The Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University is seeking nominations and applications for the George J. Klir Endowed Professor in Systems Science position. This is a newly-created position made possible by a gift to honor the memory and work of the late George J. Klir, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Systems Science at Binghamton University.
The candidate should demonstrate leading academic fortitude in the fields inspired by Dr. Klir’s work including, but not limited to: complex systems; artificial intelligence; fuzzy set theory, fuzzy logic and fuzzy systems; general systems concepts and theory; generalized information theory; probabilistic and possibilistic theory; soft computing; systems problem solving; uncertainty theory; and fields and disciplines that develop from this work. The position will carry the rank of full professor in the Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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We are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the area of blockchain technology with a particular focus on applications in the fields of IoT and marketplaces for digital currencies.
The ideal candidate shall pursue exciting research & development in systems, blockchain, decentralized networks and IoT and some of the following areas like cryptocurrencies, financial markets, the sharing economy and digital marketplaces. The work will be performed within the European project “FuturICT 2.0“, which explores the future of digital societies and markets over the coming three years. During this period, we will build a pilot application and aim at integrating it with the nervousnet.

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We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow in the area of Big Data and Data Science with a particular focus on Social Mining within a EU funded project. The project aims to establish a Social Mining and Big Data Ecosystem for ethically sensitive scientific discoveries and advanced applications of social data mining to the various dimensions of social life.
The ideal candidate shall pursue exciting research in the areas of Big Data, social data analytics, machine learning, large-scale networks, deep learning, participatory smart cities platforms, and/or in connection with the Nervousnet.info platform.

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The Postdoctoral Research Associate will conduct a longitudinal and a cross-sectional analysis of large-scale data of student interactions. The primary purpose of the network analysis is to cast light on the social and cultural landscape of the Universitys student body. The results will inform the targeting of network interventions.

The successful person will work closely with Dr. Petr Matous, Prof Philippa Pattison (Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Education), and Prof. Shane Houston (Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Indigenous Strategy and Services).

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