The candidate will carry out research on applying data mining and social network analysis techniques to social network data.

The selected candidate will be hosted at the department of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence within the School of Humanities and Digital Sciences at Tilburg University. The department emphasizes innovative research spanning a wide array of fields including computational linguistics and language technology, data-science, human-robot interaction, virtual reality and serious games. CSAI is a member of the Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence, participate in the Special Interest Group for AI (SIG AI), and participate in the Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe (CLAIRE). Tilburg University and the CSAI department offers a vibrant international environment, with current CSAI staff originating from over 10 countries.

The candidate will work with Martin Atzmueller (associate professor at Tilburg University, project PI), and will be embedded into the interdisciplinary Computational Sensemaking Lab at CSAI.

• PhD degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mathematics, or a related field.
• Interest in and ability to carry out internationally competitive research, demonstrated by publications in top conferences and journals.
• Experience with data mining and (social) network analysis, including programming experience in R, Python, Java, preferably also involving deep learning  toolkits (such as Pytorch or Tensorflow).

Fixed-term contract: 1 year.

• A full-time position for one year.
• The position will be ranked in the Dutch university job ranking system (UFO) as researcher. The starting gross salary for a full-time appointment is (minimally) € 3.389  in scale 10 up to (maximally) € 4.018 gross per month (maximum € 56.075 per year).
• A holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% (annually).
• Tilburg University is one of the best non-profit employers in the Netherlands and offers very good fringe benefits such as an options model for terms and conditions of employment and reimbursement of moving expenses, also including excellent technical infrastructure, savings schemes and excellent sport facilities. The collective labor agreement of the Dutch Universities applies.
• Researchers from outside the Netherlands may qualify for a temporary tax-free allowance equal to 30% of their taxable salary. The University will apply for such an allowance on their behalf.
• The University will provide assistance in finding suitable accommodation (for foreign employees).

The start of the employment is negotiable, but preferably close to July 1, 2019. 

Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences

Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences (TSHD) verricht wetenschappelijk onderzoek en onderwijs op het vlak van de Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen, Filosofie, Religiewetenschappen, Taal- en Cultuurstudies en Liberal Arts and Sciences. De faculteit kent drie departementen, een aantal onderzoeksinstituten en het faculteitsbureau. Jaarlijks starten er ongeveer 275 studenten met een bachelor- of (pre)masteropleiding. In totaal heeft de faculteit ongeveer 1500 studenten en 250 medewerk(st)ers.

Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences