[ACT-R-users] Postdoctoral opportunity - DDMLab, Carnegie Mellon University

[Cleotilde Gonzalez]

(2) Post-doctoral research fellowship positions
Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory
Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.cmu.edu/ddmlab/

The Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory (DDMLab: http://www.cmu.edu/ddmlab/) at Carnegie Mellon University is seeking applications for two post-doctoral research fellows.

(1)  A first post-doctoral fellow position is funded by The National Science Foundation (NSF), Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences program. This fellow will be involved in theoretical research regarding learning theories of decisions based on experiential and descriptive information. The ideal candidate should have a Ph.D. in Psychology and strong interest in Decision Sciences. The applicant should have a strong experimental background as well as experience or interest in computational/cognitive modeling approaches to explain behavior. Strong behavioral modeling background in reinforcement learning methods and Bayesian learning approaches are a plus. Particular knowledge of the literature related to Decisions from Experience and Behavioral Game Theory is desired. This position has a starting date of May-June 2016.

(2)  A second post-doctoral fellow position is funded by the Army Research Laboratories (ARL). This fellow will be involved in basic research on Network Science, broadly defined. Our project aim at the study of the formation and behavior of networks departing from individual behavior. Research will involve investigation of dynamic decision making, and the emergence, maintenance and reduction of trust and credibility on information with experience. The ideal candidate should have a Ph.D. in Human Factors Engineering or Information Sciences, 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, Behavioral Game Theory, Network theory from the experimental and computational perspectives are a plus. The candidate will interact with a large network of collaborators in Engineering and Computer Science. This position has an immediate starting date.

Both positions are full time research positions with full benefits for one year, with a possibility of renewal for a second year.  All applicants should demonstrate technical skills in Matlab, R, and Python; knowledge in statistics, writing abilities, and good communication skills.

Applicants please send: a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, relevant journal articles, and three letters of reference before March 15, 2015. A decision will be made by March 31. Please send electronic documents (Word, Pdf) to: coty at cmu.edu<mailto:coty at cmu.edu>.

The DDMLab is part of the Department of Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, which is located Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Pittsburgh is one of America's most livable cities and it has a strong university presence with over a dozen colleges and campuses and a great cultural scene.

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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