*Fellowship: 21st-Century COE Program Postdoctoral Research Fellow* Entry
Title: COE Postdoctoral Research Fellow Advertising
Institutions: Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science,
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering and Department of Value and Decision Science, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology
Description:
This postdoctoral position is available from from earliest possible time (to maximum one year). The Research Fellow will be expected to work in close collaboration with the 21st-Century COE program members on studying, by using the bottom up approach, a variety of different social systems found in the 21st century and understanding the
principles and techniques of their institutional design.
We will develop a theory of agent-based modeling (ABM) and a framework of agent-based simulation. In agent-based simulation machine agents are used as players and in addition to machine agents, key persons with a vested interest in the issue being modeled, such as a policy maker and other stakeholders, participate in the model as player agents. Through this interaction it is possible to share, interpret, understand and analyzes the issues as they are played out among the human players. By using a method, based on agent based modeling, there is an opportunity to understand from constructive points of view the various types of systems in our global society.
For this purpose, emphasis is not only given to a bottom up approach, but also to a functional approach and an attempt is made to bridge the gap between constructive and functional, micro and macro, interpretive and rational modeling. By focusing on the traceability of the various processes found within a social system, frameworks are created for problem solving that enable the design, in a process traceable form, of different types of organization and institutions.
Information on the "Creation of Agent-Based Social Systems Sciences (ABSSS)" can be found at http://www.absss. titech.ac. jp/en/
Qualification Requirements: Applicants should have, or expect shortly to obtain a PhD in the following research fields; Economics, artificial intelligence,
mathematical or computational social sciences and decision sciences. Experienced programming skill in Java will be evaluated. Every young researcher interested in developing "Agent-based Social Systems Sciences" with us is more than welcome to apply to this position.
Applications:
Applications should include, a CV, a summary of your academic area of expertise, a list of your publications, a sample of academic work (e.g. offprint of your journal articles or a PhD dissertation) , and a recommendation letter.
Salary: The salary is based on the directives of Tokyo Institute of Technology, and fringe benefit per year. Duration: From earliest possible time to maximum one year. Closing Date: January 12, 2007 Address for Receiving Application: J2-57, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8502 Japan Tokyo Institute of Technology
21st-Century COE Deguchi Group Ms. Hayashibara Inquiry: Mr. Yusuke Arai arai@dis.titech. ac.jp
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