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Doctoral Researcher (supercapacitors) / Väitöskirjatutkija (superkondensaattori)

Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences create a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our university community has its competitive edges in technology, health and society. www.tuni.fi/en

We have a position opening for a Doctoral Researcher at the Laboratory for Future Electronics (LFE) within our upcoming European Union project “ARMS”. The project is coordinated by Tampere University, targeting high-energy-density, non-toxic supercapacitors for energy storage fabricated using printing and Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD). The position is situated in the Electrical Engineering Unit in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences.

Job Description

The successful candidate will carry out research within the project, which will involve printing and coating technology, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), device fabrication, and electrical and mechanical characterization, as part of the candidate’s doctoral studies. 

Requirements

For the position, we require:

  • applicable masters degree (e..g. electrical engineering, physics, physical- or electrochemistry, or materials science)
  • Good command of English language 
  • Good cooperation and interaction skills 
  • Proven ability to undertake independent scholarly activity. 
  • Motivation and ability to complete doctoral studies. 

The following will also be taken into account as advantages in the selection process:

  • Experience with printing and coating technology, electrochemical devices, and/or ALD
  • Background in energy storage

The recruited candidate needs to apply for and be granted a study right for a doctoral degree in the Doctoral Programme in Computing and Electrical Engineering.

We offer

The position will be filled for a fixed-term period till 30.9.2027. The starting date is 1.12.2023 or as mutually agreed. A trial period of six (6) months applies to all our new employees.

The salary will be based on both the job requirements and the employee’s personal performance in accordance with the salary system of Finnish universities. According to the criteria applied to teaching and research staff, the position of a Doctoral Researcher is placed on level 2—4 of the job requirements scale. A typical starting salary for Doctoral Researchers is approximately 2700 EUR/month.

Laboratory for Future Electronics

LFE investigates technologies and solutions related to energy-autonomy (storage and harvesting), sensors, conformably wearable electronics (soft/stretchable, on-skin, textile), and hybrid system integration. Strong emphasis is placed on scalable, low-cost manufacturing methods such as printing as well as the integration of printed components and circuits with more conventional component assembly methods. LFE explores new device and circuit approaches based on printable organic and metal oxide semiconductors.

LFE is equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure for flexible and thin-film electronics, including a wide range of precision printing machines, an integrated inert environment cluster tool incorporating printing, coating, vacuum evaporation, ALD and characterization, and a full range of characterization tools. 

We offer you the opportunity to join our dynamic and innovative international community. As a member of staff at Tampere University, you will enjoy a range of competitive benefits, such as a flexible work schedule, good facilities for teleworking, occupational healthcare services, a variety of affordable food and drink outlets across our campuses and a personal fund to spend on sports and cultural activities in your free time. Please read more about working at Tampere University. You can also find more information about us and working and living Tampere by watching our video: Tampere Higher Education Community – our academic playground

Tampere, located between two big lakes, is Finland’s second largest city area and the biggest inland city in the Nordic countries. The nature is close everywhere you turn your head in Tampere. This together with a strong tradition in industry make Tampere a unique environment for living and working. At present the region hosts a great deal of industry and service businesses, and the City of Tampere is a major hub for the Finnish ICT industry. For more information on Tampere, please check VisitTampere, Welcome to Tampere and International House Tampere.

Finland provides one of the most advanced and comprehensive social security in the world. It includes for example sickness benefits, various family benefits and a comprehensive healthcare system. For more information on Finland, please check InfoFinland and This is Finland.

How to apply

Please submit your application through our online recruitment system. The closing date for applications is 20.10.2023 (at 23:59 EEST / 20:59 UTC)

Applications should include the following documents  in English and in in PDF-format:

  • Curriculum Vitae 
  • Study transcripts
  • List of publications 
  • At least one reference
  • Motivation letter (incl. research interests):
    • 1 to maximum 2 pages where you introduce yourself and present your qualifications. 

For more information, please contact: 

  • Prof. Donald Lupo
  • Tampere University
  • Laboratory for Future Electronics
  • donald.lupo@tuni.fi 
  • Prof. Matti Mäntysalo
  • Tampere University
  • Laboratory for Future Electronics 
  • matti.mantysalo@tuni.fi

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Tampereen yliopisto ja Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu muodostavat yhdessä Suomen toiseksi suurimman monitieteisen, innostavan ja vaikuttavan tutkimus- ja oppimisyhteisön. Korkeakouluyhteisömme osaamiskärjet ovat tekniikka, terveys ja yhteiskunta. Lue lisää: www.tuni.fi

Tehtävänkuvaus

Meillä on avoinna väitöskirjatutkijan tehtävä Laboratory for Future Electronics (LFE) -tutkimusryhmässä Euroopan unionin rahoittamassa ”ARMS”-projektissa, jota koordinoi Tampereen yliopisto. Projektin tavoitteena on kehittää korkean energiatiheyden, myrkyttömiä superkondensaattoreita energian varastointiin, jotka hyödyntävät painatusta ja atomikerroskasvatusmenetelmää (ALD). Tehtävä sijoittuu Sähkötekniikan yksikköön Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunnassa

Tehtävään valittu henkilö toimii projektissa tutkijatohtorina sekä teknisenä projektipäällikkönä. Tutkimus sisältää paino- ja pinnoitusteknologia sekä atomikerroskasvatusteknologian hyödyntämistä energiavarastointikomponenttien valmistukseen sekä niiden sähköisen ja mekaaninen karakterisointi osana väitöskirjatutkimustaan. 

Lue tarkemmat tiedot tehtävistä ja hakuohjeet yllä olevasta englanninkielisessä ilmoituksessa. Jätäthän hakemuksesi yliopiston sähköisellä hakulomakkeella (linkki löytyy tämän ilmoituksen alta). Hakuaika päättyy 20.10.2023, klo 23:59.

Lisätietoja: 

  • Prof. Donald Lupo
  • Tampere University
  • Laboratory for Future Electronics
  • donald.lupo@tuni.fi 
  • Prof. Matti Mäntysalo
  • Tampere University
  • Laboratory for Future Electronics 
  • matti.mantysalo@tuni.fi

Application period starts: 2023-09-29 12:00

Application period ends: 2023-10-20 23:59

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Post expires on Friday October 20th, 2023

Research Assistant (Factory Automation and Robotics), 1-4 positions / Tutkimusapulainen (tehdasautomaatio ja robotiikka), 1-4 tehtävää

Together, Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences form a higher education community that places faith in people and scientific knowledge. Leading experts in the fields of technology, health and society are changing the world at Finland’s second largest multidisciplinary higher education institution.

FAST-Lab at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences is led by Prof. Jose L. Martinez Lastra and is part of the Unit of Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering. The objective of FAST-Lab is the seamless knowledge integration of humans and machines/robots creating smart environments by capitalising the advances on Information and Communication Technologies. FAST-Lab does research in Automation, Industrial Informatics, Industrial Cyberphysical Systems, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. The main application domains for our research are Factory Automation, Healthcare Automation and Smart Mobility building the future Smart Factories, Smart Healthcare and Smart Cities.
 You can visit our ongoing projects here: https://research.tuni.fi/fast/projects/.

Job description

FAST-Lab is looking for 1-4 Research Assistants, MSc thesis students, to work within European research projects.

The work of is mainly composed of following activities: Collaboration activities with the project partners such as participating in teleconference meetings and workshops, to develop the required software modules. The development includes architecture review, computer programming, and software testing. The positions provide the candidates the opportunity to enhance their software development skills as well as their communication skills. We also appreciate a positive attitude and willingness to learn new technologies on the job. Furthermore, the positions will provide the possibility for the students leading to their MSc thesis work.

Requirements

Automation students with knowledge on robotics, AI and programming

We appreciate the following:

  • Programming skills (especially Python)
  • Experience on developing software, including documentation using UML
  • Data Management
  • English is the working language of the research group therefore fluency in English, both written and oral, are considered essential.

We offer

The positions will be part-time, and it will be filled for a fixed term until spring/summer 2024, or as mutually agreed upon both parties. The expected starting date is November 1st 2023, or as mutually agreed upon by both parties. A trial period of maximum half of the duration of the employment applies.

The salary will be based on both the job demands and the employee’s personal performance in accordance with the University Salary System. The position of Research Assistant is placed on the job demand level 1 (the demand level chart for the teaching and research staff). In addition, employees will receive performance-based salary. Typical salary for a research assistant is 2000- 2400 e/month.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, such as occupational health care, flexible working hours, excellent sports facilities on campus and several restaurants and cafés on campus with staff discounts. Please read more about working at Tampere University.

We are inviting you to be a part of an active and truly international research community allowing you to develop your skills. We have a strong commitment to the highest level of scientific research and the provision of high-quality doctoral education.

How to apply

Please submit your application through our online recruitment system. The closing date for applications is October 5th, 2023 (at 23:59 EEST / UTC +3). Applications and all accompanying documentation should be written in English, and in PDF format. Please note that applicants may be invited to participate to an interview throughout the application time and therefore we encourage to apply as soon as possible.

Applications should include the following documents:

For more information, please contact: Project Manager, Anne M. Korhonen, tel. +358 50 300 2500, email: anne.m.korhonen (at) tuni.fi

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Tampereen yliopisto ja Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu muodostavat korkeakouluyhteisön, joka uskoo ihmiseen ja tieteeseen. Tekniikan, terveyden ja yhteiskunnan huippuosaajat muuttavat maailmaa Suomen toiseksi suurimmassa monitieteisessä ja innostavassa tutkimus- ja oppimisympäristössä.

FAST-Lab. -tutkimusryhmä hakee 1-4 osa-aikaista tutkimusapulaista EU-projekteihimme. FAST-Lab:n tavoite on tietojen saumaton yhdistäminen ihmisten ja koneiden/robottien välillä. Luomme älykkäitä ympäristöjä, joissa hyödynnetään uusinta tieto- ja viestintätekniikkaa. FAST-Lab:n tutkimusalueita ovat tehdasautomaatio, teollisuuden informatiikka, teollisuuden kyberfyysisetjärjestelmät, robotiikka ja tekoäly.  

Tehtävänkuvaus

Tutkimusapulaisen tehtävä muodostuu erilaisista tutkimusprojektin tehtävistä EU-tutkimushankkeessamme.

Hakuohjeet

Lue tarkemmat tiedot tehtävästä ja hakuohjeet yllä olevasta englanninkielisestä ilmoituksesta.

Jätäthän hakemuksesi yliopiston sähköisellä hakulomakkeella (linkki löytyy tämän ilmoituksen alta). Hakuaika tehtävään päättyy 05.10.2023 klo 23.59.

Application period starts: 2023-09-20 13:00

Application period ends: 2023-10-05 23:59

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Post expires on Thursday October 5th, 2023

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (cellular electrophysiology) / Tutkijatohtori (solutason sähköfysiologia)

Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences create a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our university community has its competitive edges in technology, health and society. www.tuni.fi/en.

The BioMediTech Unit of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow specializing in electrophysiology. The position will be filled for a fixed-term period of 3 years.

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology (MET) is committed to high quality research and education in the fields of biomedical engineering, biotechnology, medicine, and health technology. We conduct basic, applied, clinical, and translational research in collaboration with Tampere University Hospital (TAYS). Our existing research areas in health research include biomedical engineering fields from biomaterials and microtechnologies to health data science, cell and molecular biology, with applications in areas such as cancer, cardiovascular and celiac diseases, immunology, and ophthalmology.

The research group ”Biophysics of the eye” seeks to uncover the concerted functioning of retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in the eye with focus on ion channel physiology. The group has studied different voltage-gated ion channels and gap junctions in RPE and evaluated the authenticity of stem cell-derived RPE regarding these characteristics. Utilizing techniques including patch clamp electrophysiology, high resolution imaging and molecular biosensor approaches the group aims to resolve how the electrical properties of RPE influence its biological processes.

Job description

We are seeking a talented and motivated postdoctoral researcher to independently perform research for mechanistic understanding of RPE physiology in health and disease and to aid the development of novel therapies. The focus is on the electrical properties of RPE and therefore, conducting the research requires the use of electrophysical measurement techniques (primarily patch clamp) and imaging approaches (including calcium imaging). In addition, data analysis, writing publications and research reports as well as funding applications and disseminations to the wider community will be needed. Furthermore, the job includes collaboration with research colleagues and support staff, both internally and within external networks. The postdoctoral researcher should provide guidance and support to students, contribute to relevant teaching activities, and participate in scientific meetings. 

Requirements

We are looking for versatile and independent researchers with an applicable doctoral degree and a solid background in cellular biophysics, especially cellular electrophysiology (including patch clamp), and relevant experience in closely related areas. Candidates with additional experience in different imaging techniques will be highly valued. We also appreciate experience and contacts with the international eye research community. Candidates with proven ability to supervise M.Sc. and Ph.D. students will be considered an advantage. The position may also involve some teaching duties in the future. The position also requires that the candidate is able to meet the responsibilities identified in laboratory and ethical guidelines. Finally, good communication skills and fluency in English (both written and oral) will be considered important for the position. Please describe your relevant experience and skills in detail in the cover letter, and please be prepared to provide proof of your merits when requested.   

Tampere University is a unique, multidisciplinary, and boldly forward-looking community. Our values are openness, diversity, responsibility, courage, critical thinking, and learner-centredness. We hope that you can embrace these values and promote them in your work. 

We offer

The position is a fixed-term contract for 3 years, starting as soon as possible or as mutually agreed. A six-month trial period applies to all new employees.

Salaries are based on job demands and employees’ personal performance in accordance with the salary system of Finnish universities.  The position of a Postdoctoral Researcher is placed on the job demands levels 5-6 (teaching and research staff). A typical starting salary of Postdoctoral Researcher is around 3500 EUR/month.

As a member of the dynamic and innovative international community of Tampere University, you will have access to a range of competitive benefits, including occupational health care services, flexible work schedules, versatile research infrastructure, modern teaching facilities, and a safe and inviting campus area. You will also have a personal fund to spend on sports and cultural activities during your free time. Please read more about working at Tampere University. You can also find more information about us and working and living Tampere by watching our video: Tampere Higher Education Community – our academic playground.  

Tampere is the largest inland city in Finland and is considered a major academic hub in the Nordic countries. The region is home to a vibrant, knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial community, and the city is an industrial powerhouse with a rich cultural scene and a reputation as a centre of Finland’s information society. Additionally, Finland is known for being one of the most stable, free, and safe countries in the world, based on various ratings by prominent agencies. Tampere is surrounded by stunning nature, with forests and lakes offering countless opportunities for easy-to-access outdoor adventures and refreshment throughout the year.

Read more about Finland and Tampere: 

How to apply

Please submit your application through our online recruitment system (link provided below). The closing date for applications is October 30th, 2023 (at 23.59 EEST, UTC+2). All application materials, including the accompanying documentation, should be written in English and attached in PDF format.

Please ensure that your application includes the following documents:

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • List of publications according to Academy of Finland guidelines
  • References from two individuals
  • Cover letter, which should include a brief introduction of the applicant, previous research experience, and future plans.  

Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered. If you have any questions regarding the application process or the position, please do not hesitate to contact us using the contact details provided in the job advertisement.

We look forward to receiving your application and thank you for your interest in joining our dynamic and innovative community at Tampere University.

For further information, please contact:

Associate Professor Soile Nymark, tel. +358 40 849 0009, soile.nymark@tuni.fi

For questions regarding the application process, please contact HR Specialist Lilli Sarasvirta, lilli.sarasvirta@tuni.fi

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Tampereen yliopisto ja Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu muodostavat yhdessä Suomen toiseksi suurimman monitieteisen, innostavan ja vaikuttavan tutkimus- ja oppimisyhteisön. Korkeakouluyhteisömme osaamiskärjet ovat tekniikka, terveys ja yhteiskunta. Lue lisää: www.tuni.fi

Tampereen yliopiston lääketieteen ja terveysteknologian tiedekunnan BioMediTech-yksikössä on haettavana tutkijatohtorin määräaikainen tehtävä solutason sähköfysiologian alalta.

Lääketieteen ja terveysteknologian tiedekuntamme on monialainen biolääketieteen tekniikan, bioteknologian, lääketieteen ja terveysteknologian tutkimuksen ja opetuksen korkeatasoinen yksikkö. Teemme kansainvälisesti merkittävää perus- ja soveltavaa tutkimusta.  

Lue tarkemmat tiedot tehtävästä ja hakuohjeet yllä olevasta englanninkielisestä ilmoituksesta. Jätäthän hakemuksesi yliopiston sähköisellä hakulomakkeella (linkki löytyy tämän ilmoituksen alta). Hakuaika tehtävään päättyy 30.10.2023 klo 23.59.

Application period starts: 2023-09-05 08:00

Application period ends: 2023-10-30 23:59

Read the job description at the university homepage

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Post expires on Tuesday October 31st, 2023

Doctoral Researcher (ESR – AI for bioacoustic analysis) / Väitöskirjatutkija (ESR – AI & bioakustinen analyysi)

Tampere University creates a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our university community has its competitive edges in technology, health and society. www.tuni.fi/en

The position will be part of the EU-funded MSCA Doctoral Training Network BioacAI (https://bioacousticai.eu) that will educate 10 doctoral researchers in the area of bioacoustic AI for wildlife protection. 

Job Description

Tampere University (Finland) offers a position for a doctoral researcher (an early-stage researcher (ESR). The job position requires conducting research on an individual project at a doctoral student level and studying toward completing a doctoral degree. We are looking for a candidate to pursue the research on project “Human-in-the-loop AI for bioacoustic event recognition”, which will develop active learning methods which will allow training machine learning models on large-scale bioacoustics datasets, while minimizing the amount of human annotated labels. 


 Bioacoustic analysis typically requires large-scale recordings which manual analysis requires extensive manual labour. The doctoral researcher will develop active learning methods that involve a “human in the loop”. The objective is to develop bioacoustic analysis methods that enable learning machine learning models for recognizing new bioacoustic classes (for example the voice of a target species, individual, or behaviour) in large-scale bioacoustic recordings, by asking feedback from a human annotator. New active learning methods will be developed to minimise the amount of manual labour required and to maximise the accuracy of the methods, while taking into account the generic properties of bioacoustic data, such as prior knowledge about sounds of interest, and environmental factors that affect the data.
 

The doctoral researcher will participate the activities of the BioacAI network, including workshops and short courses in other countries participating the network. The doctoral researcher will also do research visits to partner institutions of the network, with the goal on applying the developed methods in specific bioacoustics tasks.

Requirements

  • We are looking for a talented, creative and highly motivated researcher;
  • The applicant must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in the fields of machine learning, signal processing, computer science, quantitative biology, bioinformatics, bioacoustics, or a closely related field, completed with good grades.
  • The position includes transnational mobility (i.e., academic research visits and/or fieldwork).
  •  Good written and oral communication in English.
  •  Good planning and time management skills.
  •  The ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within the research group.
  •   Proficiency in programming e.g. Python, R, C/C++, PyTorch, Tensorflow.
  • H2020 MSCA Mobility Rule: at the time of recruitment by the host organization, the researcher must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organization for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the recruitment date. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into account.

Desirable knowledge, skills and experience

       ● Experience of working with audio data (sound recordings) 

       ● Experience of working with machine learning algorithms, especially deep learning 

       ● An interest in/affinity with biodiversity, and the field of natural sciences and biology

We offer

We offer highly innovative programme, that will help you to build a solid fundamental of the area and will put you in an extremely good position in your future career endeavours in a rapidly growing sector.

 The position is full-time and it will be filled for a fixed-term period of three years; starting 01.02.2024 or as agreed. A trial period of 6 months applies to all new employees. The salary will be set in accordance with MSCA ESR rates; monthly salary approximately 3200€ without family and 3700€ with family.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, such as occupational health care, flexible working hours, excellent sports facilities on campus and several restaurants and cafés on campus with staff discounts. Please read more about working at Tampere University.

Tampere is one of the major academic hubs in the Nordic countries and offers a dynamic living environment. Tampere region is one of the three most rapidly growing urban areas in Finland and home to a vibrant knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial community. The city is an industrial powerhouse that enjoys a rich cultural scene and a reputation as a centre of Finland’s information society. Tampere hosts the Tampere Imaging Ecosystem, one of the top 5 imaging clusters worldwide. Audio Research Group of Tampere University, where the research will be conducted, is a globally leading research group on audio signal processing and machine learning for audio. For more information on Tampere and Finland, please visit:

How to apply

Please submit your application through our online recruitment system. The closing date for applications is the 17th of October 2023 (23:59 EEST / UTC+3). Please write your application and all the accompanying documentation in English and attach them in PDF format.

Please attach only the following documents to your application: 

  • A letter of motivation (max. 1 page)
  • Curriculum vitae according to the TENK template  and including a list of publications and the contact details of two referees
  • Copy of your MSc+BSc degree certificates including transcripts of all university records and their English translations (Finnish certificates are accepted) and Diploma Supplement

For more information, please contact:

Professor Tuomas Virtanen, tuomas.virtanen@tuni.fi

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Tampereen yliopisto ja Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu muodostavat yhdessä Suomen toiseksi suurimman monitieteisen, innostavan ja vaikuttavan tutkimus- ja oppimisyhteisön. Korkeakouluyhteisömme osaamiskärjet ovat tekniikka, terveys ja yhteiskunta. Lue lisää: www.tuni.fi

Tampereen yliopistossa on haettavana väitöskirjatutkijan (ESR – AI & bioakustinen analyysi) -tehtävä.

Tehtävä edellyttää tutkimuksen tekemistä ja opintoja kohti tohtorin tutkinnon suorittamista. Etsimme ehdokkaita, joilla on sopiva tausta ja motivaatio työskennellä korkealuokkaisen innovatiivisen projektin parissa. 

HAKUOHJEET

Lue tarkemmat tiedot tehtävästä ja hakuohjeet yllä olevasta englanninkielisestä ilmoituksesta.

Jätäthän hakemuksesi yliopiston sähköisellä hakulomakkeella (linkki löytyy tämän ilmoituksen alta). Hakuaika tehtävään päättyy 17.10.2023, klo 23:59.

Application period starts: 2023-09-05 13:00

Application period ends: 2023-10-17 23:59

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Post expires on Tuesday October 17th, 2023

Postdoctoral Researcher (Tampere Complexity Lab – Computational social science) / Tutkijatohtori (Tampere Complexity Lab – Laskennalliset sosiaalitieteet)

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Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences create a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our universities community has its competitive edges in technology, health and society. www.tuni.fi/en

We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to work on the data-driven mathematical modelling of networked phenomena in nature and society at the brand new Tampere Complexity Lab led by Prof. Gerardo Iñiguez in Tampere University, Finland.

The Tampere Complexity Lab, part of the Computing Sciences Unit of the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University, aims at understanding the emergence of complexity in nature and society. We perform interdisciplinary research on the boundaries of physics, applied mathematics, sociology, and computer science, exploring the structure and dynamics of large-scale systems of interconnected entities that react to each other and the environment, especially in our technologically infused societies. We analyze the statistical properties of large empirical datasets of networked events off- and online, and emulate them via simple mechanistic mathematical models, to figure out how complex adaptive behavior at the macro level arises from a multitude of microscopic interactions.

Job description

Together, we will work on the mathematical and computational modelling of adaptive socio-technical networks leading to group emergence and ideological polarisation in online platforms and uncover mechanisms leading to emergent universalities in the large-scale behaviour of social networks and hierarchical complex systems.

Broad topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Generic features of stability in the dynamics of rankings and hierarchies in complex systems.
  • Dynamic interplay of mechanisms of information transfer and tie formation in social networks.
  • Adaptive coevolution of dynamics and structure in networks.

Duties include:

  • High-level academic research and publication activities (90%).
  • Teaching assistance in related graduate courses (10%).

Requirements

The position is open for people with a PhD relevant to research in computational social science, network science, and complex systems in general (including, but not limited to, network science, physics, applied mathematics, computer science, and quantitative social sciences).

Competitive applicants will have outstanding mathematical, computational, and communication skills, a strong interest in interdisciplinary research, and an open-minded, collaborative spirit. Ideal candidates will have a promising record of high-level international publications and a demonstrated ability to conduct high-impact research in computational social science and network science. A strong research skillset, coming from fields like nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics, applied statistics, data science, and machine learning, will include large-scale statistical data analysis, mathematical modelling, and data/model fitting of complex networked phenomena. 

We expect the candidate to display genuine interdisciplinary interests, organizational and networking skills within the research community, and the initiative to conduct both collaborative and independent research. Language will be English at a high academic level in an international research environment, but Finnish is a plus. Teaching experience is consider an advantage. 

Tampere University is a unique, multidisciplinary and boldly forward-looking, evolving community. Our values are openness, diversity, responsibility, courage, critical thinking, erudition/Bildung, and learner-centredness. We hope that you can embrace these values and promote them in your work.

We offer

The postdoctoral researcher will be hired for a fixed term period of 2 years. The start date is anytime, preferably as soon as possible, and will be mutually agreed between the parties. Trial period of six months applies to all our new hires. Potential funding might include attendance to international scientific conferences. The salary will be based on both the job requirements and the employee’s personal performance in accordance with the Finnish University Salary System. A typical starting salary for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow is 3700 EUR per month. However, for more experienced persons, higher salary can be negotiated. 

We offer you the opportunity to join our dynamic and innovative international community. As a member of staff at Tampere University, you will enjoy a range of competitive benefits, such as occupational health care services, flexible work schedule, versatile research infrastructure, modern teaching facilities and a safe and inviting campus area as well as a personal fund to spend on sports and cultural activities in your free time. Please read more about working at Tampere University. You can also find more information about us and working and living Tampere by watching our video: Tampere Higher Education Community – our academic playground

Finland is among the most stable, free and safe countries in the world, based on prominent ratings by various agencies. Tampere is the largest inland city of Finland, and the city is counted among the major academic hubs in the Nordic countries. Tampere region is the most rapidly growing urban area in Finland and home to a vibrant knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial community. The city is an industrial powerhouse that enjoys a rich cultural scene and a reputation as a centre of Finland’s information society. Tampere is also surrounded by vivid nature with forests and lakes, providing countless opportunities for easy-to-access outdoor adventures and refreshment throughout the year.

Read more about Finland and Tampere: 

How to apply

Please submit your application in English through our online recruitment system (link below). 

The closing date for applications is the 30th of November 2023 (23:59 EST / UTC+2). 

Attach the following documents to your application in PDF format: 

  1. Brief letter of intent (describing yourself, your research background and interests, and why you would be suitable for the position; max 3 pages)
  2. Curriculum vitae (TENK guidelines)
  3. List of publications (Academy of Finland guidelines)
  4. Names and full contact addresses of at least 2 references (please arrange for them to send recommendation letters to Prof. Gerardo Iñiguez, in case we request it)
  5. Any additional material or unpublished work that helps us see that you are research-oriented, technically skilled, and creative.

For more information, please contact:

Associate Prof. Dr. Gerardo Iñiguez, gerardo.iniguez@tuni.fi

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Tampereen yliopisto ja Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu muodostavat yhdessä Suomen toiseksi suurimman monitieteisen, innostavan ja vaikuttavan tutkimus- ja oppimisyhteisön. Korkeakouluyhteisömme osaamiskärjet ovat tekniikka, terveys ja yhteiskunta. Lue lisää: www.tuni.fi

Tampereen yliopistossa on haettavana Tutkijatohtori (Tampere Complexity Lab – Laskennallinen sosiaalitiede) tehtävä.

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Lue tarkemmat tiedot tehtävästä ja hakuohjeet yllä olevasta englanninkielisestä ilmoituksesta.

Jätäthän hakemuksesi yliopiston sähköisellä hakulomakkeella (linkki löytyy tämän ilmoituksen alta). Hakuaika tehtävään päättyy 30.11.2023, klo 23:59.

Application period starts: 2023-09-01 09:00

Application period ends: 2023-11-30 23:59

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Post expires on Friday December 1st, 2023