#Postdoc position in climate extremes and socio-political systems at University of Potsdam (Institute of Physics)

https://www.karowiesner.org/jobs.html

“Python for scientific computing” an on-line course aimed to improve your scientific Python skills starting Tuesday 7th November at 10:00 EET (4 days, 3 hours per day). 1 ECTS available if you need it.

More info and registration at:
https://scicomp.aalto.fi/training/scip/python-for-scicomp-2023/

Twenty-five years of the jamming phase diagram

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-023-00661-5

#internship #Max_Planck_Institute Applications are invited from exceptional advanced undergraduate and Master students for internship positions at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPIPKS), Dresden, Germany.

Selected students will have the opportunity to interact with the members of the condensed matter division at the institute. Dates are flexible, duration is for a minimum of two months during spring/summer of 2024. MPIPKS will cover appropriate travel and subsistence costs.

During their stay, the students, under the guidance of a group member, will take part in research at the frontiers of condensed matter theory: strongly correlated systems (magnetism, superconductivity, quantum Hall effect, cold atoms, topological phases), quantum information and entanglement, systems out of equilibrium. (For more information see section on research areas at: https://www.pks.mpg.de/condensed-matter/research-areas/) They will also get a chance to participate in various academic activities at the Institute including seminars as well as in-house workshops and conferences.

We hope to receive all interns personally, but will consider offering virtual internships when travel is not possible.

A complete application should contain : (1) A single PDF file containing a cover letter and a Curriculum Vitae. The CV, or a separate transcript, should contain information regarding courses and university or entrance exams taken and performance in them, (2) One or two reference letters in support of the application (independently sent to the email address given below with subject-line “CM summer 2024-REF-name of the student ”).
Complete applications should be sent to burger@pks.mpg.de with the subject-line “CM summer 2024” by November 30, 2023.

Opening for a computational neuroscience #PhD position

You can find more details in the CMC lab website (which is still under construction, but probably have some helpful information):
https://shervinsafavi.github.io/cmclab/join/bne_phd_202310/

If you are interested in applying for this position, please follow the instructions in the official call from the university, i.e. upload a cover letter, a brief description of your research interests, and your CV in the university portal.
If you have any questions, please let me know. If you are interested, but cannot meet the deadline, please let me know as soon as possible and we’ll see if we can figure out something.

📣 انجمن علمی اقتصاد دانشگاه تهران با همکاری مؤسسه توسعه و تحقیقات اقتصادی دانشگاه تهران برگزار می‌کند:

📄 سمینار اقتصاد پیچیدگی

👤 ارائه‌دهنده: دکتر شاهین روحانی
عضو هیئت علمی فیزیک دانشگاه صنعتی شریف و پژوهشگر پژوهشگاه دانش‌های بنیادی (IPM)

🗓 یک‌شنبه ۷ آبان
🕑 ساعت ۱۳
🔶 مکان: سالن شهید رفیعی واقع در دانشکدهٔ اقتصاد دانشگاه تهران

🔵 سمینار رایگان و حضور برای عموم آزاد می‌باشد.

🧷 لینک ثبت‌نام:

🌐 https://survey.porsline.ir/s/87jUtgWH

🆔 انجمن علمی اقتصاد دانشگاه تهران

#postdoc https://www.mpi-cbg.de/join-us/open-positions/job-offer/postdoctoral-researcher-in-applied-and-computational-mathematics

Open position

A 1-year research assistant position is open in my team in Padova on the modeling of respiratory viral infections

https://chiara-poletto.github.io/open-position.html

Padova is a middle-aged, vibrant city with a great student life. Don't hesitate to write me if interested!

A Brief History of Tricky Mathematical Tiling

The discovery earlier this year of the “hat” tile marked the culmination of hundreds of years of work into tiles and their symmetries.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-brief-history-of-tricky-mathematical-tiling-20231030/

Six tips for interdisciplinary lovers

I think I know a lot about interdisciplinary collaborations, so I’ve been planning to write down some notes for a long time. Tongue in cheek, but also serious.
https://petterhol.me/2023/10/06/six-tips-for-interdisciplinary-lovers/


Take time to get to know each other
Yes, it will take time. It might feel like you understand each other from the moment you met; that it’s all destiny. It might be so! Still, if you come from different cultures, you need to learn the language of one another. Spend time talking. Take long walks together. Read each other’s favorite books.


Make sure you have the same goal
What defines a good outcome of research varies much for different disciplines. Make sure that you understand your partner. Sometimes, the differences are so fundamental that you don’t even notice them at first: E.g., should you try to understand the world as it is, or try to improve it?


It is not about division of labor
Of course, your different expertise is an extraordinary asset, but not because you can divide the project into each other’s areas and save time by doing what you’re good at. The point is, rather, that you might tap into that elusive collective intelligence while discussing the research from different angles. Developing a method is never as effective as when you really know the context of the problem the method is supposed to solve. Trying an exotic method without understanding its limitations might lead to the wrong kind of sleepless nights.


Don’t wait too long to introduce the family
Your relationship is not only about the two of you. Your other colleagues can also widen their cultural perspectives of your new interdisciplinary partner. Yes, they might not immediately approve of collaboration. Prepare for arguments your heart knows are wrong: “It’s a waste of time.” “He/she will not understand you.” “You need to be able to communicate with your partner in your native language.” Etc. But, a first meeting is a start. With time, you will show them what true collaboration means. Eventually, all the beautiful papers you will make will, of course, melt the frozen heart of your supervisor or narrow-minded colleague.


Don’t be jealous
You are two different people, after all, with different social circles. Your careers up to this point are a part of who you are that you don’t have to forget or ignore. Give your collaborator all the freedom s/he deserves. Nothing bad will come out of that. You don’t have to know everything he/she is doing. Be generous, not jealous.


It doesn’t always work out
No matter how passionate your research was in the early days, it will cool down and reach a more mature stage. You might also realize that it’s better to call it quits. Sometimes the greatest courage is not to hold on, but to let go. It will hurt to break the promises you made in the beginning, but think instead about the journey you have had together. You’ve both learned a lot, and you probably came out of it as better persons, both ready for greater interdisciplinary science in the future.

Interested in doing a #PhD on AI for the physical sciences at Cambridge? I am taking PhD students for 2024!! Please find information below, including a list of projects:

astroautomata.com/prospectives/

(Deadline typically early December or January, depending on program)

Interested in network theory and machine learning? We are hiring a 2-year #postdoc

https://www.giuliocimini.com/team/openings

The renormalization group
https://www.nature.com/collections/jbhcdccded

Several #postdoc positions are available in Budapest in various
research groups in discrete mathematics and probability theory.

Information about the research groups are listed here:
https://erdoscenter.renyi.hu/events/drafting-workshop-discrete-mathematics-and-probability-2024

Archaeologists and historians are joining forces to offer a summer school in network analysis!

🪡 pastnetworks.net

25-29.06.2024, Barcelona

I'm now on Bluesky, too:
https://bsky.app/profile/abbasrizi.bsky.social

🌀 Follow me for my latest thoughts on networks, epidemic interventions, and science communication.

If there are network #postdocs interested in analytics, simulations or ML of dynamics on networks, please contact me.

https://twitter.com/VinkoZlatic/status/1724834515984511281

The renormalization group for non-equilibrium systems

Historically, most renormalization group studies have been performed for equilibrium systems. Here, I give a personal reflection on the unexpected outcome of studying non-equilibrium flocking using renormalization methods.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02196-z

Social Data Science Student Hackathon, a 48-hour online contest for BA/BSc and high school students. If you know any students who might be interested, please pass on this information. Details: bit.ly/sdshack

#Postdoc Research Associate. Find out more and apply here

https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Postdoctoral-Research-Associate--RADLAB_R120857