Position Announcement: Post-doc – Full-time Employment
Institution Name: Faculty of Computing and Telecommunications, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
Requirements:
- A Ph.D. degree obtained[1] not earlier than January 1st, 2018, in one of the following scientific disciplines: computer science, econometrics, management, or mathematics.
- The Ph.D. degree should have been obtained from an institution other than the Poznan University of Technology, or the candidate has completed at least a 10-month continuous and documented postdoctoral fellowship at an institution other than the Poznan University of Technology and in a country other than the country of obtaining the Ph.D. degree.
- Basic knowledge of operational research and artificial intelligence, particularly in intelligent decision support systems.
- Familiarity with basic programming languages (Python, Java).
- Documented research experience with publications in the required knowledge area.
- At least a good command of English in both speech and writing.
- Attributes such as availability, willingness for self-development, strong motivation for research work, creativity in problem-solving, independence, reliability, and teamwork skills.
[1] This period may be extended by the time spent during this period on long-term (over 90 days) documented sick leave or rehabilitation benefits due to incapacity for work. Additionally, this period can be extended by the number of months spent on leave related to childcare and upbringing granted according to the principles set out in the Labor Code. In the case of women intending to participate in the competition, it can be extended by 18 months for each born or adopted child, if this method of indicating career breaks is more beneficial.
We offer:
- The opportunity to work on a prestigious, interdisciplinary, and pioneering MAESTRO project led by an experienced scientist, Prof. Roman Słowiński (https://fcds.cs.put.poznan.pl/IDSS/rslowinski/cv_en.htm).
- Work within an international team, in collaboration with the University of Catania, including visits to this institution.
- Participation in scientific conferences both domestically and abroad to present the project results.
Job description:
The position involves participation in an interdisciplinary and pioneering project, “Intelligent Decision Support Based on Explanatory Analytics of Preference Data” led by Professor Roman Słowiński. The objective is to develop innovative algorithms and conduct computational experiments resulting in publications in leading scientific journals. Key focus areas include:
- Consensus Reaching Process in Group Decision-Making with explanatory models of decision-makers’ preferences.
- Construction Classifier Ensemble composed of diverse sets of decision rules.
Example publications related to the above tasks:
- Y. Zhao, Z. Gong, G. Wei, R. Słowiński, Consensus modeling with interactive utility and partial preorder of decision-makers, involving fairness and tolerant behavior. Information Sciences, 638 (2023) 118933, https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.ins.2023.118933]
- Szeląg, R. Słowiński, Explaining and predicting customer churn by monotonic rules induced from ordinal data. European Journal of Operational Research, 317 (2024) no.2, 414-424, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.09.028
- Błaszczyński, B. Prusak, R. Słowiński: Multi-objective search for comprehensible rule ensembles. In: V. Flores et al. (eds.): IJCRS 2016, LNAI 9920, Springer, Berlin, 2016, pp. 503-513, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47160-0_46
- Library ruleLearn and application RuLeStudio: https://sites.google.com/view/mszelag/software
Type of NCN competition: MAESTRO project
Deadline for submissions: … asap
Submission method: e-mail
Employment conditions:
- Duration: 12 months, with the possibility of extension
- Employment form [2]: employment contract
- Funding amount: salary of PLN 8,660 per month (equivalent to 2,014 EURO/month)
- Start date: Q3 2025
Candidates are requested to submit an application consisting of:
- CV with a cover letter.
- Ph.D. diploma and a description of the defended doctoral dissertation.
- List of publications and copies of up to 3 of the best ones.
- Name, surname, position, and email address of a person who can provide a reference.
- Statement or certificate of English proficiency.
- Statement of programming language proficiency.
- Statement of consent for the processing of personal data for recruitment purposes with the following content: “I consent to the processing of my personal data contained in the application documents by the Poznań University of Technology, located in Poznań, for the purpose of conducting the current recruitment process.”
Interested candidates should send the required documents to roman.slowinski(at)put.poznan.pl asap.
[2] During the period of receiving this salary, the post-doc will not receive a salary from another employer based on an employment contract, including an employer based outside the territory of Poland, nor any other remuneration from funds granted as direct costs of research projects financed within the framework of NCN competitions