Two full-time postdoc positions are available at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College to join the Keller research group. The successful candidates will become part of a transdisciplinary research group in the area of climate risk management. The research group addresses two interrelated questions. First, how can we mechanistically…
Diversifying models for analysing global change scenarios and sustainability pathways (2022)
E. A. Moallemi, L. Gao, S. Eker, B. Bryan, Diversifying models for analysing global change scenarios and sustainability pathways. Global Sustainability 5, 1-17 (2022). url: https://t.co/2cGUyA0GbK Non-technical summary: Models are increasingly used to inform the transformation of human–Earth systems towards a sustainable future, aligned with the sustainable development goals (SDGs)….
PhD or PostDoc position in uncertainty modeling for long-range energy scenarios
Job description Renewable Energy Systems group, led by Prof. Evelina Trutnevyte, at the University of Geneva is looking to fill a PhD or PostDoc position in uncertainty modeling for long-range energy scenarios. Located at the Faculty of Science and at the interfaculty Institute for Environmental Sciences, Renewable Energy Systems group…
Postdoctoral Position: Uncertainty characterization of human-system responses to flood risk – Cornell University
Position Summary The Department of Biological & Environmental Engineering at Cornell University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Srikrishnan research group. The successful candidate will co-lead a research project on uncertainty characterization for models of coupled natural-human system responses to evolving flood risk. The Postdoctoral Associate will…
Decision Science Can Help Address the Challenges of Long-Term Planning in the Colorado River Basin (2022)
Rebecca Smith, Edith Zagona, Joseph Kasprzyk, Nathan Bonham, Elliot Alexander, Alan Butler, James Prairie, Carly Jerla http://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12985 “Deep uncertainty” is a term that describes planning contexts in which it is impossible to determine the likelihood of any given set of future conditions, there are conflicting performance objectives and priorities, and…
Junior Water Resources Modeler – Deltares
What to expect as junior water resources modelerThe Water Resources and Delta Management Department (WDM) is contributing to the development of integrated water management plans at national and river basin scale, taken into account the impacts of climate change on the availability of fresh water resources as well as water…
New Career Office Hours added
In September, we announced a series of office hours as part of a virtual career mentoring program. We are announcing two new office hours for December and January with Dr. Robert Lempert and Prof. Jan Kwakkel, respectively. More information below: December 15th 9am PT/12pm ET/6pm CET – Robert Lempert Robert…
PostDoc position on High-Performance Social Simulation
Job description TU Delft has an opening for a postdoctoral research fellow at the intersection of social simulation and high-performance algorithms. The goal of project is to develop methods to speed large-scale agent-based modelling (ABMs), for example by means of effective parallelization using High Performance Computing (HPC). The use of…
Visualizations for decision support in scenario-based multiobjective optimization
Shavazipour, Babooshka, Manuel López-Ibáñez, and Kaisa Miettinen. “Visualizations for decision support in scenario-based multiobjective optimization.” Information Sciences 578 (2021): 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2021.07.025 Abstract We address challenges of decision problems when managers need to optimize several conflicting objectives simultaneously under uncertainty. We propose visualization tools to support the solution of such scenario-based multiobjective optimization…
November career office hour – Julie Rozenberg
We recently announced a series of office hours as part of a virtual career mentoring program. The office hour for the month of November will be with Dr. Julie Rozenberg. More information below: November 22nd 7am PT/10am ET/4pm CET – Julie Rozenberg Julie Rozenberg is a Senior Economist at the…