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UCC is offering funding for two students leading to higher degrees. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Collaborative research student at the Department of Statistics and the National Microelectronics Research Center University College Cork, Ireland ------------------------------------------------------------------ FUNDING AVAILABLE: leading to PhD in Statistics Starting date: October 1st 2000 We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join EU-funded collaborative research projects at the National Microelectronics Research Center (NMRC) in Cork, Ireland. The research area is on the statistical aspects associated with the development of chemical and biological sensors, for example in o Development of sensors for screening of antibiotic resistance in mycobacterium o Sensor arrays for environmental, generic and routine detection of pesticides The sensors under consideration typically generate functional type data, which lead to interesting statistical problems, for example in the experimental design to generate the calibration data and the deconvolution problem to estimate relevant parameters. The qualified candidate will enroll in the Department of Statistics UCC and maybe required to take some courses. INQUIRIES Please see the address below. APPLICATIONS Please send CV, including details of referees and a covering letter explaining your research interests, to Prof Yudi Pawitan Department of Statistics UCC Cork, Ireland Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 353 21 490 2906 Fax : 353 21 427 1040 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The Donal McCarthy Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Statistics Office, Ireland has funded this scholarship to promote university research in the area of official statistics. It is valued at c. 10,000 euros per annum. Applicants for this scholarship should have (at least) a Second Class Honours primary degree in Statistics or a related quantitative discipline, and have an interest in methodology for applications to Official Statistics. Relevant topics would include survey sampling, multivariate methods, time series, and small area estimation. The holder of the award will carry out research leading to the award of a postgraduate (MSc or PhD) degree. The scholarship is funded by the Central Statistics Office (http://www.cso.ie). Opportunities will be provided to work on data from on-going projects of current interest to the CSO. The closing date for the receipt of applications is 30th June, 2000. For further information contact: Professor Finbarr O' Sullivan Department of Statistics UCC Cork, Ireland Tel. 021-490 2269 Fax 021-427 1040 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Yudi Pawitan [log in to unmask] Department of Statistics UCC Cork, Ireland Ph 353-21-490 2906 Fax 353-21-427 1040 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%