Postdoctoral Research Associate - College of Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Postdoctoral Research Associate will study agentic marketplaces where autonomous AI agents negotiate, transact, and coordinate with one another and with people on behalf of users and businesses. The role involves developing theoretical and empirical methods to analyze agent interactions, including emergent strategic behavior, collusion, information leakage, manipulation, and effects on market efficiency and fairness. The researcher will build simulation testbeds of LLM-based agents, design measurement and evaluation frameworks, and draw on tools from game theory, mechanism design, privacy, and security. The postdoc will lead publications, release open-source code and datasets, and help mentor graduate students.