Computational Social Science Lab - University of Sydney
Description:
We seek the opportunity to recruit an inaugural cohort of up to 5 Ph.D. students to work on interdisciplinary computational social science projects under the supervision of the core faculty of the CSS Lab. The core faculty/supervisory team includes:
Dr Olga Boichak (School of Art, Communication, and English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
Professor Monika Bednarek (School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
Professor Eduardo G. Altmann (School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science)
Professor Kalervo Gulson (School of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
Associate Professor Tristram Alexander (School of Physics, Faculty of Science)
Dr Aim Sinpeng (School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
Dr Joanne Gray (School of Art, Communication, and English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
All projects will tap into existing strengths and expertise of the Social Media and Data Science Research Group and affiliated faculty surrounding modeling and analyzing data-based representations of individuals and communities and algorithmic bias associated with these emerging regimes of knowledge production. The core faculty bring a significant track record of research excellence in three distinct areas of computational social science: language and topic modeling (Bednarek, Boichak), network analysis and community detection (Altmann, Alexander), and machine learning and artificial intelligence (Sinpeng, Gray, Gulson). Coming from different disciplines across two Faculties, they have each demonstrated extensive graduate research leadership relative to opportunity, as well as introduced successful innovation in the HDR research training space.
As Dr. Aim Sinpeng is one of the core faculty members of the Computational Social Sciences Lab, Ph.D. projects focusing on Southeast Asia would be especially welcome.
Deadline: Rolling
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