Post-Doctoral position in CSS
Company: University of California - Davis
Location: Davis
Posted on: April 30, 2024
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Job Description:
Position overview
Salary range:
A reasonable estimated salary range for this position is $64,480 -
$69,342
Review timeline:
Review will begin March 1, 2024
Application Window
Open date: January 31, 2024
Most recent review date: Thursday, Apr 18, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the
search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Sunday, Jun 30, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
We are looking to recruit a postdoctoral scholar for a two-year
position in an interdisciplinary NSF-funded research project
(#2020751). A premise of the work is that open source software
(OSS) communities are model systems for subjects including
self-governing institutions, social networks, organization theory,
and collective action. Data include complete longitudinal records
of code and all internal communications for hundreds of autonomous
organizations. Major methodological opportunities are at some
intersections of network science, longitudinal data, machine
learning, NLP and LLM, and computational modeling.
We are seeking candidates representing interdisciplinary
computational social science, or a computer/information scientist
interested in speaking to general audiences. The scholar will work
within an interdisciplinary team representing political science,
computer science, anthropology, computational social science,
policy analysis, and OSS practitioners at UC Davis, UMass Amherst,
University of Washington, and in the not-for-profit sector. The
position is based in Davis, CA.
The scholar will be coming into the project in year 3 of 5 or 6,
and will have substantial freedom to creatively bring together
tools, datasets, and theories from the initial phase of this
project toward questions with general appeal. Their duties may
include:
The postdoc may also ask about opportunities to engage in elective
opportunities related to industry engagement, grant writing, open
source software community development, or teaching.
The successful application will have substantial experience in
quantitative data analysis and some combination of programming,
data science, computational statistics, and machine learning. They
will be able to demonstrate a track record of both independent
initiative and effective teamwork. They will be interested in being
able to communicate across engineering, practice, and the social
sciences. They will likely be interested in representing
system-level outcomes in terms of individual-level behavior, and
systems thinking or complex systems generally. Less important than
domain expertise in software engineering research, OSS, or online
communities is an interest in their potential for advancing social
science generally.
The position will remain open until filled, starting likely in
Summer or Fall 2024. We will begin reviewing applications March 1,
2024. Potential applications should feel comfortable contacting
sethfrey@ucdavis.edu directly for questions about the call,
including its current status. A reasonable estimate for this
position is $64,480 - $69,342.
Submit application materials to:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06297
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
PhD required. Degree in hand at the time of appointment
(applications from students close to completing their degrees
considered).
Application Requirements
Document requirements
(Optional)
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06297
Help contact: sethfrey@ucdavis.edu
About UC Davis
UC Davis is a smoke and tobacco-free campus
(http://breathefree.ucdavis.edu/).
We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and
particularly encourage applications from members of historically
underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals' with
disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who
demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse
and inclusive community. For the complete University of California
nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
Under Federal law, the University of California may employ only
individuals who are legally able to work in the United States as
established by providing documents as specified in the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986. Certain UC Davis positions funded
by federal contracts or sub-contracts require the selected
candidate to pass an E-Verify check. More information is available
at: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify
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inclusive excellence by advancing equity, diversity and inclusion
in all that we do. UC Davis celebrates the multi-cultural diversity
of its community by creating a welcoming and inclusive environment
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Job location
Davis, CA
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