Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Networked Infrastructure: Complexity, Resilience, and Micro-to-Macro Emergence

**Description** **Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Networked Infrastructure: Complexity, Resilience, and Micro-to-Macro Emergence** Department of Civil Engineering Schulich School of Engineering The **Department of Civil Engineering,** in the **Schulich School of Engineering (SSE)** at the University of Calgary, invite applications for a tenure-track appointment at the **Assistant Professor** or **Associate Professor** level in Networked Infrastructure. Appointment to the rank of **Assistant Professor** normally requires completion of the highest rank of academic training in a discipline or field along with evidence or promise of original high-quality research and scholarship and future development as a scholar. Appointment at the rank of **Associate Professor** normally requires evidence of high-quality research and scholarly activities, evidence of teaching effectiveness and an appropriate record of service. The selected candidate will be nominated for a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Networked Infrastructure: Complexity, Resilience, and Micro-to-Macro Emergence. Further information about the Canada Research Chairs Program, including eligibility criteria, can be found on the Government of Canada's CRC website **The Research Program** As Canadian cities grow and their physical and digital networks become more complex, they face increasing risk from aging assets, climate change, electrification, disruption, and constrained budgets, much of it driven by the everyday decisions and interactions of countless users, policy makers and service providers operating within interconnected urban infrastructure systems. This Chair will address a central challenge in urban infrastructure: understanding how everyday decisions made under uncertainty scale up to citywide infrastructure patterns and outcomes. Most engineering programs still treat infrastructure as separate, controllable parts, which misses the interaction between physical, digital, and social systems. To close this gap, a system level cross-disciplinary approach is needed. The successful candidate's research program is expected to be at the intersection of two or more of the following areas: agent-based modelling, network science, network reliability and resilience analysis, scaling laws, decision theory, policy analysis, data analytics, and complexity theory. **Qualifications** Candidates must hold a BSc. in engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering or a related discipline. The preferred candidate will show a demonstrated track record in complex systems, network science, and/or infrastructure resilience research, as evidenced by external awards, and a track record of high impact scientific publications. The ability to lead an independent, externally funded research program, and to secure national and international funding, is essential for this hire. The successful candidate will also be expected to