Postdoctoral research position at the School of Information at the University of Michigan

A postdoctoral research position is available at the School of Information at the University of Michigan.

Note that this position is limited to US citizens.

The appointment could start either in Fall '07 or Winter '08.

The research will focus on the influence of network structural characteristics on information diffusion and change. Specifically, we will be using large blog and social tagging data sets to model patterns of information diffusion, including its speed of propagation, eventual reach, and change in content.

For a sample of the flavor of research, please see:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ladamic/networkinfodiffusion/

I am looking for someone with a background in one or more of the following:
* network analysis
* data mining
* natural language processing

If you're interested, please email your current CV and a brief statement of interest to Lada Adamic (ladamic@umich.edu)