Postdoctoral Associate

George Washington University, United States

Updated: about 8 hours ago
Location: Washington, PENNSYLVANIA
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Posting Details

Please see Special Instructions for more details on GW jobs website.
Appointments are limited-term and are designed for those who have recently received a doctorate. Appointments are made to academic departments with the approval of the department head and may require senior officer approval. Appointments are usually for not less than one term and are normally not renewed beyond a total of five years. This appointment is not intended for long-term, indefinite, or career appointments.


I. POSITION INFORMATION


Job Description Summary:
GW has everything you need to succeed in discovery. Outstanding research, state-of- the art facilities, and world-class faculty support discovery and innovative solutions. Researchers and faculty across campus advance interdisciplinary and emerging research and scholarship. Our active GW Postdoctoral Association welcomes your engagement in social and professional activities as you join our research teams. Research guides, coding, and data management solutions, as well as extensive online journals from GW Libraries help to guide your study. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) supports the research infrastructure and facilitates several institutional research initiatives.
The George Washington’s Department of Decision Sciences provides leading-edge programs in operations research, optimization, and analytics, as well as fostering leadership in a global information society with an advanced state of knowledge.
It is the academic mission of The George Washington University’s School of Business (GWSB) to be a preeminent business school recognized for scholarly research, teaching excellence, innovative curricula, and focus on the responsible management of organizations in the global environment. The Department of Decision Sciences comprises the disciplines of operations research, optimization, statistics, and operations management. Consistent with the mission of quality education and research in GWSB, the department advances the scientific principles and best practices of management decision-making in both the private and public sectors.
Postdocs will design, organize, and conduct specialized and advanced experiments using established scientific protocols, troubleshoot and design new protocols, summarize findings, and publish results in research journals under the general supervision of a faculty member. In some cases, postdocs will assume general responsibility for general scientific operations in the lab and/or provide supervision and guidance to laboratory staff, trainees, and other researchers.
This position is primarily a temporary/training position in which the incumbent plays a substantive role in planning and conducting research by using quantitative methods to collect, analyze, and report data. In collaboration with the Principal Investigators, this role will participate in the planning of independent research, will analyze and interpret data, will publish results, will represent the university at conferences and meetings, and may develop new theories and methodologies. This position may also help the Principal Investigators (from decision sciences and optimization as well as electrical power and energy) to lead and direct the work of lower-level research staff.
The primary focus of this position is to conduct research involving the formulation, solution, and coding of stochastic optimization problems with decision-dependent uncertainty. In addition, specific problems of that form will be considered in the emergency health care context and the resilience to wildfire, operations and safety of energy networks, and utilization of mobile power sources.
The key responsibilities are:
• Conduct research in Mathematical and Optimization to include:
• Stochastic programming.
• Mixed-integer nonlinear programming
• Decision-dependent uncertainty.
Conduct research utilizing several programming languages:
• C++ or Python.
• Matlab.
• Algebraic Modeling Programming Language (AMPL).
• Present results of the project in scientific conferences and workshops.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position. The post-doc will conduct research with PIs facilitating teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration between the two disciplines and schools within GW.
The postdoc will be working with both PIs, trying to bring in and apply expertise in mathematical programming and stochastic optimization to power and energy network problems. This direction will help external recognition of the PIs’ work through joint publications. Additionally, the PIs will be able to seek and pursue extramural funding support from federal agencies in new domains that have not been explored by the PIs and are of interest to DOD/DOE/NSF funding agencies.
A Postdoctoral Associate:
• Holds a PhD degree or is about to complete a PhD degree;
• Develops skills by participating in scholarly projects that are actively mentored by a member of the university faculty;
• Receives financial support in the form of a salary that is typically funded by grants, contracts, or departmental funds secured by a faculty mentor; and has a limited term of up to five years at GW.
In collaboration with experienced researchers, this role will participate in the planning and conduction of discovery research, data analysis, and interpretation, preparation of materials for publication, presentations at conferences and meetings, and may develop new theories and methodologies. This role can expect timely advice as to research directions and career planning for a future independent career.
Special instructions to the Applicant:
Special Instructions to the applicants are missing: Appointments are limited-term and are designed for those who have recently received a doctorate. Appointments are made to academic departments with the approval of the department head and may require senior officer approval. Appointments are usually for not less than one term and are normally not renewed beyond a total of five years. This appointment is not intended for long-term, indefinite, or career appointments.
Qualified candidates will hold a Doctoral degree or comparable doctoral degree in a related discipline. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position.
Employer will not sponsor employment visa status.
Minimum Qualifications
Desired Qualifications:
Minimun Qualifications:
Qualified candidates will hold a Doctoral degree or comparable doctoral degree in a related discipline. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position.
Experience in mathematical programming and stochastic optimization to power and energy network.
Typical Hiring Range Commensurate with Experience

II. POSITION INFORMATION


Posting Number P010025
Job Open Date 02/21/2024
Job Close Date
Part-time / Full-time
Total Hours per Week 40
Work Schedule Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Campus Location Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C.
College/School/Department: School of Business (SB)
Expected duration of appointment 1 Year
Position Designation On-Campus
Special Instructions to Applicants
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