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From: | King, Anthony Wayne |
Subject: | [Swarm-Modelling] Job Opportunity: Post-Doc --- Agent-based Modeling of Hierarchical Organization in Ecological System |
Date: | Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:12:22 -0400 |
Postdoctoral Research
Associate Position Agent-based Modeling of
Hierarchical Organization in Ecological Systems The
Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) invites
qualified persons to apply for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at
the Laboratory. The successful candidate will engage in research using agent-based
system simulation to investigate the hierarchical organization of ecological
systems and the transmission of perturbation across levels of organization. The
candidate will be expected to lead the software engineering aspects of the
research, adapting and implementing existing codes where possible and
appropriate, but engineering new software solutions and developing new codes as
needed. The work will be conducted as
part of a U.S. Department of Energy funded project (http://per.ornl.gov/King.html) using
multi-agent system simulation to investigate whether hierarchical organization
of ecological systems is an emergent property in which higher-level
organization results from local interactions among lower-level agents, and how
environmental perturbation is transmitted through self-organized hierarchical
structure. The principal
qualification is a Ph.D. degree within the last three years in computer
sciences, computational science, or other scientific field utilizing
computational science. Qualified
post-Masters candidates will also be considered. Preference will be given to candidates with
experience in developing and implementing agent-based or multi-agent simulation
software in a high performance (parallel) computing environment. Familiarity with complex systems and
hierarchy theory are desirable, but not required. Excellent oral and written communication skills
and willingness to work in a multi-disciplinary environment are required. This is a two-year position. Preferred starting date is September 30,
2005, earlier if possible. Qualified
applicants are invited to send a current resume and a list of 3 or more
references by August 31, 2005 to the attention of Dr. Anthony W. King, More information
about the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Environmental Sciences Division,
and computer and computational sciences at ORNL is available at: http://computing.ornl.gov/cse_home This position will be offered through the
Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Energy (ORISE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Associates program http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/ornl/ornl-pd/ornlpdoc.htm.
The program is open to all qualified Anthony W. King Environmental Sciences Division Building 1509, MS 6335 Phone: 865-576-3436 Fax: 865-574-2232 E-mail:
address@hidden |
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