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PhD position: The Bright Side and Dark Side of Emerging Technologies in the Media Industry (0,8-1fte)
Ever thought of the implications of algorithms in your daily life? Do you have a drive to figure out where algorithmic decision systems will take society next? Then a PhD position in our algosoc community is what you have been looking for!
Job Description
We are in an increasing need to access personalized, adaptive, and dynamic information in real time. Advanced enabling technologies for Metaverse, such as AI, AR/VR, Web3.0, IoT, NFT, and edge computing, provide us ample possibilities by embedding the information in an appropriate time and space, which provides users new ways to interact with both the physical and the virtual world. These emerging technologies are changing the landscape of news organizations and media industries. On the one hand, emerging technologies create new opportunities for news organizations. For example, VR allows users to have a deeper level of interaction, connectedness and empathy with news stories. Robot journalism (i.e., automated journalism) allows news organizations to test headlines, source information and identify trending stories. Wearable journalism, using AR smart glasses or contact lenses, allows instant update and composition of stories. On the other hand, technologies such as image manipulation, deep fakes, fake news certainly speed up the spread of misinformation and pose threats to authentic media. This project will investigate both the bright side and the dark side that emerging technologies play in the media sector.
This position will be hosted by the Erasmus Initiative ‘Societal Impact of AI’ (AiPact).
Profile of the candidate
The candidate for this position has a (research) master degree in economics, business administration, econometrics, statistics, (computational) social science, computer science or a related discipline. The candidate has a strong affinity with the above topics and in working together with a team of people from different disciplines including an interest to learn and work with empirical and computational social science or digital methods.
Furthermore you have:
Proven academic interest in questions regarding algorithmic applications and digital society;
Interest in working in a very interdisciplinary, cross-university environment;
Interest in contributing to and helping to create the broader algosoc research community;
An excellent written and spoken command of English (written and spoken command of other languages, including Dutch, French, and/or German is a plus);
Affinity with organising workshops, lecture series, and similar events.
If the vacancy appeals to you, but you are doubting whether you might be THE person we are looking for, please do apply. We encourage all qualified applicants, including minorities, women, people with disabilities, and members of other groups underrepresented in academia to apply. We wish to create a consortium that consists of persons who each contribute in their unique way to the team. Complementarity and not homogeneity is what we are looking for.
Developing a societal vision on automated decision-making concerns us all. We believe that a diversity of perspectives in our consortium will be important in developing an inclusive societal vision and strive therefore also in our hiring policy for encouraging applicants from diverse backgrounds. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect, inclusiveness, equal opportunities with room for situated experiences, diverse perspectives, and ideas to flourish. This commitment applies to our research, organisation, room for flexibility, training, and community activities as well as our hiring strategy.
ECDA Student Assistant Marketing & Events Coordinator
About us
The Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA) is a flagship centre of excellence of Erasmus University Rotterdam on AI, data and digitalization. Bringing together academic experts, organisational leaders and students, the ECDA team and its community gives you access to world-class research, meaningful know-how, data analytics tools and a relevant network to boost your journey in the space of data analytics, machine learning and Artificial Intelligence. Our purpose is to facilitate the Erasmus University and its public and private partner organisations to prepare society for a data-driven future, hands-on and human-centred, towards a sustainable world.
What will you do?
We are looking for someone who is passionate about marketing and is able to create a vision for the marketing strategy of ECDA and the Data Collaboratory.
- Create marketing material for ECDA and the Data Collaboratory to effectively communicate with our stakeholder.
- Formulate a marketing strategy which helps us to set up a brand attractive for our stakeholders
- Manage and grow social media channels (Linkedin, Instagram, Youtube)
- Help organize events (summits, summer schools, masterclasses)
What do you get out of it?
- Experience: A great learning opportunity where you can be in charge of the strategy and implementation.
- Compensation: You would be paid as a student assistant and would work around 8 hours a week. How and when you work these hours is usually quite flexible.
- Network: Access to top companies, academics in the field of data and AI.
Interested? Send an email to chakraborty@rsm.nl with your CV and motivation.
ECDA Programme and Event Manager
Deadline: October 21, 2022
Job Description
“Creating positive societal impact: the Erasmian way” is central in the strategy of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).
The Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA) is the central hub around data, digitisation, and artificial intelligence at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The main goal of this expert centre is to prepare society for a data-driven future, hands-on and human-centered, towards a sustainable world. AI and algorithms are increasingly used in various areas in our daily lives and therefor have a huge potential to create social impact.
ECDA brings together academic experts, organisation leaders, public and private partners, and students, to engage in world-class education and research, share meaningful know-how, data analytics, sharing and visualisation tools, and engage in a relevant network of societal and business partners. By bringing together diverse stakeholders in one centre and having a physical space to meet (“the collaboratory”), further collaboration, experimentation and innovation are stimulated. Through its programmes and events ECDA wants to increase data savviness and readiness in public, business and academic domains, and in society as a whole.
ECDA:
- Facilitates hands-on education and training to students and executives.
- Organises exclusive events, challenges, seminars, and summits
- Offers a very energetic and diverse learning community that includes stakeholders from public and private organisations, academia and students
- Facilitates multi-disciplinary research and innovation based on over 25 expert practices (all part of ECDA) on data analytics, digitalisation and AI
- Offers infrastructure for data, analytics, and AI in collaboration with technology partners
- Offers one physical hub “the collaboratory” where the community can come together.
That’s why ECDA is looking for a Programme and Event Manager from 1 November 2022.
You will co-ordinate and organise several ECDA educational programmes and events and will be responsible for their optimal performance and quality. You will work with the ECDA team as well as internal and external colleagues and lecturers.
Are you the programme and event manager that wants to ignite progress towards a positive, human centred data and AI driven future? Are you someone who wants to support us in making data a vehicle for necessary sustainable societal changes?
Your main tasks
- Main tasks include:
- organising and coordinating Executive Education programmes such as Leadership challenges with data analytics and Leadership challenges with data analytics in higher education
- advising on Leadership Challenge schedules in consultation with lecturers, student assistants and the ECDA timetabling team
- preparing course manuals and newsletters, and managing information for the programmes for which you have responsibility on the website and information channels
- organising programme related ECDA events in various venues
- organising and coordinating challenges in which hbo, bachelor and master students work on real-life problems from one of ECDA’s partners
- identifying and analysing problem areas in services offered by ECDA, and developing proposals for improvement
- periodically evaluating effectiveness and efficiency of ECDA activities based on evidence and management information, and optimising them with colleagues
- developing processes contributing to the quality of ECDA services and deliverables
- drafting course fees, drafting offers to candidate clients, making proposals for the general budget, and monitoring activities for these proposals
- attending meetings and providing information about the programmes
- supervising event student assistants, in consultation with colleagues
- participating in projects and working groups in ECDA.
Required qualifications
- Successful completion of education at least at HBO- or bachelor level, and professional and intellectual abilities that are equal to or greater than this
- A minimum of two years of relevant work experience in an educational setting
- Excellent organisational abilities and a methodical approach to work
- High level of proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
- Applicants with knowledge of education-related systems such as Canvas have an advantage
- Good communication skills. We require candidates to have both native Dutch and fluent spoken and written English (minimum C1.1 level)
Your required competencies
- Collaboration; strong team player and good communicator
- Meticulous in carrying out work activities and an affinity with administrative processes
- Self-starter: a can-do and start-up mentality
- Accustomed to, and smart at, dealing with multiple simultaneous tasks and deadlines
- Focused on customer service and solution-oriented
- Flexibility with time and with performing the tasks at hand to ensure the smooth running of ECDA services
- Affiliation with or expertise in data, analytics, and artificial intelligence is a pre.
- A sense of responsibility to the team and to the university’s mission, but also able to work independently and proactively
- Strong numerical skills and analytical abilities
- Willingness to undertake training within the organisation and elsewhere.
We offer
Fixed-term contract: 12 months.
We are offering a contract for 0.8 to 1.0 FTE, initially for a year, with the prospect of an extension based on good performance. On some days of the week, you will be working in our office, on others you can work remotely. Next to this, you will be required to attend Erasmus University Rotterdam’s Woudestein campus for team sessions, programmes, events and in-class sessions.
The conditions of employment correspond with the collective labour agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU).
Salary is subject to training and experience and may vary from a minimum of € 2,960 (scale 10-0 CAO NU) gross per month and up to a maximum of € 4,670 gross per month (scale 10-12 CAO NU), based on a full-time contract of 38 hours.
Erasmus University has attractive employment conditions, which include a holiday allowance of 8 per cent, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3 per cent, and a considerate amount of vacation days. More information is available at https://www.eur.nl/en/working/our-employer-vision/employment-conditions
Training and career development opportunities:
EUR offers all employees an annual personal career budget which can be used to advance your skills and competences. There are lots of training, development, and coaching opportunities at EUR too.
Applications
Please upload your letter of application and résumé here. For more information, please email Marta Stachowiak-de Wit at stachowiak@eur.nl or see https://ecda.eur.nl/
The closing date is 21 October 2022.
Details from this advertisement are not to be used for other marketing activities.
About RSM (Employer)
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is one of Europe’s top-ranked business schools. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes encourage them to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers. Study information and activities for future students, executives and alumni are also organised from the RSM office in Chengdu, China. www.rsm.nl
RSM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from candidates of all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities.
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Full Professor in Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence at Rotterdam School of Management
Deadline: March 25, 2022
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is the international business school of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). Consistently ranked among Europe’s top business schools, with a world-leading research facility and backed by 50 years of experience in business and management education, the School has a track record of delivering real impact when helping people and organizations to perform at their best.
The School is now looking to appoint a Full Professor in Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence to join the Business Information Management (BIM) section in the department of Technology and Operations Management.
The BIM section, ranked as one of the best in Europe, has a large, young, and highly international faculty (16 full-time research-active tenure-track faculty members, 10 full-time and part-time lecturers) educated at renowned institutions in Europe, Asia, and the USA. The BIM section runs a US-style PhD programme and includes 12 PhD candidates. In the past five years, our PhD candidates have accepted faculty positions at top business schools all around the world including Copenhagen Business School, George Washington University, IE Business School, Northwestern University, and MIT Center for Information Systems Research.
BIM is the founding member of the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA), it is also leading a number of ECDA practices, and has developed extensive collaborations with many industry partners. BIM has access to its Erasmus Data Collaboratory as well as to excellent research facilities such as the Erasmus Behavioural Lab and several high-performance computing resources through the SURFsara foundation. All BIM faculty members are supported by the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) helps faculty to organise and attend conferences, assist with journal submissions, outbound and inbound research visits, and access to databases.
Ph.D. Research in Energy Transition
The MAGPIE consortium, consisting of 4 ports (Lighthouse port Rotterdam, Fellow Ports DeltaPort (inland), Sines and HAROPA), 9 research institutes and universities, 32 private companies and 4 other institutes, forms a unique collaboration addressing the missing link between green energy supply and green energy use in port-related transport and the implementation of digitalisation, automation, and autonomy to increase transport efficiency. This project accelerates the introduction of green energy carriers combined with realisation of and logistic optimisation in ports through automation and autonomous operations. A living lab approach is applied in which technological and nontechnological innovations are developed or demonstrated. All results feed into the Master Plan for the future European green port, aiming at full decarbonisation by 2050 by providing solutions that can be implemented immediately to make significant steps in decarbonisation already by 2030.
We are seeking highly motivated students with demonstrated academic ability, those who possess a commitment to interdisciplinary research on significant information technology and management issues, and those who desire to pursue an academic research career in this field.
Keywords
Energy transition, Sector coupling, Multi-modal transportation, Port, Energy supply-demand matching, Green information systems, Energy informatics
Ph.D. Research in Smart and Sustainable Transport in Ports
As part of a large European project MAGPIE , we offer a PhD position in smart and sustainable transport within ports. With the increasing awareness of climate change, industries are under more and more pressure to reduce their carbon footprint. One sector that contributes significantly to CO2 emission are international ports. In this project, we study ways to reduce the carbon footprint of one of the largest ports in the world. To do this, we study the implementation of electric, and potentially autonomous, transportation modes within the port. We will particularly focus on two modes of transport: 1) autonomous and electric barges for inter-terminal transportation, 2) green connected trucks. In two separate work packages, we study the challenges in the implementation of these green alternatives. In the third part of the research, we develop a simulation model combined with optimization that can determine the optimal use of the different modes of transportation.
Keywords
Transport and Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Energy Transition, Multi-modal Transportation, Ports
PhD candidates to research societal impact of AI
Whether it’s grocery shopping or dating, managing our work life, finding out about (possible) future diseases, or streaming a show on Netflix; artificial intelligence (AI) is changing our daily life.
What is the next step for AI? The interdisciplinary Erasmus Initiative ‘Societal Impact of AI’ aims for innovative research and education in AI that places society centre stage. Together with key stakeholders we will set the expectations for the use of AI that benefits society, bringing AI closer to the people. We focus on ensuring human augmentation with AI – AI that works in a manner consistent with the expectations of individual citizens and society.
To do so, we set the rules of engagement for the application of AI in key domains of our society, including work, media, health, and (urban) art. As a team, we address hot topics such as urban AI, deep fake, medical decision making, and digital placemaking and street art. We embrace a multidisciplinary and multimethod approach, including data science, citizen science, and living labs. We also create new opportunities for citizens, students, scholars and organisations to unlock their full potential with AI as co-worker and trusted advisor.
As a PhD candidate, you will get the unique opportunity to help shape the Initiative with your research plan. Closely collaborating with your fellow PhDs and mentored by top scholars from various disciplines, you are encouraged and supported to conduct your PhD project. The position starts in January 2022.
Top talent fellowships societal impact of AI
Whether it’s grocery shopping or dating, managing our work life, finding out about (possible) future diseases, or streaming a show on Netflix; artificial intelligence (AI) is changing our daily life.
What is the next step for AI? The interdisciplinary Erasmus Initiative ‘Societal Impact of AI’ aims for innovative research and education in AI that places society centre stage. Together with key stakeholders we will set the expectations for the use of AI that benefits society, bringing AI closer to the people. We focus on ensuring human augmentation with AI – AI that works in a manner consistent with the expectations of individual citizens and society.
To do so, we set the rules of engagement for the application of AI in key domains of our society, including work, media, health, and (urban) art. As a team, we address hot topics such as urban AI, deep fake, medical decision making, and digital placemaking and street art. We embrace a multidisciplinary and multimethod approach, including data science, citizen science, and living labs. We also create new opportunities for citizens, students, scholars and organisations to unlock their full potential with AI as co-worker and trusted advisor.
As a fellow, you will get the unique opportunity to co-design our interdisciplinary Erasmus Initiative ‘Societal Impact of AI’. You will have a leading role in setting up the research and teaching programmes and developing the societal network. Closely collaborating with your two co-fellows and mentored by top scholars from various disciplines, you are encouraged and supported to develop your own programme line. Together, we’ll define the conditions for a successful track.