{"data":{"id":219396,"slug":"postdoktor-inom-berakningsmetoder-for-spel-och-multiagentbeslutsfattande","type":"job","title":"Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Methods for Game Theory and Multiagent Decision-Making","description":"Job Responsibilities\nGame theory is rapidly gaining ground as the natural framework for decision-making in multiagent systems across several technical applications. However, unlike optimization, game theory lacks mature, general-purpose solvers. Computing an equilibrium in a non-cooperative game among multiple agents involves solving a large-scale generalized equation, and existing solutions rely on restrictive assumptions, provide no control over which equilibrium is returned, and scale poorly. This position addresses the computational side of this gap.\nWe are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a solid background in one or more of the following areas: game theory, optimization algorithms, and numerical methods for optimal control. The successful candidate will develop efficient algorithms and computational tools for equilibrium computation in multiagent games. The work will focus on:\nScalable algorithms for various types of equilibrium problems in games;\nOpen-source computational tools and benchmarks;\nReal-time and embedded applications of game-theoretic solvers.\n\nAbout WASP: This position is connected to the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP), Sweden's largest individual research program ever. Learn more here.\nQualifications\nRequirements\nA doctoral degree or foreign degree deemed equivalent to a doctoral degree. This qualification requirement must be fulfilled by the time the employment decision is made.\nA strong foundation in the mathematical tools relevant to the project.\nA documented track record of research results and publications in high-impact venues within control engineering, optimization, or related areas.\nGood knowledge of scientific programming (e.g., Python, Julia, or C++) and experience implementing optimization algorithms.\nDemonstrated ability to work both independently and in interdisciplinary teams.\nExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal.\nAwareness of diversity and equal treatment issues, with particular focus on gender equality.\n\nMeritorious\nAt the application deadline, no more than three years since the doctoral degree or a foreign degree deemed equivalent to a doctoral degree was obtained.\nExpertise in monotone operator theory, variational inequalities, or operator splitting methods.\nContributions to optimization software.\nPedagogical ability and experience mentoring students.\n\nWe will place great emphasis on personal qualities.\nBecome Part of KTH\nKTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and contributing to the transition toward a sustainable society. Here you are offered the opportunity to grow and develop at a creative and dynamic workplace with excellent working conditions and benefits. Equality, diversity, and equal opportunities are a quality issue and an integral part of KTH's values as a university and public authority.\nRead more about our benefits and what it is like to work and develop at KTH.\nTrade Union Representatives\nContact information for trade union representatives.\nApplication\nYou apply through KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you have primary responsibility for ensuring your application is complete when submitted.\nThe application must include:\nCV including relevant work experience and knowledge (max 2 pages).\nCopy of degree certificate and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in one of these languages.\nCover letter (max 1 page).\nResearch statement (max 1 page, excluding references).\nNames of two academic or professional references.\n\nThe application must be received by KTH no later than the application deadline at midnight, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nAbout the Position\nThe position is permanent, but no longer than two years.\nA postdoctoral position is a time-limited merit-based position primarily focused on research intended as a first career step after obtaining a doctoral degree.\nOther\nFor information on the processing of personal data in connection with recruitment.\nIt is possible that a position at KTH may be classified as a security position. If this applies to this particular position, a security clearance will be conducted for the applicant in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585) after consent. In such cases, a prerequisite for employment is that the applicant is approved after security clearance.\nWe do not accept direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies or advertisers of job listings.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Postdoktor inom ber\u00e4kningsmetoder f\u00f6r spel och multiagentbeslutsfattande","description_original":"Arbetsuppgifter\nSpelteori vinner snabbt mark inom flera tekniska till\u00e4mpningar som det naturliga ramverket f\u00f6r beslutsfattande i multiagentsystem. Men till skillnad fr\u00e5n optimering saknar spelteorin mogna, generella l\u00f6sare. Att ber\u00e4kna en j\u00e4mvikt i ett icke-kooperativt spel mellan flera agenter inneb\u00e4r att l\u00f6sa en storskalig generaliserad ekvation, och befintliga l\u00f6sningar bygger p\u00e5 restriktiva antaganden, ger ingen kontroll \u00f6ver vilken j\u00e4mvikt som returneras och skalar d\u00e5ligt. Denna anst\u00e4llning adresserar den ber\u00e4kningsm\u00e4ssiga sidan av detta gap.\nVi s\u00f6ker en mycket motiverad postdoktor med en gedigen bakgrund inom ett eller flera av f\u00f6ljande omr\u00e5den: spelteori, optimeringsalgoritmer och numeriska metoder f\u00f6r optimal styrning. Den framg\u00e5ngsrika kandidaten kommer att utveckla effektiva algoritmer och ber\u00e4kningsverktyg f\u00f6r j\u00e4mviktsber\u00e4kning i multiagentspel. Arbetet kommer att fokusera p\u00e5:\nSkalbara algoritmer f\u00f6r olika typer av j\u00e4mviktsproblem i spel;\nBer\u00e4kningsverktyg med \u00f6ppen k\u00e4llkod samt benchmarks;\nRealtids- och inbyggda till\u00e4mpningar av spelteoretiska l\u00f6sare.\n\nOm WASP: Anst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r knuten till Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP), Sveriges st\u00f6rsta enskilda forskningsprogram n\u00e5gonsin. L\u00e4s mer h\u00e4r.\nKvalifikationer\nKrav\nAvlagd doktorsexamen eller utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara en doktorsexamen. Detta beh\u00f6righetskrav ska vara uppfyllt senast vid tidpunkten d\u00e5 anst\u00e4llningsbeslutet fattas.\nEn stark grund i de matematiska verktyg som \u00e4r relevanta f\u00f6r projektet.\nEn dokumenterad meritlista med forskningsresultat och publikationer p\u00e5 arenor med h\u00f6g genomslagskraft inom reglerteknik, optimering eller n\u00e4rliggande omr\u00e5den.\nGoda kunskaper i vetenskaplig programmering (t.ex. Python, Julia eller C++) och erfarenhet av att implementera optimeringsalgoritmer.\nBevisad f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att arbeta b\u00e5de sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt och i tv\u00e4rvetenskapliga team.\nUtm\u00e4rkt kommunikationsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga, b\u00e5de skriftligt och muntligt.\nMedvetenhet om m\u00e5ngfalds- och likabehandlingsfr\u00e5gor med s\u00e4rskilt fokus p\u00e5 j\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet.\n\nMeriterande\nVid sista ans\u00f6kningsdag h\u00f6gst tre \u00e5r sedan doktorsexamen eller en utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara doktorsexamen avlades.\nExpertis inom teori f\u00f6r monotona operatorer, variationsolikheter eller operatorsplittringsmetoder.\nBidrag till optimeringsprogramvara.\nPedagogisk f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och erfarenhet av att handleda studenter.\n\nVi kommer att l\u00e4gga stor vikt vid personliga egenskaper.\nBli en del av KTH \u00a0\nKTH formar framtiden genom utbildning, forskning och innovation. Som ett ledande internationellt tekniskt universitet spelar vi en aktiv roll i att driva och medverka i omst\u00e4llningen till ett h\u00e5llbart samh\u00e4lle. H\u00e4r erbjuds du m\u00f6jligheten att v\u00e4xa och utvecklas p\u00e5 en kreativ och dynamisk arbetsplats med goda arbetsvillkor och f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner. J\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet, m\u00e5ngfald och lika villkor \u00e4r en kvalitetsfr\u00e5ga och en sj\u00e4lvklar del av KTH:s v\u00e4rdegrund som universitet och statlig myndighet.\nL\u00e4s mer om v\u00e5ra f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner och hur det \u00e4r att arbeta och utvecklas p\u00e5 KTH.\nFackliga representanter\nKontaktuppgifter till\u00a0fackliga representanter.\nAns\u00f6kan\nDu ans\u00f6ker via KTH:s rekryteringssystem. Du som s\u00f6kande har huvudansvaret f\u00f6r att din ans\u00f6kan \u00e4r komplett n\u00e4r den skickas in.\nAns\u00f6kan ska inneh\u00e5lla:\u00a0\nCV inklusive relevant yrkeserfarenhet och kunskap (max 2 sidor).\nKopia av examensbevis och betyg fr\u00e5n dina tidigare universitetsstudier. \u00d6vers\u00e4ttningar till engelska eller svenska om de ursprungliga dokumenten inte utf\u00e4rdas p\u00e5 n\u00e5got av dessa spr\u00e5k.\nMotivationsbrev (max 1 sida).\nForskningsredog\u00f6relse (max 1 sida, exklusive referenser).\nNamn p\u00e5 tv\u00e5 akademiska eller yrkesm\u00e4ssiga referenser.\n\nAns\u00f6kan ska vara KTH tillhanda senast sista ans\u00f6kningsdagen vid midnatt, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nOm anst\u00e4llningen\nAnst\u00e4llningen g\u00e4ller tillsvidare, dock l\u00e4ngst tv\u00e5 \u00e5r\nEn anst\u00e4llning som postdoktor \u00e4r en tidsbegr\u00e4nsad meriteringsanst\u00e4llning med huvudinriktning mot forskning avsedd som ett f\u00f6rsta karri\u00e4rsteg efter disputation.\n\u00d6vrigt\nF\u00f6r information om behandling av personuppgifter i samband med rekrytering.\nDet kan f\u00f6rekomma att en anst\u00e4llning hos KTH \u00e4r placerad i s\u00e4kerhetsklass. Om s\u00e5 \u00e4r fallet f\u00f6r just denna anst\u00e4llning g\u00f6rs en s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning av s\u00f6kande i enlighet med s\u00e4kerhetsskyddslagen (2018:585) efter samtycke. I dessa fall \u00e4r en f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llning att s\u00f6kande blir godk\u00e4nd efter s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning.\nVi undanber oss direktkontakt med bemannings- och rekryteringsf\u00f6retag samt f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljare av platsannonser.","available_locales":["en"],"price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Brinellv\u00e4gen 8","full_address":null,"city":"Stockholm","country":"SE","latitude":59.2877928,"longitude":18.0528391},"metadata":{"region":"Stockholms l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"Kungliga Tekniska H\u00f6gskolan","postcode":"10044","positions":1,"profession":"Doktorand","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/om\/work-at-kth\/lediga-jobb","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"Giuseppe Belgioioso","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Kungliga Tekniska h\u00f6gskolan, Skolan f\u00f6r elektroteknik och datavetenskap","employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":6,"bot_views_count":1,"ai_vendor_counts":{"other":3,"openai":1,"anthropic":2},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":null,"owner_email":"giubel@kth.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-17T13:11:36+00:00","expires_at":"2026-10-15T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-18T04:14:52+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-22T03:11:48+00:00"}}