[Jobinfo] Fwd: [Ieee_vis_open_positions] NSF-NRT PhD Fellowships in Complex Networks and Systems at Indiana University
Wed Oct 25 21:01:31 CEST 2017
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Subject: [Ieee_vis_open_positions] NSF-NRT PhD Fellowships in Complex
Networks and Systems at Indiana University
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:08:58 +0000
From: Borner, Katy via ieee_vis_open_positions
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Dear all,
Please encourage your best students to apply for this prestigious PhD
Fellowship Opportunity.
See research areas and program benefits below.
Best regards from IU,
k
Interdisciplinary Training in Complex Networks and Systems
Understanding complex networked systems is key to solving some of the
most vexing problems confronting humankind, from discovering how dynamic
brain connections give rise to thoughts and behaviors, to detecting and
preventing the spread of misinformation or unhealthy behaviors across a
population. Graduate training, however, typically occurs in one of two
dimensions: experimental and observational methods in a specific area
such as biology and sociology, or in general methodologies such as
machine learning and data science.
With more and more students seeking to gain sufficient expertise in
mathematical and computational methods on top of domain-specific
laboratory and social analysis methodologies, a greater demand for more
efficient interdisciplinary training is emerging. The Indiana University
National Science Foundation Research Traineeship
<https://cns-nrt.indiana.edu/> (NRT) addresses this growing need with an
integrated dual PhD program that trains students to be “bidisciplinary”
in Complex Networks and Systems (CNS) and another discipline of their
choosing from the natural and social sciences. It will seamlessly
integrate traditional education with interdisciplinary hands-on research
in a culture of academic and human diversity.
The training program capitalizes on the new Indiana University Network
Science Institute (IUNI) <https://iuni.iu.edu/>. The Institute's 165+
faculty members will serve in interdisciplinary PhD program committees
to be co-chaired by research mentors from both CNS and the target
empirical domain. Project-driven, team-based research at IUNI will
seamlessly integrate academic education with interdisciplinary
hands-on scientific and industrial research. Trainees will learn to
connect the general-purpose, computational expertise of CNS to the deep,
domain-specific research methodologies of the natural, behavioral, and
social sciences thus bridging the gap between distinct training
cultures. They will be a new breed of STEM scientists that escapes the
silos of disciplinary training to address the complex problems of the
21st century.
*Applications Due December 1*
**
For more information on how to apply please contact:
infograd@indiana.edu <mailto:infograd@indiana.edu>. For information
about research and academic components, please see our website
*https://cns-nrt.indiana.edu <https://cns-nrt.indiana.edu/>*, contact
the program director Prof. Luis M Rocha
<mailto:rocha@indiana.edu?subject=NSF-CNS-NRT%20Inquiry>, or other
members of the executive committee:**
Executive Committee
·Luis M. Rocha <https://www.informatics.indiana.edu/rocha/>, Director
·Katy Börner <http://info.ils.indiana.edu/%7Ekaty/>, Evaluation
Committee Chair
·Bernice Pescosolido
<https://iuni.iu.edu/people/person/bernice-pescosolido>, Colloquia and
Outreach Committee Chair
·Armando Razo <http://polisci.indiana.edu/faculty/profiles/arazo.shtml>,
Education and Training Committee Chair
·Olaf Sporns <http://psych.indiana.edu/faculty/osporns.php>, Recruiting
and Admissions Committee Chair
·Tara Holbrook
<https://www.soic.indiana.edu/all-people/profile.html?profile_id=230>,
Project Coordinator
Research Themes
Complex networks and systems
Network neuroscience
Social network science
Health & health care
Science of science
Finance and economy networks
Biological and chemical networks
Many others
Program Benefits
$34,000 stipend on prestigious NSF Fellowship
Tuition and health insurance
Develop dual proficiency
Interdisciplinary training
Early integration in research via Indiana University Network Science
Institute (IUNI)
National and international internships
Academic and industrial professional development including travel support
Diverse, collaborative cohorts
Interaction with world-renowned external board members and speakers
NSF fellow must be US citizens residents. IU fellowships and NRT
affiliates available for international students.
**
*Academics*
Dual PhD program in CNS and another domain such as Biology, Chemistry,
Cognitive Science, Economics, Psychological and Brain Sciences,
Sociology, Political Science, Physics, etc. Hands-on training in
general-purpose methodologies of CNS, computational and data science, as
well domain-specific methodologies of a chosen natural, behavioral, or
social science.
--
Katy Borner
Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information
Science
Director, CI for Network Science Center, http://cns.iu.edu
Curator, Mapping Science exhibit, http://scimaps.org
ISE and ILS, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University
Wells Library 021, 1320 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166
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