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

[Frank Ritter]

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