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From: "Alessandro Acquisti" <acquisti@andrew.cmu.edu>
Hello all -
I would like to bring to your attention some openings we have at CMU starting in 2011. Specifically, we are looking to recruit one post-doc and one or more phd students to work on (broadly and loosely speaking) online privacy and behavioral economics/decision research. The full text is below (also linked at: http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/~acquisti/CMU-postdoc-openings-HEINZ-web.txt). Please do pass this on to anyone who may be interested.
Many thanks! -alessandro
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*Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University*
One Post-Doc Opening for 2011 at the Heinz College
One PhD Opening for 2011 at the Heinz College
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The Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University has an opening for a post-doc in a project focused on the study of privacy decision making using tools from behavioral economics and behavioral decision research (if you are interested in the PhD opening, please scroll down to the end of this message). The project aims at investigating the role of soft paternalistic approaches in assisting users who face privacy-sensitive trade-offs. Such privacy "nudges" will be incorporated into policy proposals as well as tools and technologies to be developed by other members of the project.
This is an interdisciplinary project. It involves interacting with other faculty and students with diverse (economics, behavioral, and computer science) backgrounds. Prospective candidates are expected to have done graduate work in, or at least have some familiarity with, some or several of the following areas:
* Behavioral Economics or Behavioral Decision Research * Experimental Economics or Experimental Psychology * Economics * Human Computer Interaction * Web Security and Privacy
Candidates are expected to be capable of working under limited supervision and should have strong communication skills. They should be able to interact with a team composed of other social scientists and computer scientists. They should have previous experience in designing and conducting experiments with human subjects. The actual work is expected to involve a mix of behavioral experiments and tools evaluation (in coordination with the other members of the project). The successful candidate is expected to publish papers in top-level journals and conferences along with other faculty and students. He or she will report to Prof. Alessandro Acquisti (CMU, project PI). Other faculty involved in this project include Prof. Lorrie Cranor (CMU, project co-PI) and Prof. Norman Sadeh (CMU, project co-PI).
The initial appointment is for one year with option of renewal for another one or two years. The start date is negotiable, but ideally no later than January 2011. Carnegie Mellon offers competitive salaries and benefits. Interested candidates should forward their resume along with the names of three references to Alessandro Acquisti by email at acquisti@andrew.cmu.edu.
We also expect to recruit one or more PhD students interested in working in privacy decision making and the economics of privacy, starting Fall 2011. Accepted PhD applicants would receive a grant covering stipend and tuition for at least the first two years of their PhD program. Interested candidates should also forward their resume to Alessandro Acquisti by email at acquisti@andrew.cmu.edu.
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