Job Delft University of Technology - Post-doc: Collaboration Processes

SMART VORTEX is a large-scale project involving industrial partners (e.g. Volvo, Philips) and funded by the European Commission. The project’s goal is to provide a technological infrastructure consisting of a comprehensive suite of interoperable tools, services, and methods for intelligent management and analysis of massive data streams to achieve better collaboration and decision making around the whole product lifecycle in an engineering context.

The contribution of the Systems Engineering Section is centred around the collaboration and decision-making processes. This position will focus on the analysis and design of decision-making and collaboration processes in the product life cycle and corresponding support tools. The work includes modelling collaboration processes and sessions, developing collaboration metrics to assess the quality of collaboration processes, and designing methods and tools that capture the necessary data and support the collaboration process.

Responsibilities include:
1. Conducting research on collaboration process analysis and design.
2. Participating in the design process of the associated collaboration support system.
3. Participating in the EU project, including the responsibility to attend meetings, collaborate with partners, write reports and disseminate knowledge.

The candidate
- has a PhD in business engineering, organisational management, information systems or a comparable field that addresses socio-technical systems.
- speaks and writes fluently in English.
- has practical and theoretical background in collaboration and decision-making processes.
- has experience with different collaboration support tools.
- has experience with different modelling techniques and standards.
- has experience with different data analysis techniques.
- has experience with quantitative and qualitative research methods.
- has some experience in requirements engineering, software design and development.

TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, free high-speed Internet access from home, and the option of assembling a customised compensation and benefits package (the 'IKA'). Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

For more information about this position or to apply, please contact Dr. S. G. Lukosch, phone: +31 (0)15-2783403, email:
s.g.lukosch@tudelft.nl. To apply, please e-mail a detailed CV, references and a publication list along with a letter of application by 15 September 2010 to Dr. Lukosch, vacature-tbm@tudelft.nl.
When applying for this position, make sure to mention vacancy number ATTBM10-010.

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is a multifaceted institution offering education and carrying out research in the technical sciences at an internationally recognised level. Education, research and design are strongly oriented towards applicability. TU Delft develops technologies for future generations, focusing on sustainability, safety and economic vitality. At TU Delft you will work in an environment where technical sciences and society converge. TU Delft comprises eight faculties, unique laboratories, research institutes and schools.

The Department of Multi-Actor Systems (MAS) develops innovative concepts, methods, and tools for understanding and facilitating multi-actor decision-making in large-scale, socio-technical systems. Its research focus is on decision-making processes (ranging from operational planning decisions to international policy negotiations), while the research locus spans a diversity of socio-technical systems such as urban areas, traffic management systems, energy markets, information systems for e-business, e-collaboration and e-government, and systems for water management and flood control. The Systems Engineering Section is an interdisciplinary research group combining expertise in computation, engineering and social science. Research focuses on questions related to the analysis, (re-)design, and support of distributed processes and systems within social, technical systems in changing environments: dynamic complex systems. The section develops models and architectures, simulations and gaming to facilitate groups and individuals during design, decision-making, and collaboration in multi-actor settings, to support exploration of the impact of different design choices/decisions.

S. G. Lukosch
+31 (0)15-2783403
s.g.lukosch@tudelft.nl
Technische Universiteit Delft