PhD/PostDoc: Politecnico di Torino, Italy and New York University, USA

PhD/PostDoc: Politecnico di Torino, Italy and New York University, USA
Contributed by: Alessandro Rizzo, alessandro.rizzo@polito.it

I am writing to inform you that three positions are available within my research programs on complex and networked systems:

1) post-doctoral researcher, for a duration of 18 months, within the research project “Mac2Mic” – Macro to Micro: uncovering the hidden mechanisms driving network dynamics. The project is funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperations and by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the State of Israel, in the framework of the bilateral initiatives of scientific and technological cooperation. The aim of the project is the inference of local/individual dynamics (node dynamics) in networked systems for which global measurements at the population level (i.e., “observables”) are available. The project is carried out in collaboration with Dr. Guido Caldarelli (Institute of Complex Systems, National Research Council, Rome, and IMT Lucca) and Dr. Baruch Barzel (Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel). The post-doctoral researcher will be hired at Politecnico di Torino. An outgoing mobility phase of at least two stays of two months each at Bar-Ilan University is mandatory (additional funds for mobility are allocated).

2) Ph.D. student at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Dynamical Systems Laboratory, directed by Prof. Maurizio Porfiri. The research will be focused on time-varying complex networks for modeling and control of epidemic processes in heterogeneous populations. The candidate will enroll at New York University and will be co-mentored by Prof. Porfiri and myself. It will be possible to work toward a dual-title agreement with Politecnico di Torino, subject to a mobility activity of at least one year, which can be fractioned in two period of at least six months each.

3) Post-doc researcher at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Dynamical Systems Laboratory, directed by Prof. Maurizio Porfiri. The research will be focused on time-varying complex networks for modeling and control of epidemic processes in heterogeneous populations. Duration and terms of the appointment are negotiable.