Please reply to the address below, and not to me. Note the deadline for applications is 22nd March. The Norwegian Computing Centre (NR) is seeking to appoint one or two highly motivated statisticians to strengthen the department for Statistical Analysis, Pattern Recognition and Image analysis (SAMBA). NR is Norway’s leading applied statistical research institute, and is ambitious to develop further international activities. SAMBA currently employs 32 research scientists, and due to an increase in project work in statistical modelling and analysis, we are looking for more strong statisticians who wish to move to Oslo, Norway. The people appointed will be expected to carry out and co-ordinate research contributing to the growth of our group. She/He should have - very solid theoretical and practical knowledge, at least to PhD level; - a genuine interest in solving real life problems; - interest and experience in at least one of the following applied fields: banking, insurance, energy, biology, marine resources and the environment; - programming competence (preferably C/C++ or S-Plus). The SAMBA department is broad-based, with research strengths spanning many areas of applied and methodological statistics. Contract research constitutes approx. 70 % of our budget, with a wide variety of interesting and challenging projects. We have a significant portfolio of research grants and are currently applying for major funding within various thematic areas of statistics. NR employs people from around 20 nationalities, working in a unique professional environment strategically positioned between academia and business. We offer attractive salaries, insurance and pension plans for all employees, health care and nursery school provision. For more information, please contact Research Director André Teigland ([log in to unmask]) or Assistant Research Director Kjersti Aas ([log in to unmask]), or see our web site http://www.nr.no. Please send a written application with full CV, list of publications, certificates and references to the personnel office by the 22nd March 2002. The application should be marked "Statistician". You may also apply via e-mail with certificates and references in pdf-format. If so, please mail the application to Human Resources ([log in to unmask]). -- David Hirst Norsk Regnesentral (Norwegian Computing Center) Gaustadalleen 23 P.O.Box 114 Blindern N-0314 Oslo tlf (+47)22 85 26 70 fax (+47)22 69 76 60 email [log in to unmask] http://www.nr.no