Postdoctoral Fellow - Cosmos

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas, US
$48,000; not specified; yes py
Social media mining
Computational modeling
Social network analysis tools
The Postdoctoral Fellow will develop socio-computational models to advance our understanding of cyber campaigns run on social media grounded in the dynamics of various social and communication processes

Job Summary

  • The Postdoctoral Fellow will develop socio-computational models to advance our understanding of cyber campaigns run on social media grounded in the dynamics of various social and communication processes.
  • Leveraging cyber forensics and deep web search-based methodologies, the postdoctoral fellow will help extract relevant open-source information in a guided snowball data collection manner.
  • This position offers an opportunity to mentor graduate and undergraduate students, an experience that will help prepare the individual for a successful academic career afterward.

Matching Summary

The Postdoctoral Fellow will develop socio-computational models to advance our understanding of cyber campaigns run on social media grounded in the dynamics of various social and communication processes.

Salary

$48,000; Not specified; Yes

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • social media mining
  • computational modeling
  • social network analysis tools
  • cyber campaigns analysis
  • deep web search methodologies
  • predictive modeling

Nice-to-have

  • transitioning research to tool
  • stakeholder training
  • mentoring students
  • grant writing assistance

Key Requirements

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

Work Rights

Proof of legal authority to work in the United States

Tailored Resume

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