Postdoctoral Fellow - Cosmos

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, AR, US
Base: $48,000; bonus/equity: not specified; benefi...
Social media mining expertise
Computational social science knowledge
Social network analysis skills
The Postdoctoral Fellow position is a full-time provisional role at the COSMOS Research Center funded through a grant with renewal contingent on funding and performance

Job Summary

  • The Postdoctoral Fellow position is a full-time provisional role at the COSMOS Research Center funded through a grant with renewal contingent on funding and performance.
  • The fellow will develop models and tools to understand and predict socio-technical behaviors on social media platforms, including extracting open-source information using cyber forensics and deep web methodologies.
  • This position offers opportunities to present research findings at conferences, mentor students, assist in grant writing, and contribute to advancing cyber campaign research.

Matching Summary

The Postdoctoral Fellow position is a full-time provisional role at the COSMOS Research Center funded through a grant with renewal contingent on funding and performance.

Salary

Base: $48,000; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Eligible

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • social media mining expertise
  • computational social science knowledge
  • social network analysis skills
  • cyber campaign examination
  • computer programming skills
  • data management skills

Nice-to-have

  • mentoring graduate and undergraduate students
  • public speaking and communication skills
  • organizational and coordination skills
  • experience with multimedia-rich social media

Key Requirements

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

Work Rights

Must have legal authority to work in the United States

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