[Swarm-Modelling] Job Opportunity: Post-Doc --- Agent-based Modeling of Hierarchical Organization in Ecological System

[King, Anthony Wayne]

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate Position

Agent-based Modeling of Hierarchical Organization in Ecological Systems

 

The Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) invites qualified persons to apply for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at the Laboratory.

 

The successful candidate will engage in research using agent-based system simulation to investigate the hierarchical organization of ecological systems and the transmission of perturbation across levels of organization. The candidate will be expected to lead the software engineering aspects of the research, adapting and implementing existing codes where possible and appropriate, but engineering new software solutions and developing new codes as needed.  The work will be conducted as part of a U.S. Department of Energy funded project (http://per.ornl.gov/King.html) using multi-agent system simulation to investigate whether hierarchical organization of ecological systems is an emergent property in which higher-level organization results from local interactions among lower-level agents, and how environmental perturbation is transmitted through self-organized hierarchical structure.

 

The principal qualification is a Ph.D. degree within the last three years in computer sciences, computational science, or other scientific field utilizing computational science.  Qualified post-Masters candidates will also be considered.  Preference will be given to candidates with experience in developing and implementing agent-based or multi-agent simulation software in a high performance (parallel) computing environment.  Familiarity with complex systems and hierarchy theory are desirable, but not required.  Excellent oral and written communication skills and willingness to work in a multi-disciplinary environment are required.  This is a two-year position.  Preferred starting date is September 30, 2005, earlier if possible. 

 

Qualified applicants are invited to send a current resume and a list of 3 or more references by August 31, 2005 to the attention of Dr. Anthony W. King, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335, or e-mail to address@hidden.

 

More information about the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Environmental Sciences Division, and computer and computational sciences at ORNL is available at:

http://www.ornl.gov

http://www.esd.ornl.gov

http://www.csm.ornl.gov

http://computing.ornl.gov/cse_home

http://www.ccs.ornl.gov/

 

This position will be offered through the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Energy (ORISE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory Postdoctoral Research Associates program

http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/ornl/ornl-pd/ornlpdoc.htm. The program is open to all qualified U.S. and non-U.S. citizens.

 

 

Anthony W. King

Environmental Sciences Division

Building 1509, MS 6335

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PO Box 2008

Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335

Phone: 865-576-3436

Fax: 865-574-2232

E-mail: address@hidden