Microsoft Principal Researcher – Computational Social Science Microsoft Research 

United States, New York, New York 

526638486

The ideal applicant will possess awareness of the theoretical and experimental social science literature, experience with experimental design, as well as demonstrated statistics and computer programming expertise.

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Required Qualifications

• Doctorate in a social science, mathematical, or computational field AND 3+ years related research experience using advanced computational methods to address social science questions
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Proven computer programming skills demonstrated by the authorship and/or publication of source code and the completion of programming courses at the undergraduate or graduate level.
• Publication record as a lead author or essential contributor at top journals or conferences in areas that overlap with the members of the computational social science group.

Other Requirements

To ensure we receive a complete application from you, please be sure to follow these instructions:

• Upload your CV.
• When prompted in your application, please provide the names and contact information of at least 2 referees (in most cases one will be from your dissertation advisor; others may be from any other senior collaborators).
• Upload (as separate attachments to your application) 2 conference or journal articles, book chapters, or equivalent writing samples that you are most proud of and which best demonstrate your expertise.
• Upload (as an attachment to your application) one academic statement (min 2 pages) that outlines both your research achievements and agenda, and your service and outreach activities and plans (e.g., those related to mentoring or diversity).

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Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment
• Experience designing and running large-scale online experiments
• Participation and activity in the scientific community

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