[ACT-R-users] Post-Doctoral Position at the DDMLab, Carnegie Mellon University

[Cleotilde Gonzalez]

JOB OPPORTUNITY: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW POSITION
Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory
Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.cmu.edu/ddmlab/
Starting on September 2015

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellow position in the Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory (DDMLab: http://www.cmu.edu/ddmlab/) at Carnegie Mellon University.  The ideal candidate should have a Ph.D. in Psychology, Decision Sciences, or Human Factors Engineering, and should have broad research interests involving human behavior, learning, and decision making from the cognitive, social, and computational science perspectives. The applicant should have a strong behavioral and technical background in modeling (cognitive, mathematical, computational modeling), and must be interested in both, basic and applied areas of psychological research. Particular knowledge on Decisions from Experience and Behavioral Game Theory, literature, experimental methods, and paradigms are a plus. Technical skills in Matlab, R, and Python are ideal. Demonstrated writing ability of research manuscripts is required. The position is full time for 12 months starting on September 1, 2015, with a possibility for a 12 month extension.

The Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory (DDMLab) is an interdisciplinary research team, involved in a variety of basic and applied projects sponsored by many organizations such as National Science Foundation, Army Research Laboratories, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and others. The postdoctoral fellow will work directly with Professor Gonzalez, other researchers in the DDMLab, and may be part of interdisciplinary research team involving collaborations with other laboratories at Carnegie Mellon University and other universities.

The DDMLab is part of the Department of Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, which is located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Pittsburgh is one of America's most livable cities (http://www.cmu.edu/student-life/pittsburgh.shtml), and it has a strong university presence with over a dozen colleges and campuses and a great cultural scene.
Applicants should send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, relevant journal articles, and three letters of reference before June 19, 2015. Electronic applications are encouraged.  Please send electronic documents (Word, Pdf) to: coty at cmu.edu<mailto:coty at cmu.edu>.

Carnegie Mellon is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.  For more information on our Equal Employment/Affirmative Action Policy and our Statement of Assurance, go to: http://www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/SoA.html

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