The Complex Systems Center in the College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) at the University of Vermont announces the availability of new graduate research assistantships in support of their interdisciplinary emphasis in complex systems analysis and engineering. These highly competitive and prestigious assistantships carry a stipend of $30,000 per year, in addition to tuition and health insurance benefits.

They seek to support innovative and forward-thinking doctoral students who will conduct transformative, high-impact research in theory, methodology, and/or applications of complex systems science and engineering. Recipients will matriculate into doctoral programs in Computer Science, Mathematics, Materials Science, or Engineering (Civil, Environmental, Electrical, or Mechanical) and and study with faculty who are at the forefront of interdisciplinary research in complex systems. Some examples of exciting ongoing projects include understanding the spread of ideas and influence in complex social networks, developing and applying hierarchical artificial neural networks for multi-scale environmental modeling, developing a multi-scale agent-based model of the complex transportation energy market, studying complexity and sensitivity in an agent-based transportation model coupled with a model of land use change, studying emergent evolutionary and population dynamics in spatially structured ecosystems, developing novel evolutionary computational approaches for understanding the genetic causes of complex diseases, and designing multi-agent control methods for mitigating the negative effects of cascading failures in power networks. Applicants need not restrict their proposed interests to existing projects, but are advised to identify and contact potential advisor(s) with whom they would like to work. For more information on our complex systems activities and how to apply, please visit http://www.uvm.edu/complexsystems