{"id":379,"date":"2023-05-30T09:04:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T00:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/?p=379"},"modified":"2023-06-02T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T00:26:17","slug":"call-for-applications-for-a-postdoc-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/?p=379&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Call for applications for a postdoc position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Call for applications for a postdoc position<\/p>\n<p>at the Multi-Agent Laboratory, Kyushu University, Japan<br \/>\n&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/makoto-yokoo\/\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/makoto-yokoo\/<\/a>&gt;<br \/>\n***** Application deadline: June 30, 2023 *****<\/p>\n<p>The multi-agent laboratory in Kyushu University, headed by Professor<br \/>\nMakoto Yokoo, who is an AAAI (Association for the Advancement of<br \/>\nArtificial Intelligence) fellow and a past president of IFAAMAS<br \/>\n(Int. Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems), is now<br \/>\nhiring one post-doctoral researcher in market design, multi-agent<br \/>\nsystems, and in particular, two-sided matching.<br \/>\n&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/makoto-yokoo\/\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/makoto-yokoo\/<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p>*Requirements:<br \/>\nThe ideal candidate will have a PhD in a relevant discipline and<br \/>\nestablished track record evident by publication in top quality<br \/>\nconferences and\/or journals. Expertise in one or more of the following<br \/>\nareas is a must: market design, game theory and economic paradigms,<br \/>\nheuristic search and optimization, machine learning applications,<br \/>\nmulti-agent systems, etc.<\/p>\n<p>*Place of work: Fukuoka in Japan<\/p>\n<p>*Salary and benefits:<br \/>\nGross salary per month (including taxes, insurances, and other things)<br \/>\nwill be about JPY 350,000 (about US$2,700 at the current rate).<br \/>\nThe exact amount will be decided in accordance with the employment<br \/>\nregulations, the successful applicant&#8217;s past accomplishments, etc.<\/p>\n<p>*Contract period of employment:<br \/>\nThe start date will be November 1, 2023\uff08Negotiable) and<br \/>\nthe end date is March 31, 2024, which can be extended based on mutual agreement.<\/p>\n<p>*Application:<br \/>\nThe application process will remain open until the position is filled<br \/>\nby a suitable candidate. Interested applicants should submit the<br \/>\nfollowing to Distinguished Professor Makoto Yokoo<br \/>\n(<a href=\"mailto:recruit@agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\">recruit@agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp<\/a>):<br \/>\n(1) Academic CV, including names and contact details of 2 referees.<br \/>\n(2) A 2-page summary of the candidate&#8217;s current\/past research and a<br \/>\nresearch vision statement.<br \/>\n(3) Five &#8220;representative papers&#8221; describing the applicant&#8217;s research.<br \/>\nIf possible, please also include a link to a website with an online<br \/>\nversion of your PhD thesis and relevant publications (e.g., your<br \/>\nprofessional homepage).<\/p>\n<p>Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Please put the set of<br \/>\ndocuments to be submitted in a folder and<br \/>\ncompress it with a password (preferably in ZIP file) and send by<br \/>\ne-mail to the contact e-mail address. Please make the<br \/>\nsubject of the email &#8220;Application for Postdoc Research Fellow&#8221;. If the<br \/>\nfile size of the compressed file exceeds 5MB, please email the URL of<br \/>\na location where the complete set of documents could be downloaded<br \/>\nsafely. Also, please email us the password for decompressing the<br \/>\ncompressed file separately. After receiving the application, the<br \/>\napplicant will be notified with a confirmation of receipt. If you do<br \/>\nnot receive a confirmation of receipt within 24 hours, please contact<br \/>\nthe following reference. The applications received after the deadline<br \/>\nwill not be considered for further screening.<\/p>\n<p>* Application deadline: June 30, 2023<\/p>\n<p>*Screening: The screening process consists of:<br \/>\n(1) the initial application review<br \/>\n(2) zoom interviews for the applicants who make it past the initial review.<\/p>\n<p>*Further information:<br \/>\nPlease contact Distinguished Professor Makoto Yokoo<br \/>\n(<a href=\"mailto:recruit@agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\">recruit@agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call for applications for a postdoc position at the Multi-Agent Laboratory, Kyushu University, Japan &lt;https [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category--en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/yokoo-lab\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}