Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Singapore

Artificial Intelligence/Psychology
Research programme in Computational Social Cognition

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore’s national agency for promoting world-class research in science and technology, is launching a new research programme to study and simulate the complex social and cognitive processes fundamental to socially appropriate, coherent,and understandable behavior in Human-Robot/Agent and Agent/Agent Interaction contexts.

With Dr. Andrew Ortony (Education, Psychology, and Computer Science) from Northwestern University as Programme Director, the research programme will contribute to a new paradigm wherein technologies self-regulate and respond sensibly to the observed and anticipated actions of others, as well as to user needs. The host institution for the programme is the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), a research institute within A*STAR that specializes in solving challenging scientific and engineering problems using computational science and engineering (CSE) technologies such as modeling, simulation and visualization.

We are seeking recent PhDs in either Artificial Intelligence or Psychology (especially cognitive and social) who have a strong interest in integrating constructs from computer science and psychology in the design and building of cognitively-inspired computing architectures and systems, initially in the domain of affect and interpersonal and interagent interaction.

Interested applicants should send their CV and contact information for two letters of recommendation to Professor Ortony at ortony@northwestern.edu, putting "Singapore Application" in the subject field.
Positions will be for an initial period of two years. A*STAR is an equal opportunity employer valuing diverse cultures and disciplines in our research environment.

For more information about A*STAR, please visit http://www.a-star.edu.sg/

For more information about IHPC, please visit http://www.ihpc.a-star.edu.sg/

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