[agents] JOB OFFER: PhD Student Position

[Emmanuel Adam]

Subject: Multi-agent adaptive team pairing in an Open Science context ( [ https://www.uphf.fr/LAMIH/sites/fr.LAMIH/files/pdf/info/phdreuniceuphf.pdf | pdf version ] ) 
Description: 
In the context of the European University [ https://eunice-university.eu/ | EUNICE ] , the objective is to encourage the local and/or global cooperation between its members (seven European universities), and with their partners (from civil society and public authorities). 
The [ https://eunice-university.eu/reunice-project/ | REUNICE ] project aims to guide, support and consolidate effective cooperation between researchers, teachers, students, social and industrial partners within EUNICE University as well as with external partners. 
Based on the Open Science philosophy, the objective is to make research more open, collaborative, and closer to society. The REUNICE project will provide a secure (thanks to blockchain technology) and collaborative environment in which each participant can give their opinion, suggest potential improvements, in order to build common and coherent projects (for research, education or industry ). 
Adaptive teams pairings. More precisely, the subject of the thesis is to define, taking into account the public data deposited on the portal by the participants (profile, research articles, courses, projects, ...), an agent-based model allowing to identify common interest groups, and above all, groups with an interest in cooperation. 
Several levels of pairings are planned: between people for the creation of teams, between teams to meet identified social and industrial needs. 
The objective is to define coalitions of agents with the notion of cohesion, trust and social behavior. The notion of distributed task allocation in teams is also important. 
Learning, from matching success and non-success, will be integrated to improve the proposed algorithms; and interactions with end users will have to be taken into account to ensure acceptance: trust, robustness and transparency are the key points of the project. 
It is essential to keep in mind that the result of the proposal will be applied in the real world. 


Keywords: Multiagent systems, Pairing, team coordination, Open Science, education. 
Environment: 


The candidate will work at the Computer Sciences department of [ https://www.uphf.fr/LAMIH/en | LAMIH ] (UMR CNRS 8201), UPHF, Valenciennes, France. 
The working language could be French, good English ability is required. 

Date: The expected startup date is September 1st, 2022 , but may however be flexible. 
Required competences for the applicant: 


- Artificial Intelligence, Multi-agents systems 
- Text analysis 
- Java, Python programming 
- Good understanding of blockchain protocols is appreciated 
How to apply & contacts: 


Applicants must submit an official academic transcript of records for their bachelor and masters education. 
It is a requirement to hold a masters or an equivalent degree for being considered for this position. 
At least two references (name, position, e-mail, and telephone number) should be included in the application. 
Candidates should send by e-mail a CV and a statement of purpose to: 
- Mourad Abed, [ mailto:mourad.abed at uphf.fr | mourad.abed at uphf.fr ] 
- René Mandiau, [ mailto:rene.mandiau at uphf.fr | rene.mandiau at uphf.fr ] 
- Emmanuel Adam, [ mailto:emmanuel.adam at uphf.fr | emmanuel.adam at uphf.fr ] 
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