[Job-offers-cs] Postdoctoral research position(s) at the Nanyang Technological University

[Pekka Orponen]

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Subject: [DMANET] [jobs] Postdoctoral research position(s) at the 
Nanyang Technological University
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:05:14 +0800
From: Zinovi Rabinovich <zinovi.rabinovich at gmail.com>
To: dmanet at zpr.uni-koeln.de

Two short-term post-doctoral positions are available at the School of 
Computer Science and Engineering of the Nanyang Technological University 
based on two distinct MOE Tier-1 (seed) grands.

Position-1:
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Start date: immediate
Duration: 6 months (extendable to 10 months)
Keywords: security games, social choice, game theory, voting

The context for the position is a Tier-1 project "Securing Expression of 
Opinion". The overall aim of the project is to develop a new 
game-theoretic approach to prevent falsification of election results. 
The approach is based on a model that combines recent advances in 
security games when applied to features of an underlying voting process.

Specifically, the aim of this post will be to contribute to one or more 
of the following:

(i) assist in theoretical analysis of the formal secured voting model, 
identify domain sub-classes with distinct features wrt computational 
complexity and manipulability
(ii) develop an experimental test-bed for the approach with an outlook 
to incorporate and study real-world human behaviour patterns
(iii) study other social choice processes for the possibility to apply 
the secured model

More information:
For more details about the position and to apply, please contact 
Svetlana Obraztsova (lana at ntu.edu.sg) via an e-mail titled "Re: 
Application RF/RA SingEO"

Position-2:
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Start date: immediate
Duration: 6 months (extendable to 10 months)
Keywords: distributed constraint optimisation, information theory

The context for the position is a Tier-1 project "Mixed Initiative 
DCOPs". The overall aim of the project is to study the effects of 
heterogeneous computational and communication capabilities of nodes that 
partake in the execution of a distributed constraint optimisation algorithm.

Specifically, the aim of this post will be to contribute to one or more 
of the following:

(i) assist in the information theoretic analysis of existing DCOP algorithms
(ii) develop efficient means to augment DCOP algorithms to counteract 
computational and communication restrictions
(iii) develop an experimental test-bed for the approach with an outlook 
to incorporate and study real-world human behaviour patterns

More information:
For more details about the position and to apply, please contact Zinovi 
Rabinovich (zinovi at ntu.edu.sg) via an e-mail titled "Re: Application 
RF/RA MI-DCOPS".


About the University
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Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, is currently ranked 
12th world-wide by the QS World University Rankings. In 2017, Times 
Higher Education World University Rankings has placed the School of 
Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE) in the 3rd place for our 
citation impact in the area of Artificial Intelligence. NTU's campus is 
located in the greener and a more quiet corner of Singapore, a welcome 
respite from the vividly bustling, vibrant city life of the island.