[HASTS-jobs] Fwd: New Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Computing and Society

[Karen L Gardner]

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From: David I Kaiser <dikaiser at mit.edu<mailto:dikaiser at mit.edu>>
Subject: New Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Computing and Society
Date: March 9, 2022 at 1:25:15 PM EST
To: hasts-fac <hasts-fac at mit.edu<mailto:hasts-fac at mit.edu>>, hasts-students <hasts-students at mit.edu<mailto:hasts-students at mit.edu>>
Cc: Karen L Gardner <kgardner at mit.edu<mailto:kgardner at mit.edu>>

Hi, all,

Please see below: a new postdoctoral opportunity in Computing and Society at MIT. This is open (and encouraged!) for young scholars in humanities and social sciences as well as in computing and data sciences. It would provide an opportunity to pursue one’s own research project while also engaging with various SERC-related efforts.

Stay well!
best,
Dave

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From: "Dan Huttenlocher" <hutt at mit.edu<mailto:hutt at mit.edu>>
Subject: New Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Computing and Society
Date: March 9, 2022 at 12:11:14 PM EST
To: extendedcomputingcouncilmembers <extendedcomputingcouncilmembers at mit.edu<mailto:extendedcomputingcouncilmembers at mit.edu>>

Dear colleagues,

I’m pleased to announce that the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing has launched a new Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Computing and Society<https://computing.mit.edu/research/postdoctoral-fellowship-program-in-computing-and-society/>.

The program aims to educate the next generation of scientists, engineers, educators, scholars, and policy makers for the computing era. The program seeks to support and train postdoctoral thinkers whose work brings together computing with a scientific, social sciences or humanities discipline, to prepare them for positions in academia, research labs, industry, start-ups, non-profit organizations, and government.

Further information on the program is below. Please share with your units and forward the call for applications to graduate students, postdocs, and industry scholars within your network.

Best,

Dan Huttenlocher
Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

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MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computing & Society

Overview

We are looking for exceptional individuals with expertise in one or more domains relevant to computing and society, who have experience in and want to study societal and environmental impacts of computing. Fellows will develop an original research program in fundamental, use-inspired or applied research combining computing (including machine learning, statistics and data science, and quantum computing) with a social science or humanities discipline, in order to inform how computing shapes society and how society and new computing capabilities can evolve together to create a better world.

In addition to an emphasis on the development of an independent research project, an important feature of this program is engagement in computing and society practice.

The inaugural fellowships for the 2022–2023 academic year will focus on the following topics:


  *   Ethical and social responsibility of AI including AI fairness and governance in machine learning; responsible AI
  *   AI policy for data governance, model training and auditing, and in different domains (including finance, healthcare or mobility)


Application process


  *   Application deadline for full consideration: April, 15, 2022
  *   Notification: Mid-end May, 2022
  *   Start date: September, 1, 2022


Promising candidates in computing, engineering, science, social science or humanities disciplines are encouraged to apply<https://airtable.com/shrDbim1VaXaLiaaf>. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds in our programs and strive to ensure a fair and equitable process for selection of awardees.

To learn more about the program, visit the College’s website<https://computing.mit.edu/research/postdoctoral-fellowship-program-in-computing-and-society/> or email scc-postdoc at mit.edu<mailto:scc-postdoc at mit.edu>.

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David Kaiser
Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science
Professor of Physics
Associate Dean, Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www



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