<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px">[</span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px">Apologies</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"> for </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px">cross</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px">-</span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px">posting</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px">, please share widely. Thank you!]</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The College of Information and Computer Sciences (<a href="https://www.cics.umass.edu/">CICS</a>) at UMass Amherst is searching for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to conduct innovative and exciting research in the areas of visualization, urban design, and civic data analysis with</span><a href="https://groups.cs.umass.edu/nmahyar/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prof. Narges Mahyar</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Prof. Mahyar conducts research at the intersection of visualization, social computing, and crowdsourcing with the goal of advancing civic technology that addresses social inequality by including marginalized perspectives and leveraging the diversity of viewpoints and experiences to drive collective innovation. The project aims at developing novel methods and systems to support democratic public participation in civic decisions and analysis of large-scale civic data.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><span id="gmail-m_-195658520396990954gmail-docs-internal-guid-fb881c81-7fff-86c4-1d2a-639d0124bd12"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:underline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Requirements:</font></span></strong></p><ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.4em;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:square"><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related technical field.</font></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Strong background in interactive data visualization and analysis.</font></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Experienced in designing and implementing empirical user studies.</font></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Experienced with both qualitative and quantitative research methods.</font></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a diverse interdisciplinary team.</font></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Demonstrated ability to work with and mentor graduate students.</font></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Excellent written and oral communication.</font></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Experience in developing and applying machine learning models is preferred.</font></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face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iv dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Narges Mahyar</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Assistant Professor</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">College of Information and Computer Sciences</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">University of Massachusetts Amherst</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><a href="http://groups.cs.umass.edu/nmahyar/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px" target="_blank">http://groups.cs.umass.edu/nmahyar/</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>