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The University of Durham offers an excellent opportunity to a young
statistician or mathematician to work on an exciting collaboration
between the university and a company, Spotlight Guides Ltd.
Starting salary of £22,000 (or up to £30,000 for an exceptional
candidate) per annum, and the option to study towards a PhD in
Statistics. The appointment is for three years.
Spotlight Guides Limited is a highly successful e-commerce company
specialising in selling consumer electrical goods direct to consumers
via their web properties www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk and
www.goaudio.co.uk. 100% of sales are realised via these web
sites. This rapidly growing company currently employs 50 people at
their offices in the attractive market town of Stokesley, North
Yorkshire. The company maintains a high profile on search engines
through major advertising campaigns.
The project will consist of developing and implementing predictive
models and a decision-support strategy for internet trading, and a
diagnostic software tool to monitor changes in online-customer
behaviour. As such, this is an excellent opportunity for a good person
to get into a rapidly emerging area with high potential, both for the
person and for the company.
The appointee, who must have obtained a degree relatively recently,
will normally register for a PhD or other higher degree. However,
those already holding a higher degree may also apply.
This is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership funded by the UK
Government. The appointee will be working mostly at the company, but
under the supervision of academic staff, and will spend some
proportion of time at the university.
Further details of the post and an application form are available on our
website http://jobs.dur.ac.uk or telephone 0191 334 6499; fax 0191 334
6495. Closing date: 28 February 2005. Please quote reference number: 0682
For informal enquiries, please contact Gerda Arts, Department of
Mathematical Sciences, University of Durham
Tel: 0191 334 3089 or e-mail [log in to unmask]
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David Wooff,
Director, Statistics and Mathematics Consultancy Unit,
& Senior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Durham.
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Science Laboratories,
South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK. email: [log in to unmask]
Tel. 0191 334 3121, Fax 0191 334 3051.
Web: http://maths.dur.ac.uk/stats/people/daw/daw.html
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