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The Einstein Visiting Fellowship, funded by the Einstein Foundation Berlin, aims to enhance the international profile of universities and research institutions in Berlin by involving leading scientists and scholars from abroad in long-term academic research collaborations.
This postdoctoral position is available at the Freie Universität Berlin to work under the supervision of Prof. Gary Froyland (Einstein Visiting Fellow), Prof. Christof Schütte, and Prof. Péter Koltai. The topic of the Einstein Visiting Fellowship is “Coherent dynamics in complex systems with applications to engineering, geophysical, and social systems”, and it will be conducted in further collaboration with Dr. Jobst Heitzig at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
Job description:
The aim of this project is the development and implementation of model- and data-oriented transfer operator methods for the analysis and computation of coherent dynamics in social systems, with a view to a more complete understanding of dynamical transitions in systems containing human agents. The project concerns mathematical models of complex social processes that contain agent-based components for describing human behavior, and social decisions within those models that exhibit different metastable dynamical regimes. It targets the theoretical development of probabilistic and operator-theoretic mathematical methods for understanding the critical dynamics of transitions between these regimes (so-called tipping phenomena), characterizing social cohesion, and the application of these approaches to models based on real-world social information.
Requirements:
PhD in Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science
Desirable:
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Solid knowledge from the following fields: agent-based modelling and simulation, dynamical systems, probability theory / stochastic processes.
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Additional knowledge from data analysis and numerical analysis is advantageous.
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Good knowledge of a programming language used in scientific computing (Matlab, Julia, Python).
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Excellent written and oral English.
Applications should be sent by e-mail, together with significant documents, indicating the
reference code, in PDF format (preferably as
one document) no later than
January 16th, 2022 to: Prof. Dr. Péter Koltai:
dorothe.auth@fu-berlin.de.
On the given occasion and for the duration of the essential on-site operations by Freie Universität Berlin, we kindly ask you to apply electronically by e-mail. The processing of a postal application cannot be guaranteed.
Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik
Institut für Mathematik
Mr. Prof. Dr. Péter Koltai
Arnimallee 6
14195 Berlin (Dahlem)
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