Data Science of the Natural Environment - Senior Research Associate - 3 years
Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Closing date: Sunday 13 October 2019
Salary: £34,804 to £40,322 (Grade 7)
We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups, and are keen to discuss job share opportunities with interested candidates.
A three-year post-doctoral research position is available in an exciting, cross-disciplinary programme of research to develop and deploy a data science of the natural environment <http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/dsne>. The project comprises data scientists, environmental scientists and a range of stakeholders, and will focus on methodological innovation in data science to tackle grand challenges around environmental change. This work is funded by the UK EPSRC under their New Approaches to Data Science call. This is a prestigious and high profile award targeting a paradigm shift in the role of data in environmental science and in associated decision making. You will be joining the department with the highest level of EPSRC statistics funding in the UK, with a community of post-doctoral researchers on related projects.
The research programme focuses on integrating spatio-temporal statistical models and extreme value methods, with Gaussian process emulation of deterministic and stochastic environmental process models, and Bayesian optimisation and other machine learning methods leading through to decision support. All methodology will be deployed in a newly developed and open source virtual lab environment. You will develop novel approaches that address the particular data science demands in terms of understanding and managing the natural environment. The research will be driven by selected environmental grand challenges in the areas of ice sheet melt prediction, air quality modelling and land use management.
We are seeking applicants who are excited by working on environmental grand challenges and on the potential of working at the interface between disciplines in addressing these challenges. The research will be varied and exciting, with the potential to shape an emerging field of real importance.
This particular position is to focus on aspects of spatio-temporal and/or extreme value statistical modelling and their interface with other methods. If you think your research is close but doesn't quite fit, we would be happy to discuss with you whether we could accommodate you in this role. You will have a track record of high-quality publications in areas of relevance to the project and the willingness to undertake ambitious and challenging research. See the job description for further information: <https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A2804>.
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Prof. David Leslie in advance of making an application ([log in to unmask]).
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David Leslie, Professor of Statistical Learning,
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Fylde College
Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YF, United Kingdom
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