Postdoctoral Fellow - Cosmos

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas, US
$48,000; not specified; yes py
On-campus
Social media mining
Computational modeling
Social network analysis tools
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for the COSMOS Research Center, focusing on socio-computational modeling to understand cyber campaigns on social media. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in a relevant field and experience in social media mining and computational modeling

Job Summary

  • The Postdoctoral Fellow will develop socio-computational models to advance our understanding of cyber campaigns run on social media.
  • Leveraging cyber forensics and deep web search-based methodologies, the postdoctoral fellow will help extract relevant open-source information.
  • This is an on-campus position and will report to Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Maulden-Entergy Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor and Director, COSMOS Research Center, UA-Little Rock.

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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for the COSMOS Research Center, focusing on socio-computational modeling to understand cyber campaigns on social media. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in a relevant field and experience in social media mining and computational modeling.

Salary

$48,000; Not specified; Yes

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • social media mining
  • computational modeling
  • social network analysis tools
  • cyber campaigns analysis
  • multimedia-rich social media analysis
  • computer programming skills
  • data management skills

Nice-to-have

  • transitioning research into usable tools
  • mentoring graduate and undergraduate students
  • grant writing assistance
  • effective organizational skills

Key Requirements

  • Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or related discipline
  • At least one year research experience in social media mining
  • At least one year research experience in computational modeling of social science theories
  • At least one year research experience working with social network analysis tools
  • At least one year research experience examining cyber campaigns conducted on social media

Work Rights

Proof of legal authority to work in the United States

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