[Ieee_vis_open_positions] Post-Doc Position at University of Sao Paulo - Brazil

[Luis Gustavo Nonato]

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Postdoc Position in Data Science and Visual Analytics for Crime Analytics
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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:

"Crime Analysis and Forecasting in Urban Environments – Tools for Improving
Public Policies in the Area of Security".

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.

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.

Portuguese speaking is not required but fluency in English is mandatory.

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.

*** Application ***

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 - gnonato at icmc.usp.br ( PDF
files only) until January 31, 2021.

Contract Condition:

Grant from FAPESP under the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers
(RIDC-CeMEAI) (http://www.fapesp.br/en/17, http://www.cemeai.icmc.usp.br/).

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Luis Gustavo Nonato
Full Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
University of Sao Paulo at Sao Carlos
P.O. Box 668
13560-970 Sao Carlos - SP Brazil
Phone - +55 16 33739697
web: http://www.icmc.usp.br/pessoas/gnonato/
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