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Subject: Post Doctoral Fellowship Opportunity
From: Olivier BARRETEAU (barreteau@montpellier.cemagref.fr)
Date: lun oct 22 2001 - 10:57:00 CEST
>Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 13:54:42 -0400
>Reply-To: Rick Riolo <rlr@FIORE.PHYSICS.LSA.UMICH.EDU>
>Sender: News and discussion about computer simulation in the social
sciences <SIMSOC@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>From: Rick Riolo <rlr@FIORE.PHYSICS.LSA.UMICH.EDU>
>Subject: Post Doctoral Fellowship Opportunity
>To: SIMSOC@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Content-Length: 2503
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>Post Doctoral Fellowship Opportunity
>
>The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
>
>School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) and
>Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS)
>
>The University of Michigan announces a post-doctoral research
>opportunity, beginning as early as January 2002, focusing on developing,
>studying, and applying agent-based models of land use and land cover
>dynamics at the urban fringe. The position is part of a multi-year
>project funded by the National Science Foundation's Biocomplexity and
>the Environment program to develop agent-based models of land use
>change, compare them with empirical observations from both survey
>research and historical landscape data (including plat maps, aerial
>photographs, and satellite images), and generate and test policy
>scenarios. The successful candidate for this position will have
>expertise and interests in agent-based modeling and geographic
>information science. Additional areas of expertise could include a
>social science, ecology of human-dominated systems, remote sensing, or
>survey research. The person in this position will be expected to
>collaborate with project investigators and other researchers and play a
>coordinating role for the project. A PhD is required by Sept 2002. The
>University of Michigan, a leader in undergraduate and graduate education
>and one of the world's premiere research universities, offers rigorous
>academic programs, outstanding faculty, and diverse cultural and social
>opportunities in a stimulating intellectual environment. Applicants
>should submit a statement of research interests, a resume, a
>representative example of their scholarly work, and the names, addresses
>(including e-mail), and telephone numbers of three references to:
>
>Prof. Dan Brown or
>Prof. Joan Nassauer
>
>School of Natural Resources & Environment
>University of Michigan
>Dana Building, 430 East University
>Ann Arbor MI 48109-1115
>danbrown@umich.edu or
>nassauer@umich.edu
>
> or
>
>Prof. Scott E. Page
>Center for Study of Complex Systems
>University of Michigan
>4485 Randall Laboratory
>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1120
>scotte@umich.edu
>
>
>Review of applicants will begin November 15 and continue until the
>position is filled.
>
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>Rick Riolo rlriolo@umich.edu
>Center for Study of Complex Systems (CSCS)
>4477 Randall Lab
>University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 48109-1120
>Phone: 734 763 3323 Fax: 734 763 9267
>http://www.pscs.umich.edu/PEOPLE/rlr-home.html
>