Career Opportunities - CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences

Senior Position and Post Doctoral Fellowship
Terabyte science is a new major cross divisional program in CSIRO that
aims to deliver analytical technologies to research activities
throughout CSIRO that need to extract knowledge from
'large data'. CSIRO research is increasingly dependent on integrating
information from large datasets which describe aspects of a complicated
system.

Terabyte Science is a theme that is at the formative stage with
expectations for strong growth. To date a number of key activities have
been identified and seed funding for 2006/07 has been obtained through
the CSIRO science investment process. The theme leader will develop and
manage a research portfolio and relationships to deliver
transformational tools and methods of analysis for 'large data'.

SENIOR POSITION: Theme Leader, Terabyte Science - Reference number:
2006/681
Location: Negotiable
Salary range: $114K-$133K plus superannuation
Tenure: Indefinite
International Applicants Welcome

You will be an honest and ethical researcher, meticulous in your
science, and creative in your ideas. You will need to be strongly
outcome focused, with a history of success in research and a
demonstrated ability to lead a science agenda across research groups.
You will have competencies in mathematical or information sciences and a
capacity to simultaneously manage multiple projects, integrating
findings across projects and facilitating uptake and adoption of
research


Post Doctoral Fellowship, Terabyte Science - Reference number: 2006/683
Location: Hobart TAS
Salary range: $58K-$69K plus superannuation
Tenure: 3 years
International Applicants Welcome
The appointee will be working full time as a team member in Terabyte
Science. The team is seeking to develop new ways to analyse large data
which contains multiple temporal scales. The appointee will be focused
on biogeochemical modelling applications. The project is
multi-disciplinary, with staff from various CMIS locations and
collaborators from other CSIRO Divisions.

The duties for the position are as follows:
* Under supervision, develop statistical methodology and/or adapt
existing methods in novel and creative ways to meet the project's
research objectives.
* Implement this methodology and publish results in the scientific
literature, with a focus on statistical journals and conferences.
* Collaborate with members of the project team, and others, to ensure
that the statistical research is appropriate for the planned areas of
application.
* Planned workshops are a key activity of this project, for reporting
research results and determining future research directions. The
appointee is expected to be a significant contributor to these
activities by: presenting their research results, recommending research
directions and contributing to the research activities of other project
members.

A full description of each position and clear instructions on how to
apply can be found at www.csiro.au/careers

If you would like further information about CSIRO Mathematical &
Information Sciences, please visit our Web site at www.cmis.csiro.au