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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Post-doctoral positions on LLM /NLP for Computational Social Science & Judgement across Culture<o:p></o:p></b></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><br>
<i>Start Date: Winter 2025</i> (flexible)<br>
<i>Duration: 1 year (with strong possibility of renewal)</i><br>
<i>Salary: $62,000 per annum (negotiable)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">The newly established
</span><a href="https://wiseminds.uwaterloo.ca" target="_new"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Wise Judgment Consortium</span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">
and the University of Waterloo invites applications for a <b>Postdoctoral Fellow</b> to join a research project on judgment and wisdom across cultures, supervised by
<b>Dr. Igor Grossmann and Sam Johnson</b> and in collaboration with a multinational group of scholars from leading universities across the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>The Position<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">This interdisciplinary project integrates computational social science, psychology, linguistics, and cultural studies to explore cultural influences on decision-making. The successful
candidate will work with <b>Natural Language Processing (NLP)</b> techniques and psychometric tools to analyze how people from various cultural backgrounds approach complex life challenges. The aim is to build culturally grounded decision-making models that
reflect the diversity of real-world scenarios.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Your Profile<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">We are looking for candidates who have:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">A PhD in psychology, computer science, linguistics, or a related computational discipline.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Experience with
<b>Natural Language Processing (NLP)</b> and computational methods.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">A passion for
<b>interdisciplinary research</b> and a keen interest in understanding cultural dimensions of decision-making.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Our Offer<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">The University of Waterloo offers a collaborative and international research environment with state-of-the-art resources and opportunities for professional growth, including publishing
and presenting at international conferences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Hybrid work arrangement</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"> allowing a balance between remote and on-campus
work.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Opportunity to collaborate</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"> with scholars from institutions across Europe,
Asia, Africa, and the Americas (including <b>Thomas Hills, Cendri Hutcherson, Falk Lieder</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Engage with
<b>cutting-edge methodologies</b> in <b>NLP</b> and <b>cultural decision-making research</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Your Application<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds and encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply. Applications should include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">A cover letter describing your research interests<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Your CV<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">A representative publication or preprint, if available<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Please submit your application as a single PDF file to
<b>waclab@uwaterloo.ca</b> (Subject line: <i>Postdoctoral Fellow Position</i>). Applications will be accepted until
<b>December 1, 2024</b>, though the review process will continue on a rolling basis until the position is filled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">We encourage all applicants to include one of the following statements: “I am a Canadian citizen/permanent resident of Canada” OR, “I am not a Canadian citizen/permanent resident
of Canada.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Igor Grossmann, Ph.D.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">| <a href="https://www.igorgrossmann.com" target="_new">
<span style="color:blue">IgorGrossmann.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Professor of Psychology | University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Director, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/wisdom-and-culture-lab/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Wisdom
and Culture Laboratory</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Founder,
<a href="https://worldaftercovid.info/" target="_new"><span style="color:blue">World After COVID</span></a> |
<a href="https://futurescape.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_new"><span style="color:blue">Futurescape</span></a> |
<a href="https://wiseminds.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_new"><span style="color:blue">Wise Judgment Consortium</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Editor, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hpli20" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Psychological
Inquiry</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
Co-host, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://onwisdompodcast.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">On Wisdom Podcast</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Member,
<a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/fellows-members/college-members"><span style="color:blue">College of the Royal Society of Canada</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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