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University of Technology Sydney
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Closing Date: 28th June 2021

An exciting opportunity exists for Postdoctoral Research Associate (Level A) to conduct research in a collaborative research team based within the Faculty of Science at UTS.

This position is part of a research project funded by the ARC Discovery Project “Geodetic groups: foundational problems in algebra and computer science” awarded to Professor Murray Elder (UTS), Dr Adam Piggott (Australian National University) and Professor Volker Diekert (University of Stuttgart).

The role will carry out mathematical research, prepare, and present results in papers and conferences, co-supervise undergraduate and graduate research students, and be involved in outreach and mentoring activities. You will bring to the position expertise in geometric or computational group theory, combinatorics, and/or theoretical computer science.

Additionally, you will be expected to support the activities of the research team and apply for independent research fellowship or funding.

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to undertake original research, as evidenced by timely and high-quality outputs.
• Willingness to contribute to seek research funding from external sources.
• Provide quality research supervision, where eligible, for Higher Degree Postgraduate and Honours students.
• Demonstrated capacity to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to critically think and independently.

Qualifications and Experience

Mandatory

• PhD in geometric group theory, combinatorics, theoretical computer science or related areas.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated organisational skills, time management and ability to work to deadlines.
• Demonstrated problem solving abilities and analytical skills.
• The ability to work independently as well as collaboratively as a member of a team.

Preferred

• Publications in geometric group theory and/or formal language theory, automata, rewriting systems.
• Proficient programming skills.
• Experience with computer algebra systems such as GAP.

Please refer to the Position Description for further information. Only those applications submitted via the UTS online recruitment system will be accepted.

Apply online here.

University of Oxford
Department of Statistics

Closing Date: 2nd June 2021

Grade 7: £32,817 – £40,322 p.a.

Applications are invited for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate in Statistics to carry out research in the area of developing characterisations of network models and interactions with methods in statistical machine learning. You will provide guidance to junior members of the research group including project students and PhD students. You will manage your own academic research and administrative activities, prepare working theories and analyse qualitative and/or quantitative data, contribute ideas for new research projects, as well as develop ideas for generating research income. You will present detailed research proposals to senior researchers and collaborate in the preparation of research publications. You will act as a source of information and advice to other members of the group on methodologies or procedures and represent the research group at external meetings and seminars.

As the successful Postdoctoral Research Associate in Statistics, you will hold or be close to completion of a relevant PhD, together with relevant experience, in the area of probability or statistical machine learning. You will possess sufficient specialist knowledge in probability theory and statistical machine learning and have the ability to manage own academic research and associated activities. Previous experience of contributing to publications and presentations is essential. Ideally, you will possess specialist knowledge on Stein’s method or network analysis.

Queries about this post should be addressed to: Gesine.Reinert@stats.ox.ac.uk.

This post is fixed-term for three years.

Statistics
University of Oxford

Closing Date: 12th March 2021

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant, to join our group at the Department of Statistics. The Postdoctoral Research Assistant will be carrying out research for the ERC project General Theory for Big Bayes, reporting to Professor Judith Rousseau. They will provide guidance to junior members of the research group such as PhD students, and/or project volunteers. The aim of this project is to develop a general theory for the analysis of Bayesian methods in complex and high (or infinite) dimensional models which will cover not only fine understanding of the posterior distributions but also an analysis of the output of the algorithms used to implement the approaches. The main objectives of the project are (briefly): 1) Asymptotic analysis of the posterior distribution of complex high dimensional models 2) Interactions between the asymptotic theory of high dimensional posterior distributions and computational complexity. We will also enrich these theoretical developments by 3) strongly related domains of applications, namely neuroscience, terrorism and crimes and ecology.

The postholder will hold or be close to completion of a PhD/Dphil in statistics together with relevant experience. They will have the ability to manage own academic research and associated activities and have previous experience of contributing to publications/presentations. They will contribute ideas for new research projects and research income generation. Ideally, the postholder will also have experience in theoretical properties of Bayesian procedures and/or approximate Bayesian methods.

Queries about this post should be addressed to professor Judith Rousseau judith.rousseau@stats.ox.ac.uk

This post is fixed-term until three years

Only applications received before 12.00 midday on 12 March 2021 will be considered.

Interviews will be held on 29 March 2021.

For more information and to apply, click here.