IISc Bangalore Invites Application for Researcher Recruitment 2022

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012 Karnataka

The Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore invites applications for researchers in the area of Agent-based Modeling and Simulation.

1. Position: Researcher

2. Eligibility: Ph.D. (or submitted Ph.D. thesis) or Master’s degree in any relevant domain, with a focus on one or more of the following topics: computational statistics (frequentist and/or Bayesian), statistical learning, network science, agent-based simulation, optimization.

3. Description:

a) The project involves the development and implementation of large-scale, agent-based model systems for simulating mobility of people and goods, spread of epidemics, urban metabolism, and other social systems involving multi-scale networks (e.g., neighborhood-scale, city-scale, stae-wide, etc.). Statistical models of agent (humans and other agents) behaviour will be combined with equilibrium formulations for arriving at the emergence of higher-order patterns in complex, large-scale systems.

b) The initial focus will be on generating a synthetic population of agents in a city and modeling their mobility patterns at a city-scale for use by urban planning agencies. The long-term focus will involve integration with, or expansion toward agent-based simulation of a system of systems cutting across multiple domains (transportation, energy consumption, pollution dispersion, infection spread, etc.).

4. Skills expected: 

a) Expertise in agent-based modeling and simulation

b) Prior experience in the development of agent-based simulation systems in any field – economics, social sciences, transportation, epidemiology, biology, etc. (application experience in the mobility/transportation domain is an advantage, but not required)

c) Strong programming skills (Python, C++, databases, R)

d) Experience with high-performance computing environment

e) Ability to process and analyze large-sized, heterogeneous data sets

f) Strong technical writing and communication skills

5. The selected candidates will be offered…

a) One of the following positions: : Research Scientist, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Project Associate, Project Scientist, JRF, or SRF (based on qualification and experience)

b) Salary commensurate with qualification and experience, based on IISc’s norms

c) Faculty mentoring and collaboration for professional growth (and conference travel support)

Selection Procedure

Selection Will be Based either Written Exam/Interview

How to Apply:

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