Postdoctoral fellow position
We offer a postdoctoral fellow position for the period until 30 June 2026 in the Group of Physics in Economics and Social Sciences at Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, in the research project Information overload in multilevel agent-based complex networks financed by Excellence Initiative – Research University Programme POSTDOC IV and directly connected to an EU HE MSCA Staff Exchange project OMINO (http://ominoproject.eu) coordinated at WUT.
Position scope:
Successful candidate is expected to work toward understanding the collective phenomena related to the dissemination of information and information overload (IOL) at different levels (including the issue of interactions between levels produced by IOLs) using interdisciplinary methods of statistical physics – agent modeling and complex network analysis. Various scenarios leading to IOL will be considered, and emphasis will be placed on the identification of microscopic factors responsible for emergent phenomena in social networks, as well as on the basis of the developed models, possible countermeasures will be proposed to eliminate the occurrence of IOL. In particular, the project plans to identify potential precursors of IOLs using linear response theory and study the dynamic coupling between IOLs and the network structure. The expected results of the project are to propose methods and scenarios of counteracting IOL in the event that the considered structure is a specific real system, e.g., a social network or relations between workplaces in a company. The postdoc will be supervised by Prof. Janusz Hołyst and co-supervised by Dr. Julian Sienkiewicz (see Our Team for Group members description).
What we require:
- Ph.D. in physics, mathematics or related discipline, defended between 2020 and 2023,
- at least 3 scientific articles published or accepted in journal from the JCR (Journal Citation Report) list,
- in at least 2 of above-mentioned the candidate has to be the main author (the first author, the corresponding author or candidate’s importance should be clearly mentioned in the “contribution” section of the paper)
- at least 1 paper need to be appear in journals listed in the first quartile (Q1) of JCR or Scopus list,
- at least 3 oral or poster presentations at international conferences and workshops
- good knowledge in area physics of complex networks and agent-based models,
- ability to perform computer simulations and data analysis in such programming languages as Python, C/C++, R, Java, Rust (at least 2 different languages are required),
- fluency in English that enables efficient communication, presentations during international conferences and writing scientific articles
What we offer:
- 12-month full time employment at the third best university in Poland with strong possibility to extension (end of project June 2026),
- salary 9900 PLN per month (before tax),
- public health insurance for the successful candidate and their family,
- no obligatory teaching duties,
- an access to Group’s computational server (EPYC 7542, 128 threads, 1.1 TB RAM),
- cooperation with the interdisciplinary scientific community represented by recognized scientists (see Our Team)
- possibility to present research results at international conferences (funds for 2 international conferences per year),
- possibility of up to 3 months of visits to the Partners of the EU HE MSCA Staff Exchange OMINO Project (see Our Projects and http://ominoproject.eu)
In order to apply please send an email to janusz.holyst(at)pw.edu.pl or julian.sienkiewicz(at)pw.edu.pl. Please include the subject ‘Postdoc Application’ in your email. The application should include:
- a scanned copy of candidate’s Ph.D. diploma,
- a cover letter, explaining reasons to apply for this position,
- a CV,
- a list of publications and presentations at international conferences – please indicate your contribution in each of the papers,
- names of at least two experts that could provide reference letters for the candidate
Application deadline: The process of collecting applications and screening candidates will be continued till successful candidates are selected but not later than October 30, 2024.
Please include in your application the following statement: “In accordance with the personal data protection act from the 29th of August 1997, I hereby agree to process and to store my personal data by the Institution for recruitment purposes”.
