CxAnnouncements

A two-year postdoctoral position starting in October 2024 is available to work within the MapCDPerNets project (https://www.mapcdpernets.es). The project explores the existence of a sociocultural continuum able to predict the consistency of observed cultural dimensions and patterns of interaction, and develop a set of network measures oriented to capture this “cultural signature”. The project is funded through a generous grant of the Fundamentos Programme of Fundación BBVA and involves researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and University of Florida.
The postdoctoral research will join the GISC and RySC groups at UC3M. This is a unique opportunity to work at the interface of complex systems with internet measurements and web transparency and privacy. Thus, GISC, led by Anxo Sánchez (project coordinator) focuses on topics such as personal networks: evolution, structure, prediction; social norms and their relationship with behavior, as well as their measurement in experiments; behavioral experiments, and evolutionary game theory, whereas the RySC team participating in the project led by Rubén and Ángel Cuevas has a long background of developing advanced methodologies to collect large scale datasets from major technological players including Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. The postdoctoral researcher will be based at the Leganés campus of UC3M, some 20 km away from Madrid downtown and easily reachable by train.

More at: mapcdpernets.es

At the Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad (C3), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Deadline: June 28th

More at: www.c3.unam.mx

The Complex Systems Society announces the ninth edition of the CSS Scientific Awards. 

The Emerging Researcher Award recognizes promising researchers in Complex Systems within 3 years of the PhD defense.

The Junior Scientific Award is aimed at recognizing excellent scientific record of young researchers within 10 years of the PhD defense.

The Senior Scientific Award will recognize outstanding contributions of Complex Systems scholars at whatever stage of their careers.

Deadline: April 30th, 2024.

More at: cssociety.org

The Complex Systems Society (CSS) organizes every year a main conference (CCS) - the most important annual meeting for the complex systems research community.

The Complex Systems Society invites bids to host the edition for 2025.

The conference is generally held in September/October of each year.

Interested potential organizers should send a short document (6 pages max.) detailing the proposal to the Society account css@cssociety.org (please add jfmendes@ua.pt and jramasco@ifisc.uib-csic.es in cc).

The last edition was in Salvador, Brasil (CCS2023). The next one will be in Exeter/London, UK (CCS2024).

The CCS series in recent years alternates between Europe, Asia and the Americas. In the edition 2025, preference will be given to bids from outside Europe in this edition even though bids from other locations will be also considered.

The deadline for proposals submission is April 30, 2024. 

More at: cssociety.org

The Human Brain & Behavior Laboratory (HBBL) located in FAU’s Center for Complex Systems in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science (Valery Forbes, Dean) seeks an excellent candidate to join our team to investigate the roots of biological agency (see recent article in PNAS). HBBL explores how sentient agency emerges through self-organizing, coordinative processes that span organisms and environments. The postdoctoral fellow will assist in developing next-generation interactive systems for empirical study, conducting experiments with human infants (involving 3D motion capture, EEG, eye tracking) and analyzing data. The post-holder will have freedom and capacity to develop their own scientific ideas through experimental design and preparing manuscripts and grant applications. This position offers opportunity to participate in HBBL’s active collaborations with world-leading teams in Artificial Intelligence analysis (Intelligent Systems Research Centre, Ulster University, The Institute for the Augmented Human, University of Bath), in mathematical modeling using Active Inference (Welcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, Univ. College London) and Coordination Dynamics frameworks (Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Aix Marseille University). Qualified candidates will possess advanced technical skills in relevant areas such as coding (Matlab, Python, etc.), machine learning, signal processing, mathematical modeling, EEG analysis, motion capture, and electrical engineering/robotics, as well as creativity, curiosity, and a collaborative spirit. HBBL is directed by Glenwood and Martha Creech Eminent Scholar in Science J.A. Scott Kelso. Prof. Kelso founded FAU's Center for Complex Systems in 1985 with the goal of bringing scientists from different disciplines together in one place to understand the multiscale structure, function, and dynamics of complex biological systems, including human beings and their activities.
Please forward Letter of Interest to Dr Aliza Sloan (asloan2014@fau.edu) indicating qualifications, CV and names and contact information of 2 Referees as soon as possible. The expected salary will follow the current NIH postdoc salary scale plus benefits. The position will be for 2 years, assuming satisfactory progress in year one, and may be extended further depending on funding. Position start date is May to August 2024.

The newly launched Center for Network Dynamics at Northwestern University is actively seeking postdoctoral researchers interested in complex systems and networks. We welcome applications from individuals with expertise in various aspects of network theory, including temporal, multilayer, and higher-order interactions. Additionally, we are seeking applicants with interest in network modeling of biological, physical, and engineering systems. The projects are theoretical and computational but benefit from empirical data and close collaborations with experimental colleagues. If you are passionate about advancing the understanding of networks and their applications in diverse fields, we encourage you to apply to our dynamic research team. For information on how to apply, please visit cnd.northwestern.edu

Guest Editors: Thiago B. Murari, Marcelo A. Moret, Hernane B. de B. Pereira, Tarcísio M. Rocha Filho, José F. F. Mendes and Tiziana Di Matteo

Submissions are invited for a Topical Issue of EPJ B on Advances in Complex Systems.

In general, a complex system is a system composed of many components that may interact with each other in nonlinear ways. Examples of complex systems include fractals, chaos, nonlinear dynamics, self-organized criticality, and complex networks. This issue aims to promote research in complex systems, both in pure and applied contexts.

The goal of this topical issue is to summarize the most recent research, covering aspects such as:

Foundations of Complex Systems, Basic Sciences, and Quantum Complexity
Complex Networks
Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence in the context of Complex Systems
Computation and Information Processing in Complex Systems
Economics and Finance
Social Systems
Ecological Systems
Cognition, Psychology, and Neurosciences
Complexity in Biology and Health Sciences
City Science, Mobility, and Transport
Energy, Environment, Sustainability, Climate, and Global Change

Read the full call at: epjb.epj.org

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Davis, is conducting a search for an Assistant Professor in the physics of complex systems. Complex systems is a highly interdisciplinary academic field using statistical mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, and applied mathematics to elucidate the organization and function of complex systems across a wide range of physical and applied disciplines, including: many-body physics, physics of information, computational physics, network science, machine learning, complex biological systems, nonequilibrium behavior, and complex earth systems.

The application deadline is November 27, 2023.

More at: recruit.ucdavis.edu

The Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University invites applications for 2 open faculty positions at the Full or Associate professor levels, with a planned start date of Jan 2024 or Fall 2024. Outstanding candidates at the Assistant Professor level may also be considered.

We invite prominent researchers in the interdisciplinary fields of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data science and their applications to complex societal problems. We seek, specifically, candidates who conduct and lead research in the design, development and implementation of advanced AI/ML and data theoretic approaches in socially relevant application domains including healthcare and public health, health disparities and equity, agriculture and food security, pandemic and natural disaster prevention and preparedness and energy and environment sustainability. Candidates should possess deep scientific and technical knowledge in the use of AI and Data Science to solve wicked problems and have proven experience in the application of these methodologies in one or more of the domains above. Ideal candidates will possess the fundamental expertise and the interest to apply and or translate their applied knowledge to different domains of critical importance. Expertise in AI ethics and policy are especially valued as is social systems intelligence and human centric AI.

More at: binghamton.interviewexchange.com

The Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering (SSIE) in the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University (The State University of New York at Binghamton) invites applications for two faculty members, at the tenure-track Assistant Professor level, starting in Fall 2023. The positions involve teaching at all levels from undergraduate courses to advanced graduate courses, and establishing theoretical and applied research in emerging areas in systems science.

All positions immediately above are sought to start in Fall 2023 and require advanced expertise in their fields per the description below. Qualified applicants in other emerging areas of the systems science discipline may be considered.

The Assistant Professor - Systems Science/Complex Systems/Network Science position will pursue newer topics such as Complex Systems, Network Science, Network Design, or other emerging topics in the broader discipline of Systems Science. Candidates with experience in the broad area of computational intelligence are preferred.

The Assistant Professor - Computational Social Science/Biomedical Complexity/Epidemiology position is also highly computational. In particular, complex systems science has been particularly successful in building actionable models in social, organizational, and biomedical complexity, which leverage ML/AI/Statistical Inference but add explainability to the management of complex problems. It is expected that candidates applying for this role will pursue much broader applications including, but not limited to, Social Science/Networks, Organizational Science/Networks and Design, Biology, Medicine, and Mental/Public Health Modeling.

More at: binghamton.interviewexchange.com

SFI Press launched Foundational Papers in Complexity Science this May. The four-volume collection, edited by SFI President David Krakauer, contains 88 typeset articles, each with introductions and commentaries from leading scientists.

Volumes 1 and 2, featuring papers spanning the years 1922 to 1973, are out now. The third and fourth volumes include work from the final decades of the 20th century and will be published later this summer.

The Santa Fe Institute is sponsoring a book set for each of the upcoming Emerging Award Winners, to be announced during the next Conference on Complex Systems in Exeter, UK in September.

More at: cssociety.org

This June, discover the science that teaches us about collected patterns of behavior, helps us understand the fluctuations of global finance, and can help us meet societal, organization and global challenges. 

This course provides an introduction to essential concepts of complex systems and related mathematical methods and simulation strategies with application to physical, biological and social systems.

Concepts to be covered include: emergence, complexity, networks, self-organization, pattern formation, evolution, adaptation, fractals, chaos, cooperation, competition, attractors, interdependence, scaling, dynamic response, information and function.

Methods to be covered include: statistical methods, cellular automata, agent-based modeling, pattern recognition, system representation and informatics.

More  at: necsi.edu

More at: cssociety.org

The Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering (SSIE) at Binghamton University's Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science is expanding further and seeks eight (8) tenure-track faculty:

Assistant Professor in Energy Systems (1 position)
Assistant Professor in Health Systems (1 position)
Assistant Professor in Systems Science (1 position)
Associate Professor of Nanofabrication (1 position)
Associate or Full Professor in Energy Storage (1 position)
Associate or Full Professor in Energy Systems and Policy (1 position)
Associate or Full Professor in Flexible, Additive and Hybrid Electronic Systems (1 position)
Associate or Full Professor in Systems Engineering in Electronics and Semiconductor Manufacturing (1 position)
In addition, the greater Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science also has openings for the following roles, which could also have close association with SSIE depending on candidate background:

AI/ML SUNY Empire Innovation Professor (1 position)

Read the full article at: www.binghamton.edu

Our research, at the edge of statistical physics, applied mathematics and computer science, relies on theoretical and computational network science to cover a wide spectrum of interests, with applications to social and socio-technical systems, computational epidemiology, smart urban systems, systems biology, systems neuroscience, systems medicine.

More at: manliodedomenico.com

Dr. Sadamori Kojaku invites applicants for graduate research assistant starting in Spring 2024 in System Sciences and Industrial Engineering at Binghamton University. We are seeking highly motivated students to explore the following topics:
● Representation learning for text and graphs
● Complex Systems and Network Science
● Biases in AIs
● Computational social sciences and the science of science.

More at: skojaku.github.io