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RESEARCH POST IN FORENSIC STATISTICS, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research post in forensic statistics within the School of Mathematics, and as part of the Joseph Bell Centre for Forensic Statistics and Legal Reasoning, to research and develop robust procedures for the evaluation of evidence for multivariate models with different structures in addition to continuous variables and in the absence of population data. Applicants should have a good Honours degree in a mathematical subject and a PhD in statistics or related subjects. The post is funded by the EPSRC programme in ‘Technologies for crime prevention and detection’ with Professor C.G.G. Aitken as the Principal Investigator and Mr. Burkhard Schafer (Law) as co-investigator. The research will be in collaboration with Forensic Alliance, an independent UK supplier of forensic solutions. Because of the resignation of a research assistant on another forensic statistics project, there is also a vacancy for a nine-month position. Applicants for the 22-month position may also be considered for the nine-month position if they wish. Informal enquiries about the position may be made to Professor C.G.G Aitken: telephone 0131 650 4877, fax 0131 650 6553 or e-mail [log in to unmask] Fixed term:* *22 months (available from 1^st January 2006) Salary:* *£21,640 p.a. (under review) Closing date: * *28th October 2005 Further information about the post and the School is available at http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk <http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/> (click on “Job vacancies” for further details about the position and online application procedures). Alternatively, phone the recruitment line 0131 650 2511. Please quote reference 3005096. Please bring this opportunity to the attention of anyone whom you think may be interested. Colin Aitken. -- C.G.G. Aitken, School of Mathematics, Phone: (0)131 650 4877 The King's Buildings, Fax: (0)131 650 6553 The University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Scotland. http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~cgga