Engineer F/M : Agent-based cultural evolution simulator software engineer

Level of qualifications required : Graduate degree or equivalent

Other valued qualifications : PhD may be relevant (possible post-doctoral requalification)

Fonction : Temporary scientific engineer

Level of experience : Recently graduated

About the research centre or Inria department

Staff is present on three campuses in Grenoble, in close collaboration with other research and higher education institutions (Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRAE, …), but also with key economic players in the area.

The Centre Inria de l’Université Grenoble Alpes is active in the fields of high-performance computing, verification and embedded systems, modeling of the environment at multiple levels, and data science and artificial intelligence. The center is a top-level scientific institute with an extensive network of international collaborations in Europe and the rest of the world.

Context

Environnement : The work will be carried out in the mOeX team common to INRIA & University Grenoble Alpes within the Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble (UGA - CNRS - INRIA - Grenoble INP).

Group : The work will be carried out in the mOeX team common to INRIA & LIG . mOeX is dedicated to study knowledge evolution through adaptation. It gathers researchers which have taken an active part in the development of the semantic web and more specifically ontology matching and data interlinking.

Place of work : The position is located at INRIA Montbonnot (near Grenoble, France), a main computer science research lab, in a stimulating research environment.

Assignment

The mOeX team investigates the cultural evolution of knowledge and beliefs on a computational basis. For that purpose, we design and perform agent‑based simulations. The goal of this position (32 months) is to develop and maintain a simulator based on novel models allowing agents to play different games and games to be played by different types of agents using the same knowledge.

The recruited candidate will have for main task to develop and maintain an agent‑based simulator allowing users to develop their own games and their own agents or to choose from a library of such. It would allow to describe experiment setups involving them that can then be performed and analysed.

The simulator may be a largely reworked version of our Lazy lavender simulator or a completely new design, possibly using an existing basis.

Beyond this core task, the candidate will participate to related tasks such as the definition of the model to be implemented, offering support for analysing and publishing results and promoting the resulting system.

Main activities

• develop and maintain an artificial cultural evolution simulator
• participate to the definition of the model
• design some support documentation
• integrate support for experiment reproducibility
• take part to the ACBE project dissemination effort, in particular through publishing papers

Skills

Qualification : Master or equivalent in computer science. The position could be requalified as post‑doctoral.

• Programming capabilities (Java, other to be considered)
• Ability to work in a team
• Attracted by research work
• Acquainted to simulation and agent‑based simulation
• Willingness to tackle new and challenging problems

Benefits package

• Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
• Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
• Possibility of teleworking and flexible organization of working hours
• Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
• Social, cultural and sports events and activities
• Access to vocational training
• Social security coverage under conditions

Remuneration

From 2,692 € (depending on experience and qualifications).

• Theme/Domain : Data and Knowledge Representation and ProcessingSoftware engineering (BAP E)

Defence Security

This position is likely to be situated in a restricted area (ZRR), as defined in Decree No. 2011‑1425 relating to the protection of national scientific and technical potential (PPST). Authorisation to enter an area is granted by the director of the unit, following a favourable Ministerial decision, as defined in the decree of 3 July 2012 relating to the PPST. An unfavourable Ministerial decision in respect of a position situated in a ZRR would result in the cancellation of the appointment.

Recruitment Policy

As part of its diversity policy, all Inria positions are accessible to people with disabilities.