<div dir="ltr">-----------------------------------------------------------<br>Postdoc Position in Data Science and Visual Analytics for Crime Analytics<br>-----------------------------------------------------------<br><br>The Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry (CEPID-CeMEAI) at the University of São Paulo, in São Carlos/SP, Brazil opens a post-doctoral research position in Data Science / Visual Analytics to work in the project: <br><br>"Crime Analysis and Forecasting in Urban Environments – Tools for Improving Public Policies in the Area of Security". <br><br>The project, funded by Fapesp (Sao Paulo State research funding agency), aims at advancing the state-of-the-art research in spatiotemporal crime data analysis, crime pattern identification, and crime prediction. The project is in collaboration with the Núcleo de Estudos da Violência - University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, Brazil and Fundação Getúlio Vargas - Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil. The post-doc will interact with members of those institutions but s/he will be hosted in São Carlos/SP.<br><br>We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow! Curiosity, open-mind, creativity, persistence, and collaborative-work capability are the key personal skills we target. A Ph.D. in computer science, applied mathematics, or related fields is required, with demonstrated experience and high quality publications. Candidates should have advanced programming skills and a solid background in data science and/or visual analytic techniques. Candidates must have got their PhD in the last 7 years.<br><br>Portuguese speaking is not required but fluency in English is mandatory.<br><br>São Paulo Research Foundation provides the financial support with a monthly salary of R$ 7.373,10 (about U$ 1,600.00). Financial support is also provided to cover transportation expenses to move to São Carlos - Brazil. An extra grant is also provided to cover participation in highly relevant conferences, research trips (limited to 15% of the annual amount of the fellowship), computers and research related equipaments. The position is for one year, but it can be extended to an extra year.<br><br>*** Application ***<br><br>Applicants are invited to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae (including their full publication record), as well as reference letters (at least two) by email to Dr. Luis Gustavo Nonato - <a href="mailto:gnonato@icmc.usp.br" target="_blank">gnonato@icmc.usp.br</a> ( PDF files only) until January 31, 2021.<br><br>Contract Condition:<br><br>Grant from FAPESP under the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (RIDC-CeMEAI) (<a href="http://www.fapesp.br/en/17" target="_blank">http://www.fapesp.br/en/17</a>, <a href="http://www.cemeai.icmc.usp.br/" target="_blank">http://www.cemeai.icmc.usp.br/</a>).<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><font color="#888888">Luis Gustavo Nonato<br>Full Professor<br>Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics<br>Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences<br>University of Sao Paulo at Sao Carlos<br>P.O. Box 668<br>13560-970 Sao Carlos - SP Brazil<br>
Phone - <a value="+551633739695">+55 16 3373969<font color="#888888">7</font></a><br></font></span><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">web: <a href="http://www.icmc.usp.br/pessoas/gnonato/" target="_blank">http://www.icmc.usp.br/pessoas/gnonato/</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>