美国哈佛大学计算与社会研究中心(CRCS)2023年招收博士后

美国哈佛大学计算与社会研究中心(CRCS)2023年招收博士后

哈佛大学（Harvard University），简称“哈佛”，位于美国马萨诸塞州波士顿都市区剑桥市，一所顶尖私立研究型大学，常春藤盟校，全球大学校长论坛、全球大学高研院联盟成员。

哈佛大学建立于1636年，最早由马萨诸塞州殖民地立法机关创建，初名“新市民学院”。为了纪念在成立初期给予学院慷慨支持的约翰・哈佛牧师，学校于1639年3月更名为“哈佛学院（Harvard College）”。1780年，哈佛学院正式改称“哈佛大学”。

哈佛大学由十所学院以及一个高等研究所构成。该校还负责管理运行哈佛-史密松森天体物理中心、麻省总医院、波士顿儿童医院等机构。

在2024年QS世界大学排名中，哈佛大学位列第四。2023年U.S. News美国最佳大学排名中，哈佛大学位列第3。截至2018年，哈佛共有18位菲尔兹奖得主，14位图灵奖得主。

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society(CRCS)

Harvard University

The Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS) solicits applications for postdoctoral fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. CRCS provides postdoctoral fellows with an annual salary plus travel and research funding to allow them to engage in independent research. We seek computer science researchers who are enthusiastic about collaborating with colleagues from other disciplines and who have a demonstrated interest in connecting their research agenda with societal issues. Fellows spend up to two years at CRCS.

Areas of specific research interest for the 2024-2025 academic year include wildlife conservation/sustainability and public health. Research in this arena may involve, among myriad other possibilities, the use of AI for protecting endangered wildlife, fisheries, and forests; the use of technology to detect and prevent disease; public health challenges such as housing insecurity, pandemic prevention, and/or strategies to promote health equity; and ethics and fairness in the application of technological innovation to societal problems.

Many of these topics involve interdisciplinary collaboration. To that end, CRCS researchers have collaborated in interdisciplinary work with other centers at Harvard, including the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (CCDD), Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics, Embedded EthiCS at Harvard, and the Harvard Chan India Research Center.

The ideal CRCS Postdoctoral Fellow will have a technical background in computer science (or related area) and a desire to creatively use those skills to address problems of societal importance. CRCS is a highly collaborative environment, and we expect fellows to engage with researchers both within and beyond computer science. CRCS researchers have made contributions to important outcomes such as the development of PAWS for conservation and the Privacy Tools Project.

CRCS offers postdoctoral fellows numerous opportunities to engage with Harvard faculty, students, and scholars in computer science and other disciplines, including the CRCS lunch seminar series, professional development panels, informal CRCS lunches, and other research group meetings. Annual salary for CRCS fellows is $80,000, paid monthly, with additional support for research and conference travel.

Harvard University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We are particularly interested in attracting women and underrepresented groups to participate in CRCS. The health of our workforce is a priority for Harvard University. With that in mind, we strongly encourage all employees to be up to date on CDC-recommended vaccines.

For further information about the Center and its activities, see https: // crcs.seas.harvard.edu/.

We encourage candidates to apply by December 1, 2023, but will continue to review applications until the positions are filled.

Basic Qualifications

Candidates are required to have a doctorate or terminal degree in Computer Science or a related area by the expected start date.

Additional Qualifications Special Instructions

Required application documents include a cover letter, cv, a statement of research interests, and up to three representative papers. Candidates are also required to submit the names and contact information for at least three and up to five references, and the application is complete only when three letters have been submitted.

The cover letter should address your specific interest in the CRCS Fellowship, goals while at CRCS, and the names of up to three faculty members with whom you would like to work.

Contact Information

Center for Research on Computation and Society SEC 2.101 150 Western Avenue Boston, MA 02134

Contact Email CRCS@seas.harvard.edu Equal Opportunity Employer