PhD position in statistics

At Aalborg University, Department of Mathematical Sciences a PhD stipend 
in statistics is available within the general study programme
Mathematics and Physics. The stipend is open for appointment from
October 1, 2011 or as soon as possible thereafter. Deadline for
applications is August 15, 2011.

The PhD student will be associated with the statistics group at the
Department of Mathematical Sciences (http://www.math.aau.dk/). The group 
is recognised worldwide for its excellent front line research. The 
senior members are 2 professors and 7 associate professors with cutting 
edge competences within a wide range of statistical disciplines. The 
stipend is partly funded by a grant from the Danish National Advance 
Technology Foundation (http://hoejteknologifonden.dk/en/) through the 
BagTrack project.

The overall purpose of the BagTrack project is to develop and deploy a
breakthrough in the baggage handling quality in the airline industry.
The key technology is RFID tags attached to bags at selected airports
and subsequently read at fixed points on their way to their final
destination.

The PhD student will mainly work with research questions related to the
BagTrack project. The main statistical research challenge will be to
develop statistical models and inference procedures concerning the
handling process and the reading of tags with the main purpose of
developing strategies for bag tagging, analysis of handling quality and
gaining insight into the causes of mishandling.

The applicant must hold at master degree and strong qualifications in
mathematical statistics. Thus, it is essential that the applicant is
strongly familiar with theoretical statistics as well as applied
statistics. Strong computing skills are also highly relevant. Finally,
the applicant must master English both orally and in writing.

Further information is given at
https://stillinger.aau.dk/show.php?list=1967
(see `PhD Stipend in Statistics (17-11051)')

Yours sincerely,

Kasper K. Berthelsen

-- 
Kasper K. Berthelsen, Associate Prof., Ph.D.
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University,
Fredrik Bajers Vej 7G, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.
Phone: +45 9940 9983 Fax: +45 9815 8129
Homepage: http://people.math.aau.dk/~kkb

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