This project is still looking for a PhD student for a 6-month internship.
David
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Subject: EPSRC-funded PhD internship opportunity for baysian statisticians
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:38:34 +0100
From: Gillian Hoyle <[log in to unmask]>
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Organisation: KTN for Industrial Mathematics
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Dear David
Industrial Mathematics KTN and 5one <http://www.5one.co.uk/> are seeking
an academic partner and a PhD student with *an expertise in Bayesian
statistics* for an Industrial Mathematics Internship.
Please forward this to colleagues and PhD students who might be interested.
*5one(London): Transferred demand in grocery retail
<http://www.industrialmath.net/web/?url=Mechanisms/InternshipsFolder/EoI/IP09-030%20%28fiveone%28London%29%20-%20Transferred%20demand%20in%20grocery%20retail%29>***
*Description of proposed work plan*
The set of products that a retailer stocks in its stores is known as its
assortment. Any changes to a store’s assortment need to be carefully
planned as they could have a major impact on the sales and profitability
of the retailer.
The loss of any product from the assortment (due to a lack of
availability or de-listing) carries a risk of lost sales even if it is
replaced by another product and so it is important to understand the
impact of change to the assortment.
Transferred Demand as defined here is the prediction of the movement and
substitution of sales from product to product when changes in assortment
are made to a category within a grocery retailer.
The aim of this internship is to help 5one develop the methods in
Transferred Demand to initially look at impact on individual product
sales, moving to category sales and finally to store sales. An important
link to investigate will be how Transferred Demand varies by type of
customer. It is anticipated that the methods explored will be Bayesian
probability and the key areas we are interested in are how demand
changes when the attributes of the category change (as defined by the
attributes of the products in the category).
* *
*Which parts of the company will the Intern become familiar with?*
5one is a customer marketing consultancy. The intern will become
familiar with the client services team – who are responsible for
managing all client relationships analysis team, the analysis team – who
are responsible for all bespoke insight projects and implementation of
methods and with the research and development team – who are responsible
for the development of all methods in the business, web applications
that deliver the methods and the databases that support the applications.
*Duration of the project:*
6 months
*Company location*
Hammersmith, London
To apply, please send a CV and a cover letter to Vera Hazelwood at
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*Please visit www.ktn-internships.net <http://www.ktn-internships.net>
for more information about the EPSRC Industrial Mathematics Internships
Programme. In summary, ***
· A current PhD student enrolled in a UK university preferably in the
second or further year.
· Be prepared to be based at the company during the project for at least
3 days a week.
· Have an interest and expertise in the area of the internship.
The following conditions apply for an internship project:
· A student receives a stipend of up to £1,500 per month during the
project. All travel or relocation expenses are paid for separately.
· A student still has the same time to complete PhD studies as funding
for the internship is provided separately from PhD funding and the
duration of the PhD is extended without affecting completion rates.
· The Intern remains a student at the University; he/she will not be an
employee of the company during the Internship but will be based at the
company's premises.
Dr Vera Hazelwood
Programme Manager
Knowledge Transfer Network for Industrial Mathematics
<http://www.industrialmaths.net/>
Office: + 44 (0)1483 565252
Mobile: +44 (0)7875 401 570
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