Connectionists: Industry Job Opportunity - Cognitive Scientist

[Brandon Minnery]

Greetings!

Kairos Research is seeking to hire a creative, PhD-level Cognitive Scientist to help support our expanding Government-funded research portfolio in human and machine cognition.

BACKGROUND:
Kairos Research is a small business located in Dayton, OH, performing basic and applied research at the intersection of human and artificial intelligence. Current projects span topics such as human and machine collective intelligence, explainable AI, counterfactual reasoning in intelligence analysis, human performance optimization, and social media bot detection and threat characterization. The Cognitive Scientist position is a full-time, permanent position. As the company grows, the Cognitive Scientist will have the opportunity to initiate, lead and contribute to a wide range of research projects involving human and machine cognition.

REQUIRED:
1) PhD in Cognitive Science, Psychology, Neuroscience, or Social Behavioral Sciences. Individuals with doctoral degrees in related disciplines may also apply.
2) Creative mindset. We seek candidates who enjoy developing their own original research ideas, who appreciate lively brainstorming sessions, and who are willing to venture outside their technical comfort zones.
3) Experience in designing and running experiments involving human participants, including familiarity with IRB procedures and processes.
4) Exceptional computational and data analysis skills. The candidate must be familiar with current best practices in statistical data analysis.
5) Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
6) Candidates must be either US citizens, permanent residents (green card holders), or eligible for permanent resident status.

PREFERRED:
(NOTE: No single candidate is expected to have all of these attributes.)
1) 2 years or more of postdoctoral experience.
2) Prior experience on research projects funded by the US Department of Defense (e.g., DARPA, ONR, AFRL, ARO) involving national security-related topics and use cases.
3) Experience with collective intelligence research topics and paradigms, including "wisdom of crowds" and team cognition.
4) Experience running experiments using online, distributed participant populations (e.g., Amazon Mechanical Turk).
5) Expertise in one or more cognitive modeling paradigms, such as ACT-R or Bayesian modeling frameworks.
6) Familiarity with current approaches in statistical AI and machine learning.
COMPENSATION: Kairos Research offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, with salary commensurate with experience.
CONTACT: Interested individuals should send CVs to:
Brandon (Brad) Minnery, PhD
brad at kairos-research.com<mailto:brad at kairos-research.com>

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