[PlanetKR] Postdoc position in the science of Hybrid Intelligence

[Frank van Harmelen]

Postdoc position, 3 years, to put Human-centered & Hybrid AI on a firm 
scientific footing. Methodology, metrics, bench marks. You'll work for 3 
years with a team of 30 PhD students across The Netherlands in 
https://hybrid-intelligence-centre.nl
Apply before 21 Feb!

JOB DESCRIPTION
You will work on an exciting project on Hybrid-Intelligence, which is 
funded by a 10 year Gravitation Grant from the Dutch Ministry of 
Education, Culture and Science and brings together many prominent AI 
researchers in the Netherlands 
(https://www.hybrid-intelligence-centre.nl/). Hybrid Intelligence (HI) 
is the combination of human and machine intelligence, expanding human 
intellect instead of replacing it. HI takes human expertise and 
intentionality into account when making meaningful decisions and 
performing appropriate actions, together with ethical, legal and 
societal values. The vision of the project is to design Hybrid 
Intelligent systems, an approach to Artificial Intelligence that puts 
humans at the centre, changing the course of the ongoing AI revolution.

This position will serve two purposes:

- contribute to shaping Hybrid Intelligence as an 
internationally-recognized area of research; A key goal of this PostDoc 
position is to scientifically investigate Hybrid Intelligence and 
contribute toward establishing it as a research field. Your role in the 
project will be to lead the effort to develop a methodology to identify 
the levels of hybrid intelligence, design the metrics or processes to 
measure or assess them, and create use-cases to demonstrate different 
levels.

- contribute to the activities of the Hybrid-Intelligence Consortium in 
establishing and supporting synergies among the individual projects 
towards the consortium’s goals: The Hybrid Intelligence program consists 
of many smaller projects that are taken by PhDs and PostDocs to develop 
Hybrid Intelligence. We aim that the developed methodologies can be used 
to evaluate how well these projects provide solutions for hybrid 
intelligence as well as design new use-cases, scenarios or datasets to 
bring out the hybrid character of individual projects and establish 
synergies between them. In order to facilitate this, you will interact 
frequently with the consortium members. These interactions will include 
regular research meetings and will lead to co-authored papers.

This postdoc position will be based in the Department of Information and 
Computing Sciences of Utrecht University. You will be part of a 
dedicated group of researchers from different universities that work in 
a consortium. The group currently consists of Pınar Yolum (UU), Davide 
Grossi (RUG), Catholijn Jonker (TU Delft), Pradeep Murukannaiah (TU 
Delft)and Catharine Oertel (TU Delft). Your position will be within a 
team at the heart of the consortium that has the ambition to deliver 
concrete hybrid intelligent output gathered from the broad range of 
running projects.

The position is available from March 1st, 2022 (starting date flexible).

QUALIFICATIONS

  * You have a PhD in a computational field such as Artificial
    Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science, Cognitive Science,
    Philosophy of the AI with a strong interest in participatory design
    OR you have a PhD in Design Science or a similar field with strong
    programming and research methodology skills
  * You possess good communication skills and are able to work with
    people of different backgrounds
  * You have demonstrated your ability to publish and present your work
    at international venues
  * You are passionate about working with researchers and end users
  * You have an interest in formulating vision, roadmaps, and
    methodologies for developing and evaluating Hybrid Intelligence
    systems. Previous experience with meta-analysis research is a plus

OFFER

  * A chance to work on an exciting new project together with many
    prominent AI researchers in the Netherlands;
  * A position for 3 years;
  * A full-time gross salary, depending on previous qualifications and
    work experience, that ranges between €2.846 and €4.490 per month
    (scale 10 Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities);
  * 8% holiday bonus and 8.3% end-of-year bonus;
  * A pension scheme, partially paid parental leave, and flexible
    employment conditions based on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch
    Universities. In addition to the employment conditions laid down in
    the CAO for Dutch Universities, Utrecht University has a number of
    its own arrangements. For example, there are agreements on
    professional development, leave arrangements and sports. We also
    give you the opportunity to expand your terms of employment via the
    Employment Conditions Selection Model. This is how we like to
    encourage you to continue to grow.

More information about the post and the application procedure can be 
found here: 
https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/postdoc-position-in-the-science-of-hybrid-intelligence-10-fte

If you have any questions that you’d like us to answer, please contact: 
Pınar Yolum (p.yolum at uu.nl).

Do you have a question about the application procedure? Please send an 
email to science.recruitment at uu.nl.

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