individual who is just starting their career (such as a postdoc) to get in on the ground floor and help shape the future research direction of the company. As the company grows, the Cognitive Scientist will have the
</span><span style="border-color: currentColor; color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">opportunity</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
to work on a wide range of research projects </span><span style="border-color: currentColor; color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">involving</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
human and machine cognition. We are especially interested in early-career researchers who possess a high degree of self-direction and who are willing to grow into a leadership role over time.</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
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<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">NOTE: Given that future projects may require access to sensitive data, candidates must be US citizens or hold a green card. Additional requirements
are discussed below.</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">REQUIRED:</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">1) PhD in Cognitive Science, Psychology, Neuroscience, or Social Behavioral Sciences. Individuals with doctoral degrees in related disciplines
such as Information Sciences, Economics and/or Political Science are also welcome to apply provided that their backgrounds include research on human
</span><span style="border-color: currentColor; color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">reasoning</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
and decision making.</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">2) Experience in designing and running experiments
</span><span style="border-color: currentColor; color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">involving</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
human</span><span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none"> participants, including familiarity with IRB procedures and processes.</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">3) Exceptional computational and data analysis skills. The candidate must be familiar with current best practices in statistical data analysis.</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">4) Strong interpersonal and communication skills.</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">PREFERRED:</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">1) Prior research experience
</span><span style="border-color: currentColor; color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">involving</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
political psychology and/or geopolitical forecasting, ideally within a “wisdom of crowds” framework.</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">2) Experience running studies
</span><span style="border-color: currentColor; color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">involving</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; display: inline !important; font-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
on</span><span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">line, distributed subject populations (e.g., Amazon Mechanical Turk).</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">3) Expertise in cognitive modeling.</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">4) Familiarity with current approaches in statistical AI and machine learning.</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none"></span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">CONTACT:</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">Interested candidates should email their CVs to Brad Minnery (brad@kairos-research.com) and cc techadmin@kairos-research.com.</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
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<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">Sincerely,</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none"></span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">Brandon (Brad) Minnery, PhD</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">CEO Kairos Research</span><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: " font-size: 14.66px">
<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none">brad@kairos-research.com</span><br>
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